The stack of Trong Hieu Nguyen vanished after he got it in with pocket threes against the of Roman Tvrzník. The board of left very little doubt over the outcome of the hand and Nguyen left the table with a "good game guys."
Tvrzník is one of several players that may be the chip leader after Day 1b.
Rokas Barzdzius moved all in for his last 6,800 from under the gun and Timur Caglan three-bet to 13,000 in the hijack. Petteri Voutilainen moved all in over the top from the big blind and Caglan sighed, but eventually sent his cards into the muck.
Rokas Barzdzius:
Petteri Voutilainen:
The board of gave the Finn a full house and Barzdzius the chance to enter the side event before the end of registration.
Petteri Voutilainen open-shoved for his last 27,200 from the hijack. Rokas Barzdzius was in the cutoff and he also moved all in for 35,000. The remaining players all folded and the cards were turned over.
Voutilainen:
Barzdzius:
Barzdzius was shaking his head on the flop after it came giving his opponent a set. Even though he paired his king on the turn, he was drawing dead. The river was the and he was left with fumes.
"I sucked out on him, I sucked out like four or five times today," Timur Caglan said. The 2016 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov champion referred to a showdown against former chip leader Marek Lux and just added that he had the worse kicker but improved to two pair.
Mike Hansen has also been eliminated. The Dane shoved a flop of with and Michal Riczak called with . The turn and river were both blanks and Hansen was gone.
Last but not least, Lazer Gjergji was all in for 47,400 on the flop and showed . Marek Blasko had flopped a set of sixes, but the turn and river gave Gjergji the better hand. "Well played," Blasko added with a dry smile on the face.
Asmo Votkin raised to 4,500 from middle position. It folded to Christophe Simonis in the small blind who three-bet jammed for 15,000. Votkin called.
Simonis:
Votkin:
The board ran out with not even a glimmer of a King or an Eight for Votkin, meaning Simonis doubled up. He remains short however, with just over 15 big blinds.
According to Krzysztof Misiura, Ronny Voth defended his big blind against a raise by Baris Ginitas and check-called a bet on the flop before doing so again on the turn. Voth then bet the river for 16,000 and reluctantly called the shove of Ginitas with for two pair. Ginitas turned over for a straight and Voth was next spotted with a ticket in the hand and on the way into the Friday Adventure side event.
Soon after, Sylvain Partouche was all in with against the of Gintas. A ten on the turn saved Partouche, who banged on the table in excitement.
There are just 37 players remaining as of right now.
Zurab Ejibia just open-shoved for fewer chips than the starting stack while Mike Hansen did so for pretty much what he initially started with. Christophe Simonis has been cut down to fewer than half of that while Paulina Rimkute is also among the shorter stacks close to the end of the registration period.