On a flop of , three players got all their chips in the middle with Gregor Greko being one of them. Greko had the best hand with for top set, and was up against and .
The turn brought the giving the shortest stack the nut flush. The river was the and Greko was unable to improve his hand. He was able to win a small side pot of around 12,000 but Greko will be returning from the break with a short stack.
The 272 remaining players out of a 431-entry strong field have been sent into a 20-minute break in which the T-25 chips will get raced off. Three levels of 45 minutes each remain for tonight and the registration will close once the cards are back in the air for Day 2.
Aleksandar Tomovic has been eliminated and walked out of the tournament past the table of Maciej Kondraszuk and Ivo Hermans. Those two were at it and a pot of 22,000 emerged until the river. Hermans moved all in for 48,000, more than twice the pot, and Kondraszuk was sent into the think tank.
The clock was called on him and with five seconds to go, Kondraszuk folded. Hermans raked in the pot without showing his cards or any emotions.
Joining the action on the turn, Krasimir Yankov bet 6,800 and Maximilian Grünberger on the button raised to 15,000. Yankov called and checked the river, Grünberger checked behind. Yankov turned over the for a full house and won the pot.
The same table also features big stack Artan Dedusha and one table over is Arturs Scerbaks behind a tower of chips. Scerbaks just proceeded to knock out a short stack for 11,000 with versus , the board came .
The action was folded around to the hijack who raised to 1,600 and Ivo Donev three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. The blinds folded and the hijack made the call to see the flop of .
Both players checked to the on the turn and the hijack checked again. Donev made a delayed continuation bet of 5,000 and his opponent made the call. The river brought the and the hijack checked for the third time. Donev checked behind and tabled . His opponent showed and Donev acknowledged that he got lucky on the river to pair his ace.
With around 10,000 in the middle, the flop read and there was a bet of 5,000 from a player in early position. The small blind called and Tudor Popa check-raised to 12,000. The player in early position made the call and the small blind disgustingly threw his cards away.
The turn was the and Popa moved all-in for around 28,000. His opponent only had around 13,000 remaining and stuck them in the pot. Popa turned over for two pair and was up against the of his opponent.
The river was the and Popa's two pair held on to eliminate another player on his table.
Michael Hoch raised and then faced a three-bet to 6,000 by Aleksei Ivanov before moving all in for his last 28,800. Ivanov snap-called for a reason and Hoch jumped out of his chair, almost on the way out.
Michael Hoch:
Aleksei Ivanov:
The flop immediately improved Hoch and he sat back down. Neither the turn nor the river were a threat and Ivanov's stack was more than halved.
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier was seen about an hour ago walking through the Poker Arena at King's Casino, saying hi to some friends and taking pictures with some fans. It was only a matter of time before he would enter into the WSOP Internation Circuit Main Event in Rozvadov.
Grospellier, who goes by the name "Elky" online, has over $13.5 million in career live tournament earnings, $ 2,278,657 of which came in the $111,111 No Limit Hold'Em - High Roller for One Drop event at this summer's WSOP. It is expected that Grospellier will be sticking around the King's Casino for the next month competing in the WSOP Europe, but for now he will be looking to run up a stack in this Main Event.
, three players got all their chips in the middle with Gregor Greko being one of them. Greko had the best hand with 
for top set, and was up against 
and 
.
giving the shortest stack the nut flush. The river was the 
and Greko was unable to improve his hand. He was able to win a small side pot of around 12,000 but Greko will be returning from the break with a short stack.
turn, Krasimir Yankov bet 6,800 and Maximilian Grünberger on the button raised to 15,000. Yankov called and checked the 
river, Grünberger checked behind. Yankov turned over the 
for a full house and won the pot.
versus 
.
and the hijack checked for the third time. Donev checked behind and tabled 
. His opponent showed 
and there was a bet of 5,000 from a player in early position. The small blind called and Tudor Popa check-raised to 12,000. The player in early position made the call and the small blind disgustingly threw his cards away.
for two pair and was up against the 
flop immediately improved Hoch and he sat back down. Neither the 
