There was already around 200,000 in the middle as Omar Eljach and Christian Heich went to the river on a board of 6♠J♣3♥K♣3♣.
Eljach, in the cutoff, then slid forward a tower of blue 25,000 chips to put Heich all in for his last 180,000. Heich burned through several time banks before calling.
Eljach then turned over K♠K♦9♠3♦ for a full house and Heich mucked his hand before wishing the table luck and making his exit.
Matthias Wieser raised in early position and Theo Jorgensen called on the button before Tony G moved all in for 17,000 in the big blind. Wieser then reraised to 67,000 and Jorgensen got out of the way.
Tony G: 10♣9♠5♠2♦
Matthias Wieser: Q♦J♣10♦7♠
Wieser made a straight by the turn on a board of J♥K♠6♦A♠8♦ and Tony G was sent to the exit.
Joni Jouhkimainen was already having a fruitful day yesterday. The Finnish high stakes regular won the €5,000 PLO event here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, accepted his trophy, claimed his €154,900 prize, took some winner’s photos with his friends, then jumped right into Day 1 of the €10,000 Diamond High Roller. He didn’t let up, bagging 331,000 and putting himself right in contention to claim another Grand Big Wrap festival title when the second and final day begins at 3 p.m. local time.
Jouhkimainen is joined by 79 others who made it through Day 1, led by Viacheslav Osipov with 565,000. Plenty of notables are lurking near the top of the leaderboard, including Alex Livingston (414,000), Hossein Ensan (380,000), Eelis Parssinen (334,000), and Gergo Nagy (304,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Viacheslav Osipov
Russia
565,000
188
2
Mahmoud Khatib
Germany
452,000
151
3
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Norway
430,000
143
4
Petr Svoboda
Czech Republic
429,500
143
5
Sebahattin Degermenci
Germany
428,000
143
6
Alex Livingston
Canada
414,000
138
7
Daniel Smuskovics
Germany
400,000
133
8
Bernd Gleissner
Germany
395,500
132
9
Hossein Ensan
Germany
380,000
127
10
Samuli Sipila
Finland
345,000
115
Further down the leaderboard are the likes of WSOP Europe champion Omar Eljach (199,000), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (196,000), Laszlo Bujtas (124,500), and Theo Jorgensen, who won this event last year but now finds himself near the bottom of the counts with just 53,500 coming into Day 2.
Omar Eljach Huang
A total of 164 players already entered the tournament chasing a portion of the €2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, but that number can substantially increase today. Late registration remains open for the first three levels of the day, up to the end of Level 11, and players are allowed unlimited reentries.
The action picks up on Level 9 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante. Levels will again be 45 minutes, with a break after every three levels. The plan is to play down to a winner today, and with a large field still in contention and the average stack hovering around 70 big blinds at the start, anyone who makes it that far is in for a long night.
PokerNews will be along for the journey providing live updates the entire way until a new champion is crowned.
