Players can still register for Day 1a of the PokerNews Cup. With the current blinds, all new entries and reentries receive 30 big blinds worth for their money and a shot at much more. This option remains available until the end of level 11, when the next break takes place.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Marek Blasko reentered and drew the same table again but with a different seat. The Slovakian is squeezed between the two big stacks Alexander Mikhalev and Andriy Kushchenko. The new bullet is not crowned by success yet, as Blasko is below the starting stack again.
On the three-way flop of 
, Kushchenko bet 3,800 and Athanasios Zogkas in the small blind as well as Mikhalev from under the gun folded.
The next hand, Zogkas limped from the button and Mikhalev raised to 4,100, Zogkas called. On the 
flop, Mikhalev checked and then folded to a bet worth 6,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
112,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
19,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Tony Veille was all in and at risk for his last 12,600 before the flop with 
and faced the 
of Slobodan Mihaljovič.
The flop fell 
and while Mihaljovič had paired his ace, it was no good. Veille's double was locked up after the blank 
turn, and the 
river just a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
After busting his first bullet, Arnost Kopecky bought back in for a second time and fell down to around half the starting stack. That just changed, as he got his stack of 15,800 in before the flop and was looked up by the player on the button.
Kopecky had a coin flip with 
versus 
and held up thanks to a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 |
With 81 players left according to the tournament screen, one table has seen a few changes to the line up. The player in seat one as well as Clyde Terlaan have both been eliminated while Scott Hanna is now in the one seat.
Tony Da Silva Marques and Quincy Chun are both still there and the former just limped. Hanna then raised to 3,400 from the cutoff and Chun moved all in for more than 28,000. Marques and Hanna released their cards and Chun grabbed the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
34,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Three players got their stacks into the middle of the table and Laimutis Adašiünas had the best of it with , while Bartel Kars showed 
. Viačeslavas Čugunovas had the shortest stack of the trio and 
.
The board ran out 
and the kings and nines let Adašiünas double through Kars for 46,800 while eliminating Čugunovas in the same hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
29,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
Busted |
"Do I run worse than you?" Bartel Kars jokes to Bruce Balboa, after he got his below-starting stack in with the . Bruce Balboa had 
and flopped two pair on a board of 
in order to double up for 27,800. "Oh, I have 2,000 left then," Kars said after shipping over the chips, then busting the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
Busted |
A player in late position raised to 3,500 and Tony Da Silva Marques called from two seats over. Scott Hanna then moved all in for his last 22,800 and the initial raiser folded. Marques however called and Hanna was behind.
Hanna:
Marques:
The flop came 
and failed to improve Hanna. On the 
turn, he said "I need a four. I need a queen, I need a ten and reentry, damn," Hanna finished his comments, as the river completed the board to eliminate the American.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
Busted |
