A player raised to 525 and Scott Hanna called before a third player got involved who three-bet to 1,700. Both the initial raiser and Hanna called, creating a three-way pot a 
flop.
All three players checked, and on the turn the 
hit. Hanna bet 2,700 on the turn when the initial raiser checked, and both his opponents quickly surrendered.
Hanna busted out yesterday, but today he's got another shot at making Day 2.
Spaniard Adrian Mateos is one of most accomplished live tournament players of the last few years, winning the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event and the EPT Grand Final, and he's chasing the Triple Crown in Prague this week.
Jean Montury won EPT Malta last season, Jason Wheeler has $2.2 million in live earnings and a win in the WPT National high roller in Amsterdam for €125,000 while Nicholas Palma has a long list of cashes in 2015, but he's still chasing down his first big title.
As we near the completion of the third level of play, we just noticed five renowned poker pros take their seats. The five names below have all had major successes, with Ole Schemion leading the way.
Schemion has a staggering $8 million in live tournament earnings, his biggest being a win in the Partouche Poker Tour for $1.4 million, a second place in the Aussie Million $100k Challenge for $1 million and a victory in the 2014 Aria $100k for another million.
Schemion sits fourth on the German all-time money list, leading Martin Finger by three spots.
Finger's got $6.3 million in live tournament earnings, among which nine six-figure scores or better. Right here, in this city, Finger had his breakout result by winning EPT Prague in 2011 for €720,000, followed by a WSOP bracelet win in 2013 for $506,764, an EPT High Roller and Super High Roller win in 2013 and 2015.
David Peters has outperformed Finger just slightly, with $6.8 million in live results. This past summer Peters notched his first seven-figure score with a fifth place in the Aria Super High Roller Bowl for $1.5 million. Peters has had many close calls over the years, with a second and fourth-place finish in WSOP events, and a sixth and seventh in WPT Main events.
Chris Hunichen, known as Big Huni online with $8 million in online tournament results, has $1.1 million in career live tournament earnings, his biggest being a Venetian Deepstack victory for $301,442.
Last but not least we've spotted Ludovic Geilich, who took down UKIPT Marbella for $171,790 in 2013 followed by a fourth-place finish in the EPT London Main Event for $313,482, and ever since he's been a feature on the international scene.
On Day 1a we saw Eugene Katchalov play for just a few levels before hitting the rail, and right now he's also off to a poor start. Just now however, we saw Katchalov rake in a pot off Bulgarian pro Dimitar Danchev.
With four players in the hand the flop showed 
and Katchalov lead for 900 from the big blind after which only Danchev called. The turn brought the 
and Danchev folded when Katchalov bet 1,800.
Katchalov climbed back up to 20,000, which in this blind level is plenty to move around with.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Julian Thomas, from Germany, and Marcin Wydrowski from Poland have just been spotted in the tournament. Wydrowski won this event back in 2012 after beating a field of 567 and took home the first-place prize of €318,295.
Thomas won this tournament in 2013 for €206,230 when he beat 306 players to take home €206,230 and both players are looking for a repeat this week.
Robert Layne lost a big chunk of his chip to Josh Cranfield's nut flush earlier today, but just now he got a little back from his opponent.
Cranfield raised to 300 and Layne three-bet to 1,100 and the action folded back to the initial raiser who made the call.
The flop brought out 
and Cranfield check-called a bet of 1,400 and the turn brought the 
.
After Cranfield checked again Layne fired out 3,300 and that was too rich for the former. Cranfield folded and Layne chipped back up to 25,000.
Pierre Neuville set the record for being the oldest player to make the World Series of Poker Main Event final table at age 72 this year, but he's not done making big runs just yet. Just last week Neuville won a small €2,000 event in Antwerp, and today he's in Prague chasing a WPT title.
Neuville has $3.3 million in live tournament earnings right now, his biggest being the seventh place finish in the Main Event for $1.2 million.
Eric Danis updates the player of the year races from around the world, and the two dive into the global POY race, the GPI Top 300, and a very friendly (and relevant) face in the "Andy FrankenDanger Zone."
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