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Today's Day 1e field of the Main Event has grown to 130 entrants, which is close to the 145 that entered the first four opening days combined. With late registration open for another four levels until Level 10 is in the books, today's field will still grow.
Level: 7
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Players are back from the dinner break. Blinds went up to 800/1,600 with an ante of 200.
The next break will occur in three more levels after Level 9 is completed. Late registration will end after Level 10 is concluded. This also marks the end of the time players can take advantage of their one re-entry per day if they so choose.
Day 1e will be completed two more levels after this or once Level 12 is in the books.
Partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri miraculously ran up a short-stack in the Charity Event earlier today to raise €10,000 for the Lindsey Lodge Hospice.
She was unable to do the same in the Main Event after her opening stack was down to around 60,000.
Breviglieri jammed the rest of her 40,000 chip stack into the pot on a 
board and was called by Netherlands' Sonay Kehya.
Kehya held 
for two pair and was well behind the 
held by Breviglieri for a better two pair. However, Kehya got one of the four outs he needed when a completed the board on the river.
It is uncertain whether Breviglieri will re-enter the Day 1e field as she quickly left the tournament area after the hand was completed. Meanwhile, Kehya is in good position to bag chips with his stack growing to 326,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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326,000
86,000
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86,000 |
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Busted | |
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Timothy Weltner was easily the best-dressed player in today's Day 1e field. Maybe this was a matter of opinion, but he is the only player that dressed to the nines with a jacket and tie.
However, being the best dressed doesn't always equate to success.
Weltner has been hovering around the starting stack until the dinner break when his stack fell to around 70,000. His ace-king was no good against an opponent holding pocket aces using the nickname BigKing777.
Yesterday Weltner shared with PokerNews that he plans to be in Rozvadov playing poker until Tuesday, so we may see him re-enter the Main Event or instead play in one or more of the side events.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Tomas Fara is one of the handful of Czech players that have at least doubled his stack. This doesn't always mean it has been smooth sailing for Fara throughout the day.
With already a bunch of chips in the pot, Fara led out for 17,500 on an 
flop. Two-time EPT side event winner Kuljinder "Kully" Sidhu, who has almost $2.5 million in live poker tournament cashes according to The Hendon Mob, tanked before declaring himself all in on for another 111,100 chips. Fara asked for a chip count and tanked for several minutes before folding.
Sidhu mucked his cards but claimed to have a strong hand holding ace-queen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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230,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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210,000
210,000
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210,000 |
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Czech Republic's Matúš Schnierer doubled up his stack to 180,000 chips. He called a bet for his chip stack holding 
on a 
flop. His opponent held top pair and a flush-draw with 
.
Schnierer's hand was able to hold as the turn and river were blanks and his stack grew to 180,000.
Jan Bendik who was in the High Roller is seated at the same table as Schnierer with a stack of 120,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000 | |
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120,000 | |
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