The action was caught as Anatoly Chen, in the big blind, was all in and at risk for his remaining 65,000 on a flop of 8♠6♠9♠, against Nikolay Ponomarev, in the hijack.
Anatoly Chen: J♣9♣
Nikolay Ponomarev: K♠K♣
The 2♥ turn and Q♥ river sealed the fate of Chen and he was sent to the rail.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The action was caught as the full board read 9♠9♦9♣6♦2♣.
Andrew Hawkins, in the hijack, moved all in putting opponent Nikolay Ponomarev to the test for his remaining stack. Ponomarev didn't seem overly pleased to make the call.
Nikolay Ponomarev: Q♠Q♠
Andrew Hawkins: K♠K♦
Ponomarev's inferior full house fell to Hawkins and he was sent to the rail.
Gerard Rubiralta opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and was called by Lucien Vigna and Nina Krasilnikova in the blinds.
The 10♦A♦K♣ flop was checked to Rubiralta, who put out a bet of 21,000. Only Vigna called.
On the Q♠ turn, Vigna led out with a bet of 40,000, leading to a swift fold from Rubiralta.
Pascal Pflock raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Konstantinos Piladakis moved all in for 45,000 from the small blind. Pflock made the call.
Konstantinos Piladakis: A♣4♥
Pascal Pflock: J♣10♠
The flop landed K♣7♣Q♣ giving Piladakis the nut flush draw while Pflock had an open-ended straight draw. The 6♠ turn and Q♦ river saw Piladakis' ace-high hold and he doubled up.
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Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Gaspare Sposato raised to 16,000 from the button, the small blind called and Richard Dubini raised to 121,000 from the big blind, an effective all-in with 8,000 behind the line. Sposato moved all in, the small blind folded and Dubini called.
Richard Dubini: A♦Q♥
Gaspare Sposato: 9♣9♥
The board ran out 4♦3♠J♦J♠K♣; Dubini lost this flip and was sent to the rail. Hand-for-hand play has commenced with 35 players remaining.
Gaspare Sposato opened to 16,000 from the cutoff and Francensco Arcidiacono, who already had half his stack in the middle via the big blind and ante, moved in for the rest of his stack, totaling 17,000. Sposato called.
Francensco Arcidiacono: J♠9♦
Gaspare Sposato: 9♥3♥
Arcidiacono was in great shape for a double-up, but the 7♥5♥K♠ flop spelt danger as his opponent flopped a flush draw.
The 10♣ turn was a brick but the 10♥ rolled off on the river to give Sposato the flush and send the unfortunate Arcidiacono to the rail on the bubble.
A full recap of Day 1b and updated chip counts will follow shortly.
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