Action was heads up to river of a completed board showing A♦9♦9♣2♥7♥ and all of Zvezdan Tadic's chips in the middle.
Konstantin Voronin took a few minutes before tossing in the call.
Tadic turned over A♠A♣ for a flopped full house, taking down a massive pot early on. Voronin showed Q♥9♥ for trip nines, which were no good leaving him with a short stack.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
After seeing the turn of the Q♦9♥10♥7♦ board, Antonino Venneri led out from the small blind with a bet of 10,000.
Charbel Salloum answered from the hijack by tossing out a raise to 30,000. Vanneri took some time before letting his hand go, as Salloum raked in the chips.
Action was heads up between Roman Stoika in the big blind and Maxim Lykov in the cutoff.
The J♣9♣K♦ flop saw Stoika check-call a bet of 1,000 from Lykov, with the dealer revealing the 8♣ turn.
Another check from Stoika saw Lykov fire again for 3,000. The call was made to see the 8♠ river.
Stoika checked one last time, folding quickly after Lykov slid out a bet of 10,500 to claim the pot.
Mustafa Biz raised to 1,000 in middle position and Fadi Nakhoul defended the big blind to see the 9♥10♥3♦ flop.
Nakhoul checked and called a continuation bet from Biz, with the dealer flipping over the 9♦ turn. Another check from Nakhoul saw Biz fire again for 3,500 and the call was made.
Both players then checked the 4♣ river, with Nakhoul showing 8♣7♥ for a missed straight draw. Biz tabled K♦Q♦ to take down the pot.
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Cenk Ogun opened to 1,000 on the button and found a call from Alisa Sibgatova in the big blind.
The dealer fanned out the 9♠7♦Q♣ flop, where Sibgatova checked. Ogun continued with a bet of 1,000, good enough to take down an early pot as Sibgatova mucked.
Players have taken their seats and cards are in the air for Day 1.
Level: 1
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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