Tomas Chmela opened to 700 and then faced a three-bet to 2,300 by Nicolas Bokowski from one seat over, which he called. The flop fell 
and the check of Chmela followed. Bokowski continued for 2,100 and that was all it took to claim the pot uncontested.
On the same table, fellow mixed game aficionado Symeon Alexandridis can be found, who battled with Bokowski during the 2021 World Series of Poker.
The cards were all but rushed away when Nicolae Modrea left the tournament area and the Romanian lost a rather typical coin flip with a twist. His 
had flopped the top two pair but Klaus Biehler held 
for a set of eights. The board did pair on the river but it was the 
which improved Biehler to quads.
It didn't take long for the action to pick up at the tables despite everyone starting with 250 big blinds. While the satellite is on the money bubble, the first player bowed out on Day 1a of the Main Event and that happened to be Ioannis Chaitas. The board was already rushed away and it seems rather certain that the Greek will be back at some point.
His chips now belong to Jonathan Rosenwasser, who has become the early chip leader mid-way through level one.
With plenty of chips already in the middle and the turn reading 
, David Schick bet 6,600 from a middle position. He was only called by Daniel Fernandez Alcantara on the button and Schick then fired another bet worth 16,000 on the 
river. Fernandez Alcantara sigh-called and Schick instantly mucked his cards.
When some other players glanced over at the Dutchman, he simply shrugged and said "it's a re-entry".
In a four-way pot to the 
flop, the action was checked to Alexandru Budai in the hijack and he made it 1,000 to go. Viorel Gavrila called on the button and Jan Bendik then opted for a check-raise to 5,500 out of the small blind. The fourth player in the hand let go, and the same also applied for Budai and Gavrila.
Bendik is one of the most well-known participants in the field alongside EPT Sochi champion Uri Gilboa.
With a pot of around 7,000 chips to the 
flop, Kurt Radinger in the hijack and Nicolae Modrea in the cutoff checked. The turn was also checked by Radinger, who then called a bet of 3,500 by Modrea. Both players checked down the on the river and Radinger claimed the pot with 
for a king-high straight.
Romain Hamouche opened to 500 from the button on a short-handed table and was called by Nicu Sirbu in the big blind. On the 
flop, Sirbu opted to check-call a bet worth 600 and they then checked down the turn and 
river. Sirbu tabled the 
for a busted double gutshot, which Hamouche had beat with 
for a pair of sixes.
One hour before the start there were only some 15 players registered but that has grown to more than 80 participants when the cards went in the air. A list of early notables in the field will be published shortly.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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