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.
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.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
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.
"Sorry man," Boris Andric said after he had just shoved on a king-high flop with 
for top pair. "I am happy you shoved, no worries," The Talk replied after going into the showdown with 
. Andric got there on the 
turn and the 
river was a blank to eliminate The Talk.
King's regular chiKKita banAAna registered late and found himself on the same table as Martin Kabrhel. The hijack raised to 2,000 and he pushed his last 12,000 chips from the small blind. Riad Nicevic reraised all in for three times of that and the initial raiser folded 
.
chiKKita banAAna flipped over 
and Nicevic had the 
and that won the hand after a board of 
. chiKKita banAAna shrugged and said "double up or nothing" while leaving the table.
After a raise to 1,600 by a player in early position, five opponents call including short stack Igor Hudacek from one seat over and thw two big stacks Damian Hütter on the button and Frithjof Köhler in the small blind.
The flop of 
is checked to the initial raiser, who bets 6,400. Only Hudacek calls and then committed his last 9,600 in after the 
turn when facing another bet. He was called by the player in early position with 
and turned ober 
. The 
river completed a flush for Hudacek and he doubled.
On the flop, Thai Minh Duc and an opponent got into a raising war and the stacks went in. Duc celebrated in the showdown and admitted in table chat that he was "hoping someone had an ace" when turning over his 
. The opponent could only turn over and the turn and 
river were blanks.
Both stacks were counted and Duc had 59,300, which covered the other player.
Among the chip leaders for Day 1d thus far are NONAME and Chen Lu, The Talk and Friedrich Pfalzer busted out of Day 1c and registered for the final starting day after. Same also applies to Martin Kabrhel while 2016 November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka has been able to increase his stack slightly.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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