Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The 466 players of Day 1a are on a 20-minute break.
After an open in early position to 600 and a three-bet to 1,600 by the hijack, Quentin Roussey in the cutoff called. Dawid Smolka in the small blind four-bet to 6,500 and Roussey was the only one to call.
Smolka continued for 3,500 on Q♣J♥10♥ and fired a second barrel to 6,500 on the K♥ turn. Roussey called both times.
Smolka eventually checked the 3♦ river. Roussey quickly checked back but lost to Smolka's A♣A♦. "No! Push it you win the pot, he doesn't have the flush," a player told Smolka while he was taking the pot.
Giorgi Chubinidze raised to 600 fr4om early position and was called by [Removed:622] from the button. Paul Runcan three-bet to 3,100 from the big blind and was called by both opponents.
Runcan continued for 2,400 on the K♦J♠4♦ flop. Chubinidze folded before Schneider called.
Runcan sized up to 6,500 on the 10♦ turn, but then faced a raise to 21,000. Runcan called as the bigger stack.
Runcan checked on the 9♣ river, and Schneider jammed for 30,400. Runcan went deep into the tank, talkinig to himself as he used up four time banks. He opted on a call and the cards the were tabled.
Schneider could only show 7♥7♦ for a pair of sevens, and he was eliminated after Runcan tabled A♠Q♣, which was good for Broadway.
The action was picked up on a board of 10♥3♦5♠Q♥7♠ with 46,600 in the pot.
Tom Middleton on the button moved all-in for 41,500. Uri Gilboa in middle position asked for a count an announced "call" while laying all his 5♥5♣ next to the board for a flopped set.
"Thank you," he said to Middleton and the dealer while Middleton was walking away.
Ryan Johnson raised to 600 from middle position. Odysseas Athanasiadis and Daniel Moran called from the button and big blind.
Johnson continued for 800 on the 9♣5♠2♥ flop, and was called by both opponents. He fired out another 3,000 on the 9♠ turn. Athanasiadis called before Moran got out of the way.
The 4♦ completed the board, and Johnson check-folded to a bet of 5,500, awarding Athanasiadis the pot.
Bernat Carreras opened to 700 from the cutoff and was called by both Ivan Banic and Niklas Deitmer in the blinds.
Carreras continued for 800 on Q♠5♠9♣ and was only call by Banic, then his second barrel to 2,300 was check-called once again.
They both checked the 7♥ river and Banic was firs to reveal his Q♥5♦ for two pair to scoop the pot.
After an open to 600 by Michael Dick in middle position, Hasan Halil in the cutoff three-bet to 2,000. Ivan Burmistrov on the button didn't see this raise but called it, as well as Dick.
Halil made a continuation bet on 9♣7♥4♣ but Burmistrov quickly raised to 8,000. Dick check-folded and Halil called.
Halil checked the 2♦ turn and Burmistrov bet 20,000. Halil looked at him and raised all-in for 44,500. Burmistrov snap-called.
Hasan Halil: K♦K♥
Ivan Burmistrov: 7♦7♠
Burmistrov flopped a set to crack Halil's kings who was eliminated after the J♥ river.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
A sizeable pot between Iliya Iliev and Fahredin Mustafov had brewed, with 20,000 in the pot on the 5♥4♦9♥6♦8♥ completed board.
Iliev checked in the big blind, and Mustafov fired out 20,500 from the button. Iliev went into the tank, using several time banks before putting in calling chips. Mutsafov tabled A♥3♥ for the nut-flush, and cracked Iliev's A♦A♠.
As that hand completed, there was an all-in and call on a neighboring table.
On the 7♦2♠J♠10♦ board, Nazih Al Tajar and Christian Ciurea exchanged raised from under the gun and middle position, that saw Ciurea all-in for hi slast 23,100.
Christian Ciurea: 10♠6♠
Nazih Al Tajar: KxJx
Al Tajar was ahead with top pair, but Ciurea still had some hope with his second pair and flush draw. The A♠ came in to give the shorter stack the checkmark to double-up.