Phil Hellmuth took a seat on quite an interesting table that includes Alex Foxen, Dominik Desset, big stack Dominik Arnold, Georgios Zisimopoulos and Ivan Baric. Hellmuth took a hit early on and quickly lost half his stack while Desset just chipped up without showdown.
Baric raised to 2,000 and picked up three callers in Desset, Arnold, and Foxen in the big blind. The flop of was checked and Foxen bet the turn for 4,500. Only Desset called and the appeared on the river. Foxen bet 8,600 and Desset moved all in for more than 32,000 to force a quick fold.
"Pocket jacks?" Baric asked his table neighbour, but Desset just smiled while stacking up the chips.
Martin Kabrhel had a short stack at risk for 10,200 with versus and the board ran out . The dealer announced a seat open before players at the table chimed in and pointed out the straight. "You are my new best friend," the short stack said.
Two tables over, Brandon Cantu was less fortunate and left the tournament area.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and was called by the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked to Kabrhel who continued for 1,500. The big blind check-raised to 3,700 and Kabrhel made the call.
The turn was the and the big blind led out for 4,100. Kabrhel called again and the landed on the river. The big blind checked this time and Kabrhel moved all-in for 18,000. His opponent went into the tank for a couple of minutes before folding. The pot was pushed to Kabrhel but he kept his cards close by.
"You're supposed to show the winning hand?" he asked rhetorically. He then proceeded to table as half of the table looked with raised eyebrows.
Erik Cajelais, Peter Zolnai, Teunis Kooij and Donovan Baer were all eliminated after play has resumed and Kooij was spotted heading into the current side event.
The action has resumed and registration is now officially closed for Event #1: €1,100 MONSTER STACK. The tournament board reads a total of 306 entries for Day 1C. Prizepool and payout information will be posted once it is announced.
Some of the late entries on dinner break include Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Jeff Lisandro.
There are 306 players registered for Day 1c of the tournament, bringing the total to 561 entries and surpassing the guarantee of €500,000. All numbers are currently verified and the prize pool information will be released later tonight.
There are currently 298 entries thus far in Day 1C and 184 of them are remaining. They will all be taking a 60-minute dinner break with late registration closing when the action resumes.
Jan Mach got all of his 17,400 chips in the middle against one of his opponents and was at risk holding . His opponent turned over and it was a race situation.
The flop didn't look so promising but the on the turn helped Mach out. The landed on the river and Mach earned a full double up prior to the dinner break.
On the three-way flop of , Donovan Baer checked from middle position and Yehuda Cohen bet 1,500 on the button. Sergio Castelluccio check-raised all in for 11,925 from the big blind and Baer reshoved for less than double of that. Cohen took a long time to make up his mind and the clock was called on him, he eventually mucked face up.
Sergio Castelluccio:
Donovan Baer:
The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Castelluccio more than doubled.
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was checked and Foxen bet the 
turn for 4,500. Only Desset called and the 
appeared on the river. Foxen bet 8,600 and Desset moved all in for more than 32,000 to force a quick fold.
versus 
and the board ran out 
. The dealer announced a seat open before players at the table chimed in and pointed out the straight. "You are my new best friend," the short stack said.
and the action was checked to Kabrhel who continued for 1,500. The big blind check-raised to 3,700 and Kabrhel made the call.
and the big blind led out for 4,100. Kabrhel called again and the 
landed on the river. The big blind checked this time and Kabrhel moved all-in for 18,000. His opponent went into the tank for a couple of minutes before folding. The pot was pushed to Kabrhel but he kept his cards close by. 
as half of the table looked with raised eyebrows.
on the turn helped Mach out. The 
landed on the river and Mach earned a full double up prior to the dinner break.
, Donovan Baer checked from middle position and Yehuda Cohen bet 1,500 on the button. Sergio Castelluccio check-raised all in for 11,925 from the big blind and Baer reshoved for less than double of that. Cohen took a long time to make up his mind and the clock was called on him, he eventually mucked 
face up.
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