"It is always the same story, kings against aces," David Graham said after having to leave his chair. The chips went to Dennis Kleinleugemors in the one seat and the online qualifier was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
Busted |
Raoul Refos already almost doubled without showdown and took a lot of chips from table neighbor Nicolay Klangfeldt. The Norwegian just flat-called a raise to 700 and Raoul Refos then used the power of chips from one seat over. The Dutchman made it 2,000 to go and all opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
6,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
In the break, David Graham came over to provide some good news and a bigger stack. In a matter of two or three hands, he was able to increase his stack and the most notable hand came from a confrontation with Alina Volodina.
Graham raised with 
and Volodina defended her blind to see the flop of 
Both players checked and Graham then made a delayed continuation bet on the 
turn with Volodina calling. On the river, the value bet of the Brit was paid off and Volodina mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
26,200
3,800
|
3,800 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
As of level three, a feature table will be broadcasted with live commentary and hole cards, as such there will be a security delay of 30 minutes. Among those to showcase their talent at the table shortly for everybody to see will be Pierre Neuville, Micha Hoedemaker, Mateusz Moolhuizen.
With two casualties thus far in the first two levels, the field has been sent into their first 15-minute break of Day 1b.
Yannick Oosterlink raised to 500 and Szymon Bujok called, the player in the big blind did so as well. On the flop 
the action was checked to Bujok and he bet 1,000. Only the player in the big blind check-called and both players then checked down the 
turn and 
river.
The opponent of the Pole showed 
and Bujok claimed the pot with 
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
5,700
|
5,700 |
While walking past the table of Sam Grafton, a big stack caught the attention and that belonged to Dennis Lavrijsen. The Dutchman just bet 4,700 into a pot of 8,500 on a board of 
and his table neighbor folded.
Lavrijsen was also responsible for the second seat open. He flat-called a raise and a call out of the big blind with and flopped two pair on 
. Lavrijsen check-called a continuation bet worth 650 by Stefan Flamand before the 
fell on the turn. Lavrijsen bet 1,700 and Flamand raised to 4,000 to receive a call from the Dutchman.
On the 
river, Lavrijsen check-called the shove of his opponent from Belgium and Flamand's stack went up in flames when he had to show a busted king-high flush draw to join the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Leonardo Armino raised from under the gun and Amit Girdhari then three-bet from one seat over to get called by Ian Simpson in the big blind only. On the flop 
, Simpson check-called a bet worth 3,000 and the dealer then burned and turned the 
. Simpson checked, Girdhari bet 7,000 and faced a check-raise all in to call it off.
Girdhari: 
Simpson: 
The Dutchman was already drawing dead, making the 
a formality, and the hyper aggressive playing style of Simpson paid off early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Tobias Peters, Niels van Leeuwen, Kees van Brugge and Alina Volodina are also among the participants. Volodina is sat next to Ian Simpson and may soon get to see plenty of action with chips flying left and right.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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