Christian Rachel was already all in and at risk for 17,500 before Jozef Mlcoch and Erik Cajelais called to see a flop of . The cuo checked to the turn before Mlcoch checked and Cajelais bet the pot, forcing out the Slovakian.
Christian Rachel:
Erik Cajelais:
The river changed nothing whatsoever and Rachel tripled up.
On the flop of , the action checked to Alexander Livingston and he bet 21,000. Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved all in for 54,000 from the cutoff and Jan-Peter Jachtmann reraised all in for 120,000 out of the big blind to pick up a call by Livingston as biggest stack of rhe trio.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
Jan-Peter Jachtmann:
Alexander Livingston:
Troyanovskiy was in need of running aces to stay in contention, while jachtmann didn't want to see any straight cards for Livingston. Sure enough the fell on the turn and the river was a blank to result in a double knockout.
The flop showed and Pim van Holsteyn checked, Lukas Zaskodny bet 15,000 and the Dutchman check-raised the size of the pot for 77,500. Zaskodny reraised the pot and van Holsteyn moved all in to see Zaskodny call with the superior stack.
Pim van Holsteyn:
Lukas Zaskodny:
The turn and river failed to improve Zaskodny and van Holsteyn doubled for 238,000.
Vlado Sevo was all in and at risk with the on the flop of and Liran Twito snap-called. What followed were groans at the table, as Twito turned over for quads, and the turn and river were just a formality.
Short stack Mikko Hirvonen was eliminated as well and that reduced the field to the last 34 hopefuls.
The clock has been stopped and five more hands will be played for tonight. There are as many players who will leave empty-handed in this event, as just the top 29 spots will receive a portion of the prize pool.
The cards oif Ryan Riess were already in the muck and his stack was shipped over to Ivan Fedor. According to other players at the table, Riess raised and called a three-bet by Fedor to see a flop of . The duo got their stacks in right there with Riess being the one at risk with the nut flush draw.
Fedor held for middle set and the roller coaster run out of turn and river first improved Riess to a flush before Fedor's full house claimed the pot.
Joining the action on the flop, Gerd Eichinger faced a bet of 40,000 by Vahid Amirzahiri in the small blind and raised the pot to 165,000, which Amirzahiri called. The appeared on the turn and Amirzahiri checked, then called the shove of Eichinger for 34,500.
"I have nothing," Amirzahiri said and Eichinger replied "me too."
Gerd Eichinger:
Vahid Amirzahiri:
The on the river was a blank and Amirzahiri dragged in a massive pot with just a pair of sixes to eliminate Eichinger.
The penultimate hand of the night provided fireworks between Jonathan Abdellatif and Liran Twito. Abdellatif's raise was three-bet to 40,000 by Twito and the Belgian called before check-calling a pot-sized bet on the flop. After the turn, Abdellatif checked and Twito bet 125,000 before snap-calling the shove of the Belgian to create the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Liran Twito:
Jonathan Abdellatif:
The on the river was a blank and Twito doubled for 260,000, leaving Abdellatif short two spots off the money.
Day 1 ended with 31 players remaining and Day 2 will recommence right on the money bubble at 1 p.m. local time. A recap of today's action is to follow.