Anson Tsang was all in and at risk with 
against the 
of Dimitrios Gkatzas and failed to get there on a board of 
.
Soon after another player was all in and at risk and that happened to be Georges Chehade. His cards were already in the muck and the pot was pushed to Michael Magalashvili, who had hit stop set of aces on a four-diamond board.
Allen Kessler was forced all in from the big blind and Michael Soyza raised from late position to isolate.
Allen Kessler: 
Michael Soyza: 
Kessler turned a straight on the board 
to get up to 13,000.
He was then all in after a multi-way pot emerged. Hael Al Labani limped, Grant Warren raised to 15,000 and Kessler was all in for 13,000 in the small blind. Dor Tal called in the big blind, as did Al Labani. The 
flop was checked to Warren, who bet 12,000 and picked up calls from his two remaining opponents.
They checked the 
turn and Tal bet the 
river for 41,000. Both Al Labani and Warren folded and Kessler showed 
for a missed wrap, which Tal had beat with the 
for just a pair of queens.
Guillaume Diaz had all but 6,000 in the middle before the flop fell 
and then moved all in, which fellow Frenchman Romain Lewis called.
Diaz tabled the 
and Lewis held 
. The 
turn and river brought no suckout and Diaz remained in contention.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
Just before the end of the level, Dario Alioto also departed and that reduced the field to the last 28 hopefuls. The T-500 chips will be raced off during the final 15-minute break of the night and two further levels remain until bagging and tagging.
After losing a big pot to Alfredo Vega Meister on the money bubble, Martin Rothaermel dropped well below the average and soon after joined Sebastian Langrock on the rail.
Cord Garcia raised to 15,000 and was called by Rothaermel in the small blind and Sebastian Obermeier in the big blind.
"If they check, I will shove," Garcia said but instead it was Rothaermel that pushed all in for 44,400 on the 
flop. Obermeier reluctantly called and Garcia folded.
Martin Rothaermel: 
Sebastian Obermeier: 
The turn gave Rothaermel a ton of outs, but the 
river was of no help to reduce the Day 1A field to the last 30. Garcia was left with 23,000 and departed soon after.
Despite bursting the bubble, Peter Slustik was the first to head to the payout desk to collect €799 for his efforts and he was joined by Zakhar Galper and Pasquale Vinci.
There were two all in and call on separate tables and the first one to run was between Oleh Sushko and Peter Slustik, who were both short-stacked.
Oleh Sushko: 
Peter Slustik: 
The board came 
and Slustik hit two pair.
Cord Garcia was all in for 19,000 against Grant Hart and needed some help from the deck.
Cord Garcia: 
Grant Hart:
"I gonna win with this," Garcia said and pointed to his diamonds. The board came and Garcia found the double with a full house, while Sushko became the bubble boy.
Peter Jaksland doubled through Romain Lewis he got it in with top pair and an open-ender on a flop and Lewis' gutshot for the superior straight bricked off.
Soon after, Jaksland was all in for 34,200 from the button and was called by Tarek Alonso in the hijack.
Peter Jaksland:
Tarek Alonso: 
The board came 
and the Dane doubled again in his first ever live PLO tournament.
Daniel Rezaei ended up all in and at risk with his short stack and Stanislav Parkhomenko looked him up.
Daniel Rezaei:
Stanislav Parkhomenko:
The flop gave Rezaei a straight and flush draw, but the turn and river were both blanks. With 36 players remaining, the tournament will now switch to hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble.
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