In a pot containing nearly 4,000 preflop, Pascal Hartmann checked from early position on a flop. Marti Roca de Torres bet 1,350 and Hartmann called. The German check-called another 2,900 on the turn, bringing a . He checked a final time but this time folded to 6,700 on the river.
Jose Nunez Fernandez opened under the gun and got three-bet to 1,350 by his neighbor. Ali Reza Fatehi called in the cutoff, as did big blind Georgios Zisimopoulos. Fernandez fired in 6,600, chasing away his neighbor. Fatehi stuck around. Zisimopoulos thought awhile before leaving it heads up.
The flop came and Fernandez bet 4,800. Fatehi put in 11,700 and snap-called an all-in shove for his stack of just under 20,000.
Fernandez:
Fatehi:
The turn meant Fatehi had to sweat a few extra outs but the river assured him of a double. Fernandez whipped out his phone and grabbed a photo of the beat, muttering to himself.
Mihaita Croitoru confirmed that he also took the remainder of Avraham Azulay's stack after having doubled through him previously to jump above two times the starting stack. Christopher Kruk was also among those to bust while Fabrice Soulier and [Removed:172] are new faces in the field.
Timothy Adams was a huge dominating stack coming into play today, but that didn't necessarily mean he thought he'd win. He talks to Laura straight after play.
Not long ago Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka was down to half a starting stack but that has since changed. Jedlicka raised to 500 and Oleh Okhotskyi raised to 1,300, which Miguel Capriles in the big blind called. Jedlicka did so as well and the trio headed to the flop, on which all three players checked.
Capriles checked the turn and Jedlicka bet 2,400, forcing out Okhotskyi. Capriles announced a raise to 3,000 by tossing in a T-5,000 chip, but since Jedlicka's bet was for 2,400, it was ruled as a call only. The on the river brought a bet of 2,500 by Capriles and Jedlicka called after brief consideration.
In the showdown, Capriles announced "ace high" turned over for a busted gunshot and nut flush draw, while Jedlicka also had ace-high and the better kicker in .
On the flop of , Michal Mrakes bet 900 from under the gun and found a single caller in Valdemar Kwaysser. The fell on the river and Mrakes checked. Kwaysser bet 1,500 and soon faced a check-raise to 12,000 by Mrakes. That was enough to force a fold, as one of just five Czech players thus far on Day 1a raked in the pot.
Jan Bender just recently sat down and is easy to spot in the field with a height of more than two meters.
Marco Molon bet about 5,000 on the river from early position after the board came . His opponent in the next seat thought a couple of minutes and put in a call, only to muck in short order when the hole cards were revealed by Molon.
Molon has over two starting stacks at this early stage.
flop. Marti Roca de Torres bet 1,350 and Hartmann called. The German check-called another 2,900 on the 
turn, bringing a 
. He checked a final time but this time folded to 6,700 on the river.
river assured him of a double. Fernandez whipped out his phone and grabbed a photo of the beat, muttering to himself.
flop, on which all three players checked.
turn and Jedlicka bet 2,400, forcing out Okhotskyi. Capriles announced a raise to 3,000 by tossing in a T-5,000 chip, but since Jedlicka's bet was for 2,400, it was ruled as a call only. The 
on the river brought a bet of 2,500 by Capriles and Jedlicka called after brief consideration.
for a busted gunshot and nut flush draw, while Jedlicka also had ace-high and the better kicker in 
.
, Michal Mrakes bet 900 from under the gun and found a single caller in Valdemar Kwaysser. The 
fell on the river and Mrakes checked. Kwaysser bet 1,500 and soon faced a check-raise to 12,000 by Mrakes. That was enough to force a fold, as one of just five Czech players thus far on Day 1a raked in the pot.
. His opponent in the next seat thought a couple of minutes and put in a call, only to muck in short order when the 
hole cards were revealed by Molon.
