Wansa Trensch is doing her best as the sole representative of her continent of Asia thus far in the tournament and as one of the few remaining women in Day 1B.
The native Thai woman was down to her last 15,000 in chips and got it all-in from the button against an raise that was opened from the cut-off. When the cards were turned over, Trensch's were well ahead of her opponent's . Wansa shipped a 31,000 chip pot when neither player nailed any part of the board.
Luboš Galuška knows how to play his cards. Currently on the 48th spot of Czech Republic’s all-time money list with live tournament winnings for $123,000, Galuška found a vital double up right before the beginning of the ninth level of play.
All in pre-flop with , Galuška risked hitting the showers when the only caller at the table showed . However, a on the flop, allowed him to stay in the game and add some chips to a stack that was starting to get worryingly thin.
Late registration closed before the PokerNews Cup Main Event dinner break in the PLO Side Event. The 103 entrants generated a €13,285 prize pool with rebuys and add-ons.
Assuming no deals are made, the winner will be awarded the top prize of €3,541. A total of 11 spots are paid with everyone that finishes in the money guaranteed at least €322.
PokerNews utilized the dinner break to get a group photo of the Schneiber family here from Austria.
Reinhard, Gerald, Benedict Schneiber and brother-in-law Gerald Hutter have come together for the following photo. While the two Gerald's and Benedict still battling it out in the Main Event, Reinhard had already throw in the towel. He has bought into the €50 buy-in side event in attempt to win a lion's share of the at least €10,000 guaranteed prize pool.
No more Day 1b for the reigning champion of the Italian Masters of Poker, Germany’s Christoph Merten.
Earlier today, we reported that Martens was trying hard to add some chips to his short stack. Unfortunately for him, the cards didn’t help him to achieve his goal and he had to leave the Day 1a Main Event shortly before the dinner break started.
However, Merten’s hopes to win another tournament here at the King’s Casino are not over yet - as the player promised to join the field again during the Day 1c starting on Saturday at 14:00 CET.
“I will definitely try again tomorrow, it’s not over yet,” Marten said as he was sent to the rails.
We are up to 164 entrants with an hour left in late late registration in Day 1B. According to the big board we are down to 118 players, which means 50 have hit the showers.
Poland's Przemyslav Omylak was one of the five players to chop the PokerNews Cup Opening Event for €2,607. We just saw him on the same table of Ertan San, and he shared with us he just entered the tournament shortly before dinner break.
Ertan San's strategy appears to be playing many hands in the opening stage of the tournament. During dinner break he confirmed to our German reporting team that he utilizes a very aggressive in order to build up a large stack and give himself a certain image.
During the break he was noticed with a big stack and said, "So my strategy is aggressive play and build up a big stack. So I have now more than 80,000. We have come all the way from nearly 1,000 kilometers. We will also have a bit of fun."
were well ahead of her opponent's 
. Wansa shipped a 31,000 chip pot when neither player nailed any part of the 
board.
, Galuška risked hitting the showers when the only caller at the table showed 
