Michael Oswald in the hijack raised to 2,400 and picked up three callers including Oleg Volosin on the button and Korbinian Sonnenholzner in the small blind. The flop of was checked by Sonnenholzner and Oswald continued for 10,000. One opponent after the other folded and Oswald showed with a big grin on the face.
The flop read with about 19,000 in the pot and both Johannes Hafemeister (small blind) and Christian Weltz (middle position) had checked. Oguz Dilgin, on the button, shoved for 15,300 in total. Hafemeister tanked and after a minute or two decided to call. Weltz shoved too. Hafemeister asked for a count. The dealer counted it out and confirmed that it was 33,300 in total. Hafemeister didn't look too impressed and folded after having thought about it for a while.
Christian Weltz:
Oguz Dilgin:
The rest of the board ran out with the on the turn and the on the river to eliminate Dilgin from the tournament.
Sebastian Lenz raised to 2,100 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Sahin Elci from mid-position. Stefan Richter was next to act and he shoved for 11,400. [Removed:321] Qasim called from the button, Lenz folded and Elci called.
The flop came , Elci checked and Qasim shoved for about 50,000. Elci tanked and folded after about a minute.
[Removed:321] Qasim:
Stefan Richter:
The rest of the board ran out - no help for Richter as he was sent to the rail.
With the board showing , Ivica Pezelj checked and faced a bet of Chi Quay Hoang for 5,200. Pezelj simply grabbed all his T-5,000 chips and check-raised enough to cover Hoang's remaining stack, which forced a fold from Hoang.
He flashed the and Pezelj returned the favor by turning over the . Only a few minutes later, Hoang was sent to the rail while Roberto Manfredi and Patrick Lorenz are also among the bigger stacks on his former table.
Mike Teske raised from early position to 2,400 and was called by Johannes Wassmuth from one seat over, Christian Neumann on the button and big stack Walid Abdi Ali in the small blind.
The flop fell and the action checked to Wassmuth, who bet 3,600. Neumann called and Ali folded, while Teske called as well. After the turn, Teske checked and was the only one to call a bet of 9,200 by Wassmuth. The river completed the board and Teske moved all in for around 40,000.
Wassmuth called after brief consideration and Teske turned over , which Wassmuth had beat with for a full house. Soon after, it was also Wassmuth that sent Hans Kersebom to the rail to become one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Giuseppe Caridi limped in from mid-position, Hanno Offen raised to 3,500 as he was next to act. The player in the cutoff called, so did Branko Samardzic (small blind) and the player in the big blind, and Caridi.
The flop came , Samardzic, the big blind, and Caridi checked. Offen bet 8,200, the cutoff folded, Samardzic called, the big blind folded too. Caridi shoved for 72,000. Offen asked for a count and the dealer confirmed the amount. Offen checked his own stack and realized he would be left with about 13,000 if he lost the hand. He still decided to call. Samardzic folded but showed that he had .
Giuseppe Caridi:
Hanno Offen:
Caridi had misread his hand, he thought he had king-ten too. But instead, he needed a ten to split or hit runner-runner spades to win.
The turn brought them the and the river completed the drama with the so Caridi doubled up.
The satellite for tomorrow's Day 1c had a cap of 80 players and with the Main Event Day 1b still running strong and cash game tables underway, the Casino Schenefeld is reaching the capacity. As soon as a table breaks, players are being seated for the satellite to ensure as many as possible have a chance at winning an entry to the third starting day.