Faraz Jaka lost a few smaller pots once again including one with top pair but the worse kicker. Ultimately, he got the last 20 big blinds in with pocket sixes and Egmond Caïro called with 
to win the flip. "See you tomorrow," Jaka said on the way out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Govert Metaal raised from the button and Martin Finger called before the player in the big blind, who had previously paid off the set of threes of Metaal, jammed for 7,900. Metaal just flat-called with a pair of aces and Finger called too in order to find a flush draw on the flop with 
. The German got his stack in as well and the aces held up to scoop the pot and bust out two opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
It took quite some time but the field has eventually been increased to the elusive 100 entries for Day 1a. Half a dozen players joined the rail in the past 10 minutes and another table broke with the screens now showing 59 participants remaining.
David Boyaciyan lost some 16,000 chips in a preflop all in showdown with pocket jacks to pocket queens and dropped below the 100k in chips again.
Thomas Muehloecker took the opposite development and has slowly but surely grinded up the stack one table over while listening to music on his headphones.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
62,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
[Removed:17] received an early Christmas present when an opponent jammed the turn of a 
board with pocket threes. "MissOracle" called with 
for trips kings and the river bricked. Since then, the poker pro from New Zealand has increased his stack slightly but still isn't the chip leader at his table. Wouter Beltz has him beat by around 10,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
120,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
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
|
21,300 |
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
|
33,000 |
|
23,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
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
|
-32,000 |
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 |
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.
