Gerold Steinhart is out in 21st place banking €1,377. In three-bet preflop pot, Steinhart jammed a flop flop with . Unfortunately for him, Claudius Istrate had an easy call to make with a set of nines.
Istrate's hand held to scoop a 1.6 million chip pot and he now has 3.5 million chips, while Steinhart is busy collecting his cash at the cashier.
Also eliminated on another table at the same time was Sylvan Sattler in 20th place for €1,571.
There are 21 players left, and the average chip stack is now seven-digits. The average is about 19 big blinds with blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante and an average stack of 1,167,133.
Day 1A Chipleader Rytas Staniukynas from Lithuania has been eliminated in 24th place for €1,183. Also to exit the tournament are Alexandru László in 23rd place and Maurizio Adamo in 22nd place, both for €1,377.
The tournament is paused before the next blind level starts so players can move upstairs to the featured tables. There are currently 24 players left seated at three tables. Stay tuned for the latest eliminations which will be posted shortly.
A crazy hand took place just now by Gerald Hiebler. Preflop he 3-bet against an open raiser and got the call. The suited flop came and and the action quickly picked up. Gerald bet, before his opponent reraised. Without great hesitation, he pushed all-in and got the Insta-call of his opponent.
Hiebler turned over for a set, while his opponent had the second nut flush with . The came on the turn giving Hiebler a full-house and a huge 1.6 million pot to put him near the chip lead.
Roman Cieslik was the first casualty after dinner break after being eliminated in 36th place for €912. There is clear disappointment from the entire table and some players on other tables since Cieslik has been entertaining with his table talk and antics all day.
Cieslik called all-in preflop for 180,000 with and was unable to catch-up against his opponent's .
"There were just only 4 big blinds," he justified himself later. "I'd always call to make."
flop with 
. Unfortunately for him, Claudius Istrate had an easy call to make with a set of nines.
and and the action quickly picked up. Gerald bet, before his opponent reraised. Without great hesitation, he pushed all-in and got the Insta-call of his opponent.
. The 
came on the turn giving Hiebler a full-house and a huge 1.6 million pot to put him near the chip lead.
and was unable to catch-up against his opponent's 
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