At the dinner break, Grzegorz Kowalczyk was down to less than 20,000 chips and the Pole just got his stack of 29,200 all in via three-bet shove. The initial raiser Henri Benoni made the call with 
and lost the flip on a board of 
, Kowalczyk's 
had turned a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
After a raise to 3,600, Louis Linard called and Petter Sundin squeezed to 11,500 out of the small blind. Just Linard called out of the cutoff and made another call worth 12,500 on the 
flop. Sundin didn't fire any further barrels but instead the two checked down the turn and river.
Sundin's pocket sixes were no good, as Linard flipped over 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
In just under one hour of play (the live stream is on a delay of 30 minutes), Ian Simpson has bumped his stack to 190,000. The second-biggest stack is Florian Ravier with 88,000 right now, so you can imagine how much pressure the Brit will put on all his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
The self destruction of [Removed:247] is complete. The Frenchman was up to more than 250,000 at peak time according to the only two players that remained from the initial table line up. Down to around 55,000 chips he lost almost all of it by chasing another draw on a 
flop with the 
and Philip Fjaestad snap-called with 
to hold up with ace-high.
The remaining chips then went to Julien Pecheur, who is sitting next to the Swede.
Also out: Rasmus Agerskov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Bogdan Petru Petrascu opened to 2,500 and the action reached Szymon Bujok in the big blind, the Pole made the call. On the 
flop and the turn both players checked. Bujok also checked the 
river and then faced a bet worth 10,000 by Petrascu while the pot was just 7,000.
Bujok tank-called and then shook his head when he got shown . Both players have one countryman at the table: Mateusz Syc (Poland) and Cristian Cirtog (Romania).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
95,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
48,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
One hand after the elimination of Sebastien Boyard, Arkadiusz Olszowy opened to 4,000 and was called by Jeremy Palvini in the small blind. The Frenchman checked and Olszowy moved all in. That surprised Palvini and he asked the dealer for a count, still confused as to what was going on.
it was 47,400 to call and Palvini spent a good five minutes in the think tank before making the call. As soon as Olszowy had turned over his 
, the Frenchman threw his 
with disgust to the middle of the table. Both the 
turn and the 
river bricked, halving Palvini's stack.
Also out: Juha Koskinen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
A few minutes prior to the end of the level, Valerie Pignot rushed out of the tournament area and the board on table 4 was still laying there just after the showdown had ended. Daniel Clifford now has all her chips after spiking middle set with on the 
flop.
Pignot was putting her hopes on for the flush draw and gutshot, however the 
turn and river both bricked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
193,200
193,200
|
193,200 |
|
|
Busted |
The screens have been adjusted and show 101 players left, who pretty much all quickly head out of the tournament area. Why is that? Because they are on a 15-minute break. Back soon for the last two levels of tonight.
Straight back from the break, four players busted to reduce the field to the last 96 for Day 1b. Among them were Alexandre Reard and Aleksandr Lebedev.
The latter shoved his short stack from the cutoff with the and was called by Julien pecheur and Philip Fjaestad in the blinds. Pecheur bet a jack-high flop and was called by Fjaestad before a second barrel on a blank turn isolated successfully. Pecheur held the for top pair top kicker and no king showed up anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
45,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
