Mohamed Almani sits behind a monstrous stack of 420,000 chips and Jack Torbay confirmed that those came from two "setups" with pocket kings and sets. The opponents had a set of sevens respectively eights ... . Almani is also the nemesis of Amir Ali Etemad Saeid, as he had the aces versus kings and queens just before the end of Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 | 337,900 |
In a battle of the Russians, Aleksandr Gukov was all in and at risk for 40,000 with pocket threes and Vasili Kesnin scored the knockout with pocket fours. 27 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 10,000 |
|
Busted |
Joining the action on a flop of 
, Simeon Naydenov and Vasili Kesnin checked to Aykutalp Yilmaz and called a bet of 8,500. All players then checked the 
on the turn before the 
fell on the river. Naydenov checked, Kesnin bet 26,000 and that was enough to scare off both opponents.
Below are the up-to-date counts of the entire table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000 | 20,000 |
|
180,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
165,000 | 95,000 |
|
155,000 | -15,000 |
|
110,000 | -85,000 |
|
80,000 | 18,900 |
|
|
55,000 | -60,000 |
Another two short stacks failed to improve their situation in Mehmet Sinan Ogan and Khalil Tawil. This reduces the field to 28 players and the min-cash of €3,600 is only seven spots away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Onur Unsal raised from under the gun and found a customer in Ican Luca out of the big blind. The Argentinian check-raised the 
flop from 3,500 to 14,500 and Unsal called to see a four on the turn. Another bet of Luca was called before the Argentinian made it hefty 65,000 to go after a 
on the river.
Unsal called with 
for the turned straight and Luca was beaten with 
for flopped trips. Who would have thought that Unsal is still in by now after being down to one ante two hours ago?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 75,000 |
|
200,000 | -175,000 |
Barny Boatman won a bigger pot before and then we noticed the Brit involved in another hand where he opened to 5,500 from under the gun. Vitalii Grekul called and so did Ivan Sheptytskyi in the big blind. On the 
flop all three players checked and Sheptytskyi then bet the 
turn for 7,100.
Boatman raised to 15,000, Grekul folded and Sheptytskyi tossed in the extra chips. The 
river saw Sheptytskyi bet 10,000 and Boatman called only to muck when shown 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 25,000 |
|
230,000 | 90,000 |
|
130,000 | 35,000 |
|
110,000 | -15,000 |
Ognyan Dimov was sent to the rail and the next table was broken, only moments later both Senol Sener and Theodoros Aidonopoulos also ran out of chips as well. Only 30 players remain and the first 21 spots will get paid, it seems unlikely to reach the payout before the dinner break though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Magdalena Tsaneva has joined the rail and Sevket Yildiz did so as well after limping from early position. Amir Ali Etemad Saeid was in the big blind and checked his option, heading to the flop of 
. Things went crucial for Yildiz as he called the all in of Etemad Saeid after a little betting war between the two with 
for two pair.
Etemad Saeid held 
for the combo draw and got there immediately with the on the turn. The river was a brick and Yildiz was gone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Erwann Pecheux had knocked out Huseyin Kaba with pocket aces with 
and then kept winning little pots to slowly but surely climb up to average stack. Below are further updated chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
262,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
210,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
170,000 | -55,000 |
|
|
165,000 | 85,000 |
|
150,000 | 73,000 |
|
130,000 | 50,000 |
|
80,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
43,000 | 13,000 |
