The numbers thus far show 154 entries, which is almost as much as for the entire first starting day. Only 140 remain and they are off into their first 15-minute break of the day.
Thomas Zurek flopped top pair and turned two pair with 
on 
to get his stack in. Unfortunately, Martin Korman had pocket fours and Werner Eduard Zaremba had pocket deuces. The river was a blank and Korman tripled up while Zaremba took the side pot and eliminated Zurek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted |
From under the gun, Antonio Quarta raised to 800 and picked up three callers on the button, small blind and big blind. On the 
flop, action folded to Pavel Hybl on the button and he bet 1,500. Dirty Harry and Quarta called before then checking down the 
turn. After the 
river, Quarta action checked to Hybl and he won the pot uncontested with a bet of 2,000.
One hand later, Hybl raised to 700 from the cutoff and Dan Purcel in the small blind as well as Quarta in the big bling came along. Again it was checked to the Czech and Hybl bet 1,100, both opponents called. On the 
turn, Purcel and Quarta checked, Hybl bet 2,500 and just Purcel called.
The river completed the board and Purcel's bet of 10,500 won the pot, as Hybl folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Alexander Mikhalev ended a roller coaster Day 1a on the rail after being a big stack early on and the Russian is back at it again today, sharing a table with Tony Veille and Thomas Zurek also arrived there as well.
Veille was involved in a three-bet hand in a battle small blind versus button and bet the 
flop for 1,000. The player on the button called and Veille then bet 1,000 on the 
turn again. His opponent called and did so again for the same amount on the 
turn. Veille showed 
as winning hand.
One hand later, Mikhalev raised to 600 from early position and picked up four callers. After the 
flop, the action checked to him and Mikhalev took down the pot with a continuation bet worth 1,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
29,400
29,400
|
29,400 |
Antonio Quarta is among those players to have already eliminated an opponent. The Italian flopped two pair with 
to send short stack Rudolf Henry Hein to the rail and soon after had a bet of 4,000 on the 
paid off by Dirty Harry. Quarta showed 
and that won the pot, as Dirty Harry mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
With just over an hour and 15 minutes played on Day 1b, the screens show eight seat open already. Among those early casualties was also Anna Yamshchikova, who had a day to forget and has not reentered yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Claudia and Roman Volf made the trip to Rozvadov from Austria to take advantage of the PokerNews Cup festival and are both taking part on Day 1b. While Roman is up so far, Claudia is somewhat struggling with half the starting stack.
She faced a raise to 600 by the hijack and the cutoff and Jimmy in the small blind called, as did Volf in the big blind. The flop came 
and the action checked to the initial raiser, who bet 1,300. Jimmy and Volf called, then all three checked the 
turn. After the 
river, Jimmy bet 2,200 and that won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Izzitreallyd was barely done stacking his chips when the dealer announced a second seat open, and once again on his table. A wide grin on the face, Izzitreallyd then said "I flopped a flush and he had a set, it went in after the turn." That brings up his stack to almost three times the initial amount with less than an hour played.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
