In a previous hand against Robert Ashelm doubled through Gerhard Brimmers with 
versus 
on a board of 
. Shortly after, Mark Helou squeezed to 4,800 only for Brimmers to get his stack of around 20,000 in. Helou quickly called and the cards were turned over.
Gerhard Brimmers: 
Mark Helou: 
The 
flop left Brimmers drawing dead right away, which made the turn and 
river a formality.
On a completed board of 
, Pierre Neuville was spotted with a bet worth 2,100. The action then reached Patrik Zidek, who then raised it up to 7,100. Neuville glanced at his cards once more and then let go.
There were already around 12,000 in the middle to the 
river when Yiannakis Papapetrou checked. From two seats over, Eike Adler made it 6,500 to go and Papapetrou was sent into a tank.
After more than a minute, he asked "do you have ten-jack?" but only received some brief chatter back. Papapetrou then called and Adler rolled over the 
for a straight to win the pot, as Papapetrou mucked his 
.
Joining the action on the 
turn, Gerhard Brimmers checked his option and then faced a bet worth 3,800 by Gaetano La Iacona to call.
The river paired the board and Brimmers now bet 6,500. That sent his opponent into a brief tank and he then called. Brimmers tossed the cards into the muck to forfeit the pot and La Iacona won the pot without any showdown.
While he usually prefers four cards instead of two and has even won a side event during the ongoing stop, Peter Siemund from Berlin is also taking part on Day 1a of the Main Event as well.
With two streets of prior action, the 
river was checked behind him and Iuliu Vlaic. Siemund tabled the for a missed gutshot and that was beaten by the of Vlaic.
One hand later, Siemund opened to 500 and all opponents folded.
Joining the action on the turn, Onur Unsal bet 3,100 from under the gun and was called by Christopher Puetz on the button. Unsal then elected to check the river on which Puetz bet for what appeared to be 5,900.
Unsal instantly called by tossing in a single chip and rolled over his for aces and queens despite not being the last aggressor. Puetz nodded, tapped the table and tossed his cards into the muck.
The poker arena at King's Resort is already busy early on a Friday afternoon and at least 84 players have registered for Day 1a right from the start. All tables with at least three players have commenced the action with the button in seat nine.
A first list of notable entries is to follow shortly.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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