Our 57 remaining players are taking a short 10-minute break to grab a cup of coffee, while the dealers race off the 500-value chips as they will no longer be required for the duration of the tournament.
Our chipleader going into the closing stages of Day 1B is Vladimir Cocis, who just took out his latest victim in the hand before the break. He opened to 30,000 from middle position, with the player on the button making the call. The big blind saw this as a great spot to shove his last 81,000, with Cocis raising all-in to isolate. After some consideration, the player on button folded, and the cards were on their backs.
It was a classic flip situation: Cocis with the pair , the big blind with the overs . It was only a flip until the first flop card, as the dealer spread the flop. The player in the big blind stood up in disgust as the came down on the turn, leaving him drawing dead. The pot was shipped Cocis' way, as he bundled together his 670,000-chip stack.
The big blind dragged the pot amid a sea of shocked faces
On table 32, action had folded all the way round to the small blind who put in a raise, with the big blind defending as the pair took a flop heads-up. The player in the small blind put out a continuation bet, and the big blind held on, opting to see another card.
The turn brought the and, without much prior warning, all the money found its way into the middle! The small blind tabled , it seems as though he had picked up the perfect turn card on which to keep barreling, while the big blind had called it off surprisingly light, putting the lot in with for third pair no kicker. He needed to fade an ace or heart, and did so as the hit the river, dragging the 340,000 pot amid a sea of mildly shocked faces.
There are currently 100 players remaining in today's second flight of Grand Prix Austria, and will be playing down until there are just 34 left, representing 10% of the total entrants. In the earlier flight, playing down to 10% of the field meant capping the blinds shortly before going hand for hand and, as things stand, it doesn't seem as though the outcome of this flight will differ greatly, if at all.
The average stack sits at 168,500, which represents a generous 28 big blinds, so there's still plenty of play left in this one.
The hyper-turbo is down to 39 players and will continue until there are no more than six players remaining.
Dan Purcel finished today's earlier flight with 133,000, having narrowly escaped bubbling with the help of a fortuitous triple-up late on. However, as he confirmed chip count with the floor staff and collected his €250 cash prize for making Day 2, it was crystal clear that his intention was to try and run up a bigger stack.
"Can I buy in again?" he asked.
The floorman confirmed that he could indeed buy in to the next flight, but clarified that he may only take through the bigger of his two stacks. That was all the incentive that Purcel needed, as he rushed to the cash desk to enter the second flight. He's currently sat with just 51,000, though, so is going to need to get busy to make his extended venture worthwhile.
We joined the action on table 37, where no fewer than six players opted to take a flop, five of whom chose to commit an additional 5,000 after the player in the cutoff bet out when checked to. With everyone just as suspicious as the next player, the dealer burned and turned the . With the action checking around to the cutoff once more, he chose the no-nonsense option of moving all-in for his last 32,400.
The player on the button seemed contemplative for a moment, before hesitantly sliding chips over the line to make the call. The small blind also gave this one some thought, before deciding on a fold, with the rest of the field folding quickly. The cutoff whipped over , but it seemed the plauyer on the button was merely feigning hesitation, as he confidently tabled for flopped second set. The cutoff had two outs, but the wasn't one of them, as he left the tournament area.
That leaves us with 158 players left in the 7pm flight, while we are up to 45 players in the 1030 hyper-turbo.
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, the big blind with the overs 
. It was only a flip until the first flop card, as the dealer spread the 
flop. The player in the big blind stood up in disgust as the 
came down on the turn, leaving him drawing dead. The pot was shipped Cocis' way, as he bundled together his 670,000-chip stack.
flop heads-up. The player in the small blind put out a continuation bet, and the big blind held on, opting to see another card.
and, without much prior warning, all the money found its way into the middle! The small blind tabled 
, it seems as though he had picked up the perfect turn card on which to keep barreling, while the big blind had called it off surprisingly light, putting the lot in with 
hit the river, dragging the 340,000 pot amid a sea of mildly shocked faces.
. With the action checking around to the cutoff once more, he chose the no-nonsense option of moving all-in for his last 32,400.
for flopped second set. The cutoff had two outs, but the 
wasn't one of them, as he left the tournament area.