Picking the pot up on the river with around 60,000 in the middle and the board reading 8♥3♥8♦Q♠2♥, Urs Theiler was pondering his opponent's bet of 42,500.
After quite some time deliberating, Theiler made the call. His opponent showed 8♠7♠ for a set of eights and Theiler mucked.
The tournament director has just paused the clock and announced that four more hands will take place before the conclusion of Day 1c, with 15 players remaining.
After fourteen 30-minute levels of play at Grand Casino, Liechtenstein, 15 players out of a field of 52 entries have progressed to Day 2 of the Main Event.
Leading the way is John Sixteen on 385,000, followed by Kevin Roethlisberger (259,000) and Urs Theiler (248,000). However they remain quite some way behind the current overall chip leaders, Nicola Diaco (1,045,000) and Stefan Fink (702,000).
THMC Main Event Day 1c Qualifiers
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
John Sixteen
N/A
385,000
64
2
Kevin Roethlisberger
Switzerland
259,000
43
3
Urs Theiler
Switzerland
248,000
41
4
John Ten
N/A
227,000
37
5
Mario Scalia
Italy
223,000
37
6
Daniel Schwitter
Switzerland
206,000
34
7
John Six
N/A
169,000
28
8
John Eight
N/A
137,000
22
9
Jane One
N/A
137,000
22
10
John Five
N/A
135,000
22
11
John Twenty
N/A
131,000
21
12
Gianni Di Renzo
Italy
118,000
19
13
Stefan Vieli
Switzerland
97,000
16
14
John 21
N/A
94,000
15
15
John Seventeen
N/A
85,000
14
Players such as Ramon Lampert, Christoph Spoerri and Giuseppe Ditaranto all narrowly missed progressing, but will still have plenty of further opportunities to find a bag for Day 2.
Ramon Lampert
Days 1d, 1e, 1f and 1g are due to take place at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. local time Friday, February 2 and Saturday, February 3 respectively. These flights will follow the same structure as previous flights.
Day 1h, the final flight, is a turbo flight and will take place at noon on Sunday, February 4 featuring 15-minute blind levels, but otherwise following the same structure as previous flights. Days 2 and 3 will feature 45-minute levels.
PokerNews will be providing full coverage of the 6 p.m. flights, and from Day 2 onwards, so stay tuned to the action from The Hendon Mob Winter Championships Main Event.
