Day 1a is scheduled to conclude after the completion of level 18 or once 16 players remain, whichever of the two comes first. The biggest stacks after the bubble can be found below, there are currently 30 players remaining.
"I can't see the other stacks," Miha Pirsic sighed as he had just jammed for the last 9,000. Jaroslav Peter in the small blind and Serok Kilic in the big blind called. The flop was checked and Peter check-folded the turn when Kilic bet 15,000.
Miha Pirsic:
Serok Kilic:
The river was a blank and Pirsic came up second-best with aces once more to bust on the Day 1a money bubble.
Three ways to the turn, Luc Ramos checked in the small blind and so did Serok Kilic from an early position. Miha Pirsic then potted for 90,000 and Ramos jammed for 205,500. Kilic folded and Pirsic called it off with the slightly superior stack.
Luc Ramos:
Miha Pirsic:
The river paired the board and Ramos doubled to leave Pirsic with crumbs.
Within very quick succession, the field was cut down further as suddenly, just 31 players were left in contention. They will now play hand-for-hand on the money bubble and two minutes will be taken off the clock for each hand until the bubble has burst.
With some 55,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Tomaz Kogovsek checked and Miha Pirsic bet 30,000. Kogovsek then jammed and his countryman called it off with a near identical stack.
Tomaz Kogovsek:
Miha Pirsic:
The river improved Pirsic to a full house and he doubled for 99,000 while Kogovsek was left with 3,000 and forced all-in out of the big blind the next hand.
Jaroslav Peter then opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Serok Kilic called on the button. Peter bet the flop for 10,000, checked the turn and bet the river for another 10,000. Kilic called and was shown the for quads by Peter. He mucked a while Kogovsek was eliminated with the .
A three-way all-in showdown reduced the field by two players and ensured that the next table would break.
"Wow, that's thenuts," Shawn Stroke said in disbelief as his cards were already mucked with the board showing . Ernst Stoller saw his hopes vanish with the as Vasileios Tsaknis rivered the nut straight with his .