PiMo moved tables and is now upstairs, his stack skyrocketed and the King's regular is near the chip lead. He is followed by Ronald van de Linde and Daniela Jäger, while Dariusz Bronislaw Chojnacki and Jacek Pustula have also been able to increase their stacks.
Mauro Schileo appears to be the current chip leader with around five times the starting stack.
Dirty Harry would have been there, but he just lost an all in after flopping a set of sevens with on . On the turn, Dirty Harry kept firing 6,500 and his opponent called before the river completed the board. Dirty Harry bet 6,500 and his opponent jammed 14,500 with the to double up.
Johannes Hellwig defended his big blind against the raise of Angelo Pugliese and check-called two streets on the board before moving all in for his last 16,875 on the river. Pugliese snap-called with pocket queens, but Hellwig showed for a straight.
One hand later, Patrick Wolff limped in and the player from one seat over raised to 3,000. Hellwig made it 11,400 to go in the small blind and just the cold-caller paid. On the flop, Hellwig bet 16,500 and was called before moving all in after the turn.
Some table talk emerged and the opponent asked "queens no good?" before then folding. Hellwig showed him and the rush in two hands got him up to almost double the average.
Claudia Volf had her aces cracked on the last table before it broke and dropped to starting stack. Her new table brought a surprise, as her husband Roman was waiting in the one seat. Claudia managed to double again right away while Roman is now the one below starting stack.
The main tournament area is down to six tables for Day 1c, as they are moving upstairs to make space for the next starting flight. Day 1d just got underway with 101 entries and that means the Main Event is well underway to meet the guarantee of €200,000.
In a preflop all in situation, Jan Vaverka and Vasile Iuga clashed and the former was the player at risk holding . Iuga was dominated with the and ready to leave, but the board came to provide the necessary help on the river.
The stacks were counted and iuga had 22,725, which had his opponent covered slightly.
There are two big stacks over on table 113 and they belong to Massimo Schiralli and Mario Knörrer. Schiralli just opened to 1,600 from under the gun and was called by Jochen Wien, Christian Duttine in the small blind and the big blind.
All four players checked the flop. On the turn, action checked to Schiralli and he bet 2,800. Wien folded and Duttine check-raised to 8,000 in order to scoop the pot.