Two players were facing off over a flop of 
.
Antonius Krijn had bet 5,200 and Petr Muchacek in the small blind raised to 10,300.
There was already 10,000 in the pot and action was back on Krijn who gave his opponent a long hard stare. Muchacek seemed not to have a care in the world under the stern examination.
A minute or so ticked by before Krijn let it go.
“Queens?” Muchacek wanted to know but Krijn wasn’t in the mood to discuss the hand.
Four players saw a flop of 
. It checked to Makarios Avramidis who bet 500. Scott Wilson called and the other two players both folded.
Avramidis checked the 
on the turn and Wilson bet 1,300. Avramidis called.
The river was the 
and Avramidis check-called another bet from his opponent, this time for 2,800. Wilson turned over 
having flopped a king-high flush and took down the pot.
The board read 
and Stefano Grandinetti checked to his opponent Mahyar Rezai who bet 1,600.
Grandinetti then check-raised to 3,800 and Rezai called.
The river was the 
and both players checked.
Grandinetti showed 
for a missed straight draw, and Rezai won the pot with 
Three players took a flop of 
and Zeev Krichevskiy bet 2,500. “Is it ok if I call you?” Thomas “The Talk” Traboulsi wanted to know. He got no answer but called and the third player folded.
The turn card was thr 
and Krichevskiy bet 7,300.
“I’ll make it easy for you. All in,” Traboulsi announced and the triangle was placed in front of him. “Run very quick away and say thank you to me.”
Krichevskiy said nothing but did muck his cards with Traboulsi gathering the pot and claiming he had pocket fives.
Yuksel Tok raised to 200 from under-the-gun and there were four callers including Johannes Gsuck in the small blind.
On a flop of 
Gsuck bet 800, and there was one caller before Tok raised to 4,500.
It folded back to Gsuck who three-bet to 13,000. The original caller folded and Tok moved all in. Gsuck snap-called.
Gsuck:
Tok: 
It was set over set and Tok shook his head as the turn 
and the river were dealt.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Elyahu Braginskyi from Israel had opened the action and Vito Vella defended from the big blind.
The flop was 
and check from Vella saw Braginskyi bet 150. Vella went for a check raise to 400 and Braginskyi called.
The turn was the 
and Vella led out for 900 which was met by a raise to 2,500 from Braginskyi. Vella called.
The river card was the 
and this time both players checked. Vella showed and the two pair was good enough to take the pot.
There were no women playing Day 1a yesterday but there are already four in the field today including Camilla Reventlow from Denmark who just took down an early pot.
Reventlow bet 1,300 on the turn of a board reading 
and picked up two callers.
The completed the board with no further action and when [Removed:528] showed 
Reventlow showed her 
to take the pot with a flush.
Josef Gulas opened to 150 from the cutoff and was three-bet by Tomasz Chmiel on the button to 575. Gulas four-bet to 1,700 and Chmiel called.
The flop was 
. Gulas continued for 2,000 and Chmiel called.
The turn was the . Gulas bet 4,500. Chmiel raised to 9,600. Gulas three-bet all in for 26,300 and Chmiel called and was at risk.
Chmiel:
Gulas:
Both players had turned straights, but it was Chmiel who was drawing dead with the inferior straight. He stuck around long enough to see the 
dealt on the river, and swfitly headed to the exit.
Numbers are steadily increasing with 137 entries now.
They include Thomas “The Talk” Traboulsi who played yesterday but didn’t bag up chips so he is back for a second bite.
On his first bullet is Martin Staszko who has just sat down to play as he was in the high roller yesterday.
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