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Late registration for the 1pm flight of today's Grand Prix Austria will close in 45 minutes, at the end of the break following level 8.
Anyone unfortunate to bust out after late reg closes will have the option to buy in to the 7pm flight later on, or the hyper-turbo (10-minute blind levels) at 1030pm.
We joined the action on table 24, on a board reading 
with around 6,000 in the middle.
Julia Tsyrkin checked from the small blind, with Joachim Huth betting 3,500, and Lubomir Balaz making the call. Tsyrkin then applied the pressure with a check-raise to 10,000, forcing Huth to make what looked like an agonising decision. After a sip of his drink and a look to the heavens, Huth eventually folded his hand, before Balaz instantly cranked it up to 35,000.
A look of confusion spread across Tsyrkin's face before she eventually folded as well, with Balaz dragging in an almost 30,000-chip pot right before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
The players have just gone for their first 30-minute break of the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Peter Fally leads the way after eight levels, with his stack of 218,000 marginally in front of Robert Stanislav Gruszecki's 216,000.
We close registration with 414 total entrants, meaning we will be playing down until there are 41 left, all of whom will collect themselves a €250 min-cash at the end of day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
|
216,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
|
|
204,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
Just before the break there was a hand played on Table #18; the players in early position, cutoff and on the button all limped in. The player in the small blind completed and Manuela Richter, sitting in the big blind, opted to check.
The flop came 
, everyone checked up till the player on the button who decided to bet 3,800. Only Richter and the player in early position called.
The three players that were left in the hand checked through the on the turn.
The river completed the board with the 
, Richter checked and so did the player in early position. The player on the button however opened to 16,800. Richter called and the other player folded. Richter's opponent had to show first and he had 
for a pair of eights. Richter, however, had him beat with 
for a pair of jacks on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 2,400
The players in seat 8, seat 9 and Afshin Fattahi in seat 1 were all-in. Fattahi and the player in seat 9 had pretty even stacks and they both had the other player covered.
Afshin Fattahi:
Seat 9: 
Seat 8: 
The board ran out 
- when the king hit on the river a "yes!" was exclaimed by Fattahi. The dealer counted out the stacks and the player in seat 9 was left with 5,200 while Fattahi started stacking all the chips he collected from this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Surinder Sunar has taken his seat at the same table as Manuela Richter. Sunar is a British professional poker player which you might know from the Late Night Poker TV series.
Sunar has won several tournaments in his poker career with the first one on record in 1990 and the latest one in 2015. His lifetime career earnings totaling $4,656,181 up till now, spread over more than 200 live tournament cashes, means that he is one of the biggest names in our field today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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