On a completed board showing 
, Symeon Alexandridis was deep in the tank for several minutes. He faced a shove by Andrea Iocco and the clock was called on him.
Thirty seconds ran down without any decision and Alexandridis' cards were dead. Before they got scooped up, he flashed pocket sevens for a flopped set.
On a completed board of 
, Matthew Bushell had a stack of T-25,000 chips pushed out in front while in the big blind and the action was on Georgios Vrakas. The latter had some 240,000 behind and eventually called it off.
Bushell revealed the 
for a flopped set and Vrakas exposed his 
before leaving the tournament area. While stacking the chips, Bushell mentioned that he had check-raised the flop, bet the turn and jammed the river.
Pasquale Di Ceglie started the action with a raise in late position and Waldemar Kopyl then three-bet on the button. The four-bet shove by Di Ceglie followed and Kopyl called for more than half of his stack.
Pasquale Di Ceglie: 
Waldemar Kopyl: 
The dominated pair gained no equity throughout the 
board and Di Ceglie briefly celebrated his victory.
"Who folded an ace?" Tom Orpaz inquired but received no answer from any of the opponents.
The last few levels had not been as kind to Symeon Alexandridis but he just won a three-way all-in to get back into more healthy contention.
Over on table 81, he was involved in a three-way all-in with ace-king as relayed by Darren Kennedy. Guy Goossens had been all-in with ace-eight while Stefan Drusca looked both up with pocket sixes but it was Alexandris who claimed the side and main pot.
The same table then also lost Arkadiusz Liszewski shortly thereafter, reducing the field to fewer than 120 hopefuls.
Whether or not the money bubble will burst on Day 2 remains to be seen as the pace of eliminations has certainly slowed down. There are currently 122 contenders in the mix with the top 80 securing a portion of the seven-figure prize pool.
Andrea Sirigu opened the action with a raise to 12,000 and he was called by the table chip leader Matthew Bushell. Kully Sidhu then pushed all-in for 152,000 and forced two folds. Despite picking up the pot, Sidhu remains well below the average.
Further assorted counts across the poker arena can be found below.
Picking up the action on the 
flop, De Han Kim had bet 38,000 and was reluctantly called by Mirza Veletanlic in the cutoff. The followed on the turn and Kim now pushed all-in for 93,000.
Veletanlic asked for an exact count and made the call.
De Han Kim: 
Mirza Veletanlic: 
Nothing changed with the river as Kim doubled to a near-average stack.
Nicola Angelini opened to 15,000 and Albert Hoekendijk jammed for the 86,000 he had behind. Jelka Andelic moved all-in over the top and Angelini tank-folded from under the gun.
Albert Hoekendijk:
Jelka Andelic: 
The flop went to the Dutchman on a board of 
and Andelic dropped into the danger zone.
Waldemar Kopyl raised to 12,000 and Antonio Falocco then three-bet to 45,000, for nearly half of his stack. Silviu Baltateanu sigh-folded, Kopyl moved all-in and Falocco called it off for the last 106,000.
Antonio Falocco: 
Waldemar Kopyl:
The 
flop provided the open-ender for Falocco, who whiffed the turn but got there with the river.
Baltateanu mentioned in table chat he had folded pocket nines.
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