Jason Wheeler had been down to a mere 5,200 chips earlier and just glanced over. "Can you write down that I grinded up my stack?" before helping with the new count. Mission hereby accomplished.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | 25,000 |
Govert Metaal raised to 2,000 and Raoul Refos moved all in for 8,200 from the button, holding the 
. Metaal confirmed the amount with the dealer and then called, flipping over 
. The board ran out 
and that was it for Refos.
Marcel Vonk busted his second bullet for today shortly after. He moved all in for 7,400 from under the gun and Jan Jansma called in the big blind with 
. It was a flip against the 
of Vonk and Jansma got there on the river of a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
154,000 | 14,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Split luck for the Germans within a matter of a few minutes. Hossein Ensan departed shortly after Julian Stuer got paid off with a full house. On the 
river, the table neighbor of Stuer led for 5,000 and then paid the extra chips once the German had raised to 13,700 and flipped over pocket kings as winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 6,000 |
|
Busted |
On the river of a king-high board with the as river card, Nico Kuan checked and then faced a bet of 6,000 by Andrew van de Venne. The latter had a plan with 
but it didn't work out, as Kuan called with the 
despite two over cards on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 22,500 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Day 1a will finish with the end of level nine and that means just one more level is scheduled for tonight before everyone gets to bag and tag. According to the screens, exactly half of the field has been eliminated thus far with 50 out of 100 participants remaining.
The players are heading into a 15-minute break and the T-25 chips will be removed from the remainder of Day 1a.
As quickly as Jussi Nevanlinna had appeared, he also disappeared once again after losing a flip with 
against pocket sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
On the heads-up flop of 
, David Boyaciyan bet 3,000 and his opponent Tony then min-raised to 6,000. Boyaciyan moved all in and Tony quickly called with 
for two pair. Boyaciyan had a big draw with the 
but the 
turn and 
river changed nothing on the outcome. The flush of Boyaciyan ended up second-best, as Tony had completed a full house to double up for 27,625.
Only one hand later, a player moved all in for 17,325 and Tony reshoved with the . The player at risk held 
and the board bricked to hand over an immediate setback to Tony.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | -32,000 |
Johan Verhagen three-bet a raise from 1,600 to 3,600 and the initial raiser called to see a flop of 
getting checked through. On the 
turn, the opponent of Verhagen called a bet worth 6,000 and then folded the 
river when Verhagen used the power of chips.
One hand later, Verhagen raised to 1,200 and called a raise by Richard Milne to 3,300 in the small blind. On the flop, Milne continued for 4,200 and was called before making it 8,000 to go on the turn. Again Verhagen called and the two of them then checked the river. Milne's 
had a kicker problem, as Verhagen had him beat with 
and the Scotsman sighed with a big smile on the face. "Nobody believes me."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 33,000 |
|
23,000 | -17,000 |
Jussi Nevanlinna finished second to David Boyaciyan in 2011 and then got fifth place last year in the Master Classics of Poker Main Event for a payday of € 71,985. The Finn suddenly appeared on the scene for Day 1a and then raised to 1,300. Both players in the blinds called and Nevanlinna's continuation bet on the 
flop was called by the player in the big blind only.
Nevanlinna tried it with another bet of 2,500 on the 
turn but got called before checking behind the 
river. His opponent showed 
and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,300 | 21,300 |
