Mircea Stanescu bet 20,000 from early position and was met with a raise to 75,000 by Kemal Aslan on the button. Mihail Ketlerov used two time bank cards before making the call from the small blind. Stanescu also called.
Aslan bet 65,000 on the 7♦6♣4♦ flop. Ketlerov moved all in for 455,000, which gained a quick fold from Stanescu, Aslan used a time bank card and also folded.
Kemal Aslan bet 20,000 from under the gun. Mircea Stanescu raised to 48,000 from the cutoff. Selahaddin Bedir on the button made a four-bet to 98,000.
Aslan had no hesitation in moving all-in for 197,000. Stanescu folded, whilst Bedir looked up his fellow Turk.
Kemal Aslan: A♣A♦ 
Selahaddin Bedir: A♠Q♦
Before the board came down Bedir was not greedy and asked for a chop. Unfortunately the poker gods were not listening to him as Aslan took down the pot with a runout of 8♠8♦3♣2♥K♦.
Level: 13
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The remaining 46 players have been sent away for a 15 minute break.
A further 20 eliminations are required before the bagging and tagging process can begin.
Joseph Mouawad moved all in for 154,000 from middle position and was called by Vadzim Godzdanker in the cut off.
Joseph Mouawad: A♥K♠
Vadzim Godzdanker: A♠Q♦
Mouawad's Big Slick held after a board of 8♥4♦2♥5♦9♠ to give the 2007 EPT London champion a huge double-up going into the closing stages of Day 1a.
All the chips went into the middle preflop with Hao Zhu at risk for 106,000. Espen Sandvik barely covered the Chinese player.
Hao Zhu: 10♣10♦
Espen Sandvik: A♦K♦
Zhu's hopes were dashed with a king in the window on the board of K♠7♠4♣Q♥J♣ to give Sandvik the pot with top-top.
Level: 12
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Campbell Ashton found himself down to 1,000 chips and managed to spin it up to 9,000 in the previous hand. He moved all in from middle position.
Vyacheslav Kardash moved in over the top for 53,000 on the button and was called by Andrei Mashinistov in the big blind.
Campbell Ashton: Q♥6♠
Vyacheslav Kardash: A♠8♥
Andrei Mashinistov: J♦10♦
Kardash was ahead and paired his eight on the flop on the completed board of 8♣7♠2♦3♠5♦, which sent Ashton to the rail, and gave Mashinistov's stack a minor dent.
Level: 11
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
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