Reinhard Foidl limped in out of the small blind and Morten Andersson from one seat over raised, Foidl called. The flop came and Foidl checked. Andersson bet 4,500 and Foidl called. After the turn, Foidl checked again and Andersson now bet 10,000, which was met by a quick call.
The river completed the board and Foidl checked. Andersson moved all in and was quickly called. "Do you have a five?" Andersson asked, slightly worried. Foidl instead turned over and Andersson doubled for 39,500 with .
The final 10-minute break has just started, as players are heading out of the tournament area. Registration closes as soon as the cards are in the air again and the final numbers for Day 1b will then be finalized and officially confirmed.
With the start of level 12, the registration for Day 1b has closed. All players that fail to bag up chips can reenter the competition tomorrow as of 1 p.m. local time for Day 1c, as well as 5 p.m. for Day 1d.
Daniela Jäger's former big stack had been cut down to only 22,300 and she faced two limps. Jäger moved all in and both opponents called including Josef Mestl. The board of was checked down entirely and Jäger showed pocket fours. The third player in the hand had pocket sevens and Mestl claimed the entire pot with pocket jacks.
Vladimir Stejskal raised to 5,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in, the big blind folded. After one minute, Stejskal shrugged and then called to put himself at risk.
Stejskal:
Small blind:
The board ran out and Stejskal made a straight to double up for 31,700. His opponent was left with less than four big blinds and tripled up the next hand to stay in contention.
On the river of a three-way board of , Jean Rampiere bet 16,000 out of the big blind and Antonio Quarta folded from late position. Grzegorz Krajewski tossed in a single chip from the button for the call and Rampiere turned over . Krajewski had that beat with and scooped the pot.
He wasn't done stacking yet, when the hijack raised to 4,500. Krajewski called in the cutoff, as did Rampiere in the small blind and Vadzim Lipauka in the big blind. On the flop, Rampiere checked and Lipauka bet 9,000. The initial raiser folded, Krajewski called and Rampiere folded.
The appeared on the turn and Lipauka checked. Krajewski announced all in and forced a fold from his opponent, cheekily flashing the .
The hyper-aggressive Reinhard Foidl is not only back in action, but has become a contender for the chip lead.
Quinten Spyckerelle open-shoved the button for 26,000 and Michael Schöning in the small blind tanked. Reinhard Foidl joked out of the big blind "just get it in, I call anyways. Then I can bust two." Schöning eventually called time on himself and let the one minute run down without any action, his hand was dead. Foidl indeed snap-called.
Spyckerelle:
Foidl:
The board ran out and the pair of queens won the pot for Foidl, while Schöning patted himself on the back and flashed his .
Karol Janiszewski joined the big stacks after winning a decent pot with for two pair, aces and tens. Several other players are contenders for the chip lead with Josef Mestl, Morten Andersson and Michel Kruijt currently sharing the same table.