The registration has now officially closed. There were 134 registrations in total with 108 players currently remaining. In total there have been 453 entries with Day 1d coming up in a few hours. Day 1d is a reentry flight which means that only players that have played Day 1a, 1b or 1c and busted, can play in this flight.
Matthias Schrader defended his big blind against a raise by Wim Verhaegen and checked the 
flop. Verhaegen bet 2,000 and Schrader called before doing so again for the very same amount on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and Schrader checked the third street in a row.
Verhaegen bet 6,000 and was called to roll over 
. Schrader nodded, flashed his cards to show the case king and mucked.
One hand later, Jens Patzner raised to 1,500 and Mike Hill called, as did Schrader in the small blind, the big blind made it four ways to the flop of 
. When the action reached Hill, he moved all in for 9,200 and all opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
17,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Jules Ayoub limped in and bet the 
flop for 2,150, which only Johann Kroon called. On the 
turn, Ayoub moved all in for 8,475 and Kroon called with the 
. Ayoub showed 
for two pair and held up thanks to the blank 
river.
Thang Duc Nguyen was less fortunate. He was all in for the last 9,550 with 
and Jamil Omar called with the 
. The board came 
and Nguyen was drawing dead on the turn already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
73,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
23,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
Busted | |
Srdjan Patkovic sent Michael Schulze to the rail to become one of the bigger stacks in the room, while Jesper Feddersen and Grzegorz Derkowski joined in the late stages of the registration period and haven't done much yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | |
|
80,000 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
28,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
The board read 
and Sascha Niese was already all in and it looked like he could win 8,200 in total. There was a side-pot of around 500. Michael Langwald (big blind) checked, Vladimir Zaplava (early position) bet 3,700. Stefan Wolfschutz (mid-position) called. Claudio Celenza (cutoff) and Langwald folded.
The turn brought them the 
, now Zaplava bet 8,700 and Wolfschutz folded. The side pot was awarded to Zaplava. They now only needed to see the river before they would know Niese's fate.
Niese showed 
so he had flopped a pair of tens. Zaplava tabled 
for a straight draw. The river completed the board with the so he did hit his straight to eliminate Niese from the tournament.
"I knew that!" Zaplava said about the ace coming on the river. The rest of the table laughed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Lasse Frost called the shove of Karim Rebei on the heads-up turn of 
for his last 17,200 and Rebei turned over 
. Frost had that beat with 
and the river was a blank. "I was sure you had a pocket pair, but not that one," Rebei added in table chat.
One table over, Jamil Omar raised and called the shove of short stack Dalibor Vojinovic for 7,225 with the words "that's my favourite hand, I am not folding."
Omar had the 
and almost got there to crack the of Vojinovic on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
65,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
The 99 remaining players have just gone for their second 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
