Samy Barka in the small blind was all-in and at risk for 25,300 against Antoine Vuylsteke in the hijack.
Samy Barka: 4♠4♥
Antoine Vuylsteke: J♣J♦
Barka ran into jacks and was eliminated on 9♦Q♣A♣6♣10♥. He immediately reentered.
Samy Barka in the small blind was all-in and at risk for 25,300 against Antoine Vuylsteke in the hijack.
Samy Barka: 4♠4♥
Antoine Vuylsteke: J♣J♦
Barka ran into jacks and was eliminated on 9♦Q♣A♣6♣10♥. He immediately reentered.
Dylan Dereuddre opened to 1,600 from early position. Lorenzo van der Velde in the hijack called. Dylan Dereuddre on the button called as well but the blinds folded.
Dereuddre bet 3,000 on 3♣10♦Q♦ and made Van der Velde fold, but Vanbeslen raised to 8,500. Dereuddre called and checked the 8♣ turn.
Vanbeslen fired 15,000 and he made Dereuddre fold.
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Four-way on a flop of 9♥5♣3♠, Mark Roovers in middle position bet 2,000. Krzysztof Sluzek in the hijack folded but Jeffrey Drooghenbroodt on the button and Florian Poulain in the big blind called.
Roovers fired a second barrel to 5,500 on the 4♣ turn but Drooghenbroodt raised all-in for 11,700. Poulain folded and Roovers called while saying that he had clubs.
Jeffrey Drooghenbroodt: A♠2♠
Mark Roovers: J♣9♣
The 5♠ river didn't complete Roovers' flush so Drooghenbroodt doubled with a straight.
After doubling Vincent Gabel up, Antoine Vuylsteke was left with 4,300 and jammed from the cutoff. He was called by Alexander Rhys-Davies who opened from early position.
Antoine Vuylsteke: A♠K♦
Alexander Rhys-Davies: A♥10♣
Vuylsteke kept the lead all the way though a board of 2♥9♣6♥5♠5♥ and doubled up.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The 21 players of Day 1a are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Cards went on their backs with Abraham Uittenbogaard in the hijack all-in and at risk for 27,500 against Alexander Rhys-Davies in the cutoff.
Abraham Uittenbogaard: K♣K♥
Alexander Rhys-Davies: K♠K♦
Both players had the same hand so they split the pot on J♦8♥J♠A♦4♦.
The action was picked up on a board of 5♣3♣K♥8♣ with 24,000 in the pot and Lorenzo van der Velde who moved all-in for 11,000 from the big blind. Anthony Basile in the cutoff called, and Steve Lacomblez in the small blind check-called.
The 5♦ landed on the river and Lacomblez jammed for 20,500. Basile folded A♣K♠ face up.
Lorenzo van der Velde: J♦10♠
Steve Lacomblez: 10♣9♣
Van der Velde ran into a flush and was eliminated.