Vasile Cosmin Stancu raised to 1,800 and faced the three-bet of Thanh Trung Hoang from one seat over to 4,700. The Romanian four-bet to 14,800 and then moved all in in the dark for what looked like 20,000 after Hoang had called. On the flop, Hoang snap-called and tabled his .
Stancu only held and even had found top pair with his risky move. The turn was even more crazy as Stancu had now made trips and doubled after the river.
There is now a short break to remove the green T-25 chips from play before the final level of the day. The tournament will recommence shortly and there is half an hour left on the clock before everyone gets to bag and tag.
This time Paul Price didn't have a huge draw, rather bottom pair when the chips went in. He had raised to 2,300 and received two callers out of the blinds. On a flop of the action folded to Price and he moved all in for 13,000. Laurence Taufik Essa called whereas the player in the big blind folded.
It was the for Price and the for Essa. Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Price headed to the rail while finishing his beer.
Martin Kollmann put an opponent at risk after a raising war and saw the call of the opponent for his last 19,800 with . Kollmann held and had to ship over the chips after the board ran out .
Tamer Kamel knocked out a short stack with pocket kings versus pocket eights and then took care of two short stacks with pocket tens versus and . It is the only bullet that the Brit will be firing, as Kamel cannot play tomorrow when Day 1b and Day 1c take place.
"I have about 70,000 chips now, that is good right?", Alexandra O'Brien said after the last of four hands was played on her table. She had called a raise to 2,500 and Daniel Sormainis did so as well out of the blinds. On the flop, O'Brien's bet of 5,000 would be enough to win the pot and she flashed the after the preflop raiser had mucked his .
Marc Jonathan Harrison was down to around 15,000 in chips and got them in preflop. Alexander Jager isolated successfully to get all other players out of the way and Harrison flipped over . Jager had his opponent dominated with and claimed the pot after a board of .
flop, Hoang snap-called and tabled his 
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and even had found top pair with his risky move. The 
turn was even more crazy as Stancu had now made trips and doubled after the 
river.
the action folded to Price and he moved all in for 13,000. Laurence Taufik Essa called whereas the player in the big blind folded.
for Essa. Neither the 
turn nor the 
. Kollmann held 
and had to ship over the chips after the board ran out 
and 
. It is the only bullet that the Brit will be firing, as Kamel cannot play tomorrow when Day 1b and Day 1c take place.
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. Jager had his opponent dominated with 
and claimed the pot after a board of 
