On the flop of , Dorin Rauta checked out of the big blind and Robert Dymek bet 525 on the button, which Rauta called. The turn was checked through and the river brought a check by Rauta. Dymek bet and Rauta wasted no time in letting go. The same table also features Yzhak Poor Rafi in the five seat.
Cristian Cirja raised to 500 and Roman Marius called from one seat over. Toni Englund three-bet to 1,500 from one seat over and Cirja folded while Marius called. On the flop of Marius checked and Englund had not even bet yet when Marius already folded.
"You are saving time," Melech Prozan in the five seat joked while the Swede raked in the pot.
According to the screens there are 145 players registered and among those is also Tudor Purice. The Romanian has racked up more than $300k in cashes so far and sits in 26th place on the all-time money list of his home country.
On the tail end of a hand between Catalin Diac and Simon Griffin, the latter paid off a bet of 3,600 by Diac on the river of an ace-high board. The fell on the river and that completed the nut flush of Diac, who flipped over and claimed the pot.
Catalin Luca chipped up one table over in a hand against Stefanita Fachete. Fachete raised to 300 on the button and Fachete called in the small blind. On the flop, Fachete check-called a bet of 500 before the turn was checked. Fachete bet the river for 1,000 and Luca raised to 3,000, picking up a call by his opponent. Luca turned over for a full house and that won the pot.
Joining the action on the flop with 2,900 in the middle, Ioana Silvana Apostol bet 2,000 and table neighbor Florian Udila called, while Florian Farcas folded. On the turn, Apostol checked and called a bet of 2,000 by Udila before checking again the on the river. Udila bet 6,600 and Apostol quickly mucked the face up, Udila flashed the .
Two bigger pots emerged on neighboring tables and Adrian Nica bet the turn for 3,500 into a pot of 5,500. His sole opponent was Samuel Madar from Israel and he folded.
On the table one over, the completed board showed and Nir Bakshi made it 2,000 to go with 4,500 in the middle. Ionut Antonescu didn't believe him and called to see Bakshi turn over for bottom pair. Antonescu had that beat with and scooped a decent pot early on.
Day 1a and tomorrow's second starting day will play a total of 11 levels as confirmed by tournament director Kenny Hallaert. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and the dinner break is scheduled at the end of level seven at approximately 6:45 p.m. local time, registration closes when level seven kicks off.