Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration will close for Day 1a when the action resumes.
Blinds will go up to 600/1,200 with a big blind ante of 1,000 before increasing to 800/1,600 with a big blind ante of 1,200 and 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. After this, any remaining players will bag chips and will resume action on Day 2 on Saturday.
Erez Elchanan three-bet jammed for 11,500 and was called by Pierre Sinnig.
Elchanan got out of his seat after he turned over and his opponent turned over . This was even before things were looking grim for his after Sinnig paired the flop.
Elchanan was a couple of steps away from the table while the came on the turn followed by the on the river.
"You hit a straight," a player at the table said.
Elchanan's facial expression didn't change at all but he did get back into his seat with more than twice the chips he began the hand with.
The action folded to Eyal Ehskar in the small blind and he open-jammed for about 12,000. Ivaylo Panev snap-called from the big blind.
Eshkar had a very strong hand from the small blind with but was in for a world of hurt with Panev holding .
The case ace came on the flop to give Panev a set. The came on the turn to give Eshkar some hope with a gutshot straight draw. The draw didn't complete with the completing the board on the river and Eshkar headed out of the tournament area.
Salah Eddine Taleb opened to 3,200 and got a call from Erez Elchanan. Pierre Quignard three-bet jammed for 13,400 and got calls from both his opponents.
Taleb led out for 5,500 after the came on the flop. Elchanan tanked for 90 seconds before he folded.
Quignard turned over and was ahead of the held by his opponent.
The on the turn might not seem like an important card but it was. The came on the river to give Elchanen two pair but it also improved Quignard to a flush to win the hand and triple up his stack.
There was a four-bet and a call to create a pot of around 15,000 before the flop. Paul Guichard bet about 10,000 after the came on the flop. Thomas Simsen raised to 30,000 before Guichard jammed his remaining stack of 71,000.
Simsen tanked for about three minutes before he made the fold. Neither player showed their cards as the dealer pushed Guichard a huge pot.
A Spanish player known just as Willy Wonka might as well own a chocolate factory as he is sitting on a monster stack of 230,000 in chips.
He just won a massive pot against another player using a nickname in Claude Franco.
Willy Wonka bet 15,000 into a pot of 30,000 after the came on the flop. Claude Franco min-raised to 30,000 and Willy Wonka jammed to more than cover the around 80,000 his opponent had left behind. Claude Franco called and players turned over their cards.
Willy Wonka:
Claude Franco:
Willy Wonka was ahead but had to sweat some outs has his opponent had draws for the straight and a set.
The on the turn didn't help Claude Franco and he was eliminated after the on the river further improved Willy Wonka to a full house.