The player on the button made it 675 to go and Jorn Walthaus in the small blind three-bet to 1,950. The big blind folded, the button called.
Walthaus bet 2,600 on rainbow and his neighbor made the call. Walthaus bet another 5,600 on the turn which brought a flush draw to the table. Once again his opponent made the call.
The river was an off suit and Walthaus shoved all in. His opponent tanked and called, but mucked upon seeing Walthaus' .
In the meantime we saw Dan Heimiller and Ramin Hajiyev get up from their seats and hit the rail. No details on their bust outs, we'll check with them if they choose to re enter.
Tournament director Christian Scalzi just announced there will be nine levels of play today. Level six just started, so the players need some stamina to make it through the night. A total of 120 entries are on the clock at the moment. Players are able to (re)enter all night, so that number might still increase.
Clyde Tjauw Foe had quite a swingy day today, going up and down between 30,000 and 6,000. First he ran into on a board of , slamming him down to just 6,000. He started playing a whole lot more hands, and got back up to starting stack, only to lose it again not much later.
The player on the button limped in and the small blind completed. With in the big blind, Tjauw Foe raised it up to a 1,000 more and both players called. The flop came with two hearts. The small blind checked and Tjauw Foe bet 3,500. The button shoved all in, the small blind folded, Tjauw Foe called. His opponent had and Tjauw Foe didn't improve.
Back to once again 6,000, Tjauw Foe ran pocket nines into pocket jacks. He already has his ticket for tomorrow's Day 1b, so we'll see him back in action tomorrow.
Ludovic Geilich sits on a massive stack, and he just told us the story of how he managed to acquire this stack.
Geilich raised to 900 from middle position with and a player called on the button and the big blind called as well. The flop brought out with two hearts and the player in the blinds checked after which Geilich bet 1,800.
The player on the button made it 4,500 and the big blind folded after which Geilich called.
The turn was another and Geilich check-called 7,275. On the river the hit and Geilich checked again.
The button bet 12,000 with 11,000 behind and Geilich moved all in. His shove got called, but his opponent mucked when he showed for a full house.
World Poker Tour blogger Lee Davy told us the details on Paul Newey's bust out. According to Davy, Newey ran into on a flop of . That left him drawing dead, so nothing on the turn or river could save him.
Dominik Nitsche's stack had dwindled a bit, but just now one of our colleagues informed us of the German's double up.
Nitsche had woken up with pocket aces and raised to 900, after which he was three-bet. Nitsche got his chips into the pot and ran into pocket kings. Nitsche's hand held up and he's now back to around the starting stack.
"Let's see if I can bust in 30 minutes," Bryn Kenney joked as he walked past the media desk.
The next break is scheduled in about 30 minutes, as Kenney just entered the tournament. The High Roller winner, Jason Wheeler, has also entered the tournament, and with that the tournament got a little tougher.
After a raise to 1,100 from early position and a call from Ludovic Geilich on the button and Rashed Zade in the small blind, Johan Verhagen squeezed to 5,400 from the big blind.
The initial raiser folded, but Ludovic Geilich made the call. Small blind Zade tanked for a bit, showed a big smile, and asked the dealer to hit him while calling.
The flop came and Zade checked. Verhagen bet out 7,000 and Geilich folded. Zade now collected all of his chips, made one big tower of 'em, and shoved them forward. Verhagen almost instantly called.
"You have a pair?" Zade asked. Verhagen nodded and Zade smiled "Then you're in front."
Johan Verhagen:
Rashed Zade:
The turn came the and the river the , which sent Zade packing. He wished the table good luck, and made his way to the exit. Verhagen has around 100,000 in chips now.
rainbow and his neighbor made the call. Walthaus bet another 5,600 on the 
turn which brought a flush draw to the table. Once again his opponent made the call.
and Walthaus shoved all in. His opponent tanked and called, but mucked upon seeing Walthaus' 
into 
on a board of 
in the big blind, Tjauw Foe raised it up to a 1,000 more and both players called. The flop came 
with two hearts. The small blind checked and Tjauw Foe bet 3,500. The button shoved all in, the small blind folded, Tjauw Foe called. His opponent had 
and Tjauw Foe didn't improve.
with two hearts and the player in the blinds checked after which Geilich bet 1,800.
hit and Geilich checked again. 
into 
on a flop of 
. That left him drawing dead, so nothing on the turn or river could save him.
and Zade checked. Verhagen bet out 7,000 and Geilich folded. Zade now collected all of his chips, made one big tower of 'em, and shoved them forward. Verhagen almost instantly called.
and the river the 
, which sent Zade packing. He wished the table good luck, and made his way to the exit. Verhagen has around 100,000 in chips now.
