Early into the second level of the day, the field size has increased to 142 entries and 133 players remain. Mehmet Oegruek was eliminated and re-entered shortly after. The same also applied for Ibrahim Usta and Alfredo Cuti, who were the two first casualties of the day.
In the meanwhile, the comeback story of Michael Pulvermueller ended abruptly and he was joined on the rail by Tayfun Ozlu and Kestutis Jungevicius.
Emil Bise was eliminated at the end of the first level and he was joined on the rail by George Lerca, who bowed out on Bise's new table.
Lerca was all-in for 28,500 on the 
turn and tabled the 
. Jan Hajek had that crushed with 
and the 
river kept the superior pocket pair in the lead.
Heading to the 
river with some 32,000 already in the middle, Ali Behzad checked his option while he was enjoying a massage. Orhan Sen then pushed for what appeared to be 40,300 in the cutoff and Behzad reluctantly folded.
"Set of nines or threes, one hundred percent sure," Ionut Barbosu in the one seat said in table chat. Sen didn't show any of his cards, so his holdings will remain a mystery for the table.
The entire betting action was unknown as the cards were already on their backs with Daniele Lunario at risk for what appeared to be 37,200. He was looked up by Antoine Vranken and it was a classic flip.
Daniele Lunario: 
Antoine Vranken: 
The 
board improved Vranken and he nearly doubled up his stack to kick off Day 1b with a bang.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
On the river, the board was 
with 32,000 chips already in the pot.
Mahmoud Yazbeck bet a chunky 27,000 which made Mehmet Oegruek restless whilst wrestling with his bottle of sparkling water. Oegruek found a call and to his dismay, Yazbeck rolled over 
for a full house.
Michael Pulvermueller was on his way out of the tournament area but got called back as he had a chip and a chair. Two double ups later, he got it in for 5,600 with the 
against the of Nicolae Mihai and prevailed on the 
board.
He then was at risk for 12,000 with against his former nemesis Frank Diefenbach, who tabled the 
. The board ran out 
and just like that, Pulvermueller was back on half the starting stack.
The field size for Day 1b has now reached 119 entries of which 117 players remain near the end of the first level. Among those now in contention are Albert Hoekendijk, Dalibor Dula, and Silviu Baltateanu.
More than 45,000 were in the middle already to the 
river on which Frank Diefenbach checked and then faced the all-in by Michael Pulvermueller for 25,000. Diefenbach thought about it for some 15 seconds and then called for 23,500 to get shown the 
for the top pair and top kicker. He had that beat with 
for a set and Pulvermueller was left with fumes.
"You accomplish that with one hand and I need 20 for it," fellow early big stack Yusuf Oezkacar joked.
The start into Day 1b for Aleksandar Nanchev appears to have been a tricky one as he just lost a bigger pot. More than 18,000 were in the middle to the river on which Nanchev checked from under the gun. His table neighbour Bulent Belek checked back and Nanchev revealed the 
for ace-queen high, having missed the gutshot.
Belek had that beat with for two pair and chipped up.
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