Down to crumbs, Tsuf Saltsberg tripled up when he got his very short stack in from the big blind. On the 
river, Michael Ugucctoni also jammed for a short stack as well and was called by Ermanno Di Nicola.
Saltsberg showed 
for the wheel while Ugucctoni doubled through Di Nicola with 
versus 
. However, shortly after, Saltsberg lost the last of it as well to hit the rail.
A loud bang on the table could be heard from afar when [Removed:346] was not too pleased about the all-in showdown against Agostino Scozzari. His cards were already mucked as he paid off the 78,600 of Scozzari, who had earned a full double. The Italian's were good for the nuts on the 
board and he joined the big stacks.
Not only did [Removed:347] lose lots of chips but also earned a one round penalty for his outburst.
Following a flop of 
, Frank Rohrmueller in the big blind and Rifat Gegic got their chips in with near similar stack sizes.
Rifat Gegic: 
Frank Rohrmueller: 
Gegic had plenty of outs with the flush draw and superior straight draw but neither the 
turn nor the river were of any help.
Silvan Boesiger bet the 
flop for 10,000 to pick up a call from Richard Roettelbach and the 
turn was checked. Roettelbach then bet the river for 10,500 and Boesiger moved all-in. That once again sent Roettelbach into the tank and this time, he sigh-folded.
Two and a half levels remain to be played and the Day 1a field has been nearly cut into half. Only 174 players out of 317 entries remain in contention while another bargain satellite is also in full swing in Europe's biggest poker arena.
Sharon Sade got his last 16,600 in preflop with the 
and had a coin flip against Wojciech Wyrebski with the 
. The 
board delivered the overcard right away and Wyrebski dropped back to around the starting stack.
On a table filled with big stacks, Ahmad Achegsei can no longer be found as the German was recently sent to the rail. It was Nicolas Bokowski who claimed his chips. According to Bokowski, he had flopped a full house and Achegsei's turned flush draw had zero equity.
The other big stacks on the table are Marek Blasko, Robert Kokoska and Sharon Ben David.
The pace of eliminations has picked up during the final stages of the day. Among those to bust recently was also Pritpal Maini, who got it in with the . He was looked up by table neighbour Gheorghe Butuc with the 
and the superior hand held on the 
board.
Vladimir Bozinovic raised to 2,000 and earned three callers. As they headed to the flop, it checked to Bozinovic and he continued for 3,500. Only Nicu Sirbu called but then folded on the turn when Bozinovic jammed.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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