In the last level, some 40 players have been eliminated and the screens show 170 participants remaining out of a 362-entry strong field for Day 1d. Registration will close once the cards are back in the air for level 12, in the meanwhile the players are on a 10-minute break.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The full numbers are not available yet, but the registration for Day 1d has officially closed with the start of level 12. Among those to jump in last second was also The Talk, who had his aces cracked in the last hand of the previous table.
The seat of Vojtech Ruzicka is now occupied by another player, as the Czech departed half way through the new level. According to Ruzicka, he faced a raise by Stefan Bichler on the button and three-bet to 12,000 out of the small blind. Bichler moved all in with 
and Ruzicka called with pocket nines only to see an ace appear on the board.
First Mugurel Farcas called the all in of Jehad Yasin for 19,700 out of the big blind with 
and faced the 
of his opponent. The board ran out 
and Yasin doubled.
The next hand, Farcas open-shoved the small blind and Thomas Fritz called all in for his last 14,900 with 
. Farcas held the 
and ended up second best after a roller coaster board of 
.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
On the heads-up flop of 
, Thai Minh Duc bet 7,000 and Karlheinz Maier raised to 30,000. Duc called and tabled his cards already without realizing that his opponent was not all in yet. The floor staff explained that Duc will continue to play the hand face up, which he understood, and then Maier moved all in for some more on top. Duc called and they tabled the cards.
Maier:
Duc: 
The 
turn ended the hopes of Duc to win the pot outright, and the blank 
river let Maier double for 51,500.
The field is shrinking and only shows 122 out of 365 entries remaining. Pascal Brehm just avoided elimination with a big blind special and jumped above average stack.
Roman Tvrzník raised to 5,000 and was called three ways including Ismail Kalkan on the button. Brehm then moved all in out of the big blind and the action folded back to the cutoff, who shoved for slightly more. Kalkan asked for a count of Brehm's all in, which was determined to be 41,200, then folded.
Cutoff:
Brehm:
The board ran out 
and the pair of jacks secured the double.
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