On a flop of , the stacks of Carlos Avila Ortega and Christophe Suter went in the middle and Avila Ortega was the player at risk for around 50,000. The Spaniard showed and was in need of help, as Suter had the superior kicker with .
Both the turn and the river blanked and Avila Ortega left the table with a "buenos noches" - good night in Spanish.
According to the screens, the first of four starting days of the €220 Opening Event attracted a field of 194 entries and the registration has now officially closed. All players that bust tonight still can re-enter tomorrow in order to take a shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €100,000.
Silvano Hauser had lost all but 3,600 chips in a flip with against the of Sergio Camunas on a board of .
The next hand, a player in late position raised to 8,000 and Nicola Grieco called on the button, Hauser called all in from the small blind. On the flop, the action checked to Grieco and his bet of 15,000 forced a fold from the initial raiser. Hauser turned over and Grieco had a bluff with . The turn and river brought Hauser a flush.
He was then all in the next hand from the big blind with , facing two other all ins. The initial player that moved in had and Aitor Martinez turned over . The board came and Martinez scooped the pot with the nut flush, sending two opponents to the rail.
Younesse Oualgasi opened to 10,000 and Xavier Sola Vall three-bet to 40,000 from one seat over. The next player to act then moved all in for around 75,000 and the action folded back to Oualgasi, who folded. Sola Vall snap-called with and only had to fear queens or clubs as the player at risk showed .
The board came and the aces were not cracked, vaulting Sala Vall into the top spot.
Less than 60 players remain and below are assorted chip counts. Matteo Leoni had started well, but dropped below average. The turbo structure did the rest and the Italian ran out of chips.
From early position, Nicola Grieco moved all in for 45,500 and Carlos Vidal Barrios reshoved from two seats over for what looked like 57,000. The action folded to Ekaterina Kolmakova in the big blind, and she asked for a brief count on the bigger stack before folding and forfeiting her big blind.
Carlos Vidal Barrios:
Nicola Grieco:
There was no surprise on the board and Grieco was eliminated.
Harcharan Dogra Dogra moved back to more than average while Robert Cazali was eliminated. Patrick Lebahr escaped from that very same fate after he doubled for his last 44,600 with versus , the Frenchman made a set on the board .
At almost the same time and on different tables, Josito Bordas and Thomas Elder have been eliminated while Petru Tarlev took a big pot off Giovanni Cauteruccio.
Elder shoved for around 44,000 with the from under the gun and found a caller in Ekaterina Kolmakova in the big blind. It was a classic flip, as the Russian had , and the board of failed to improve Elder.
Two tables over, there were plenty of chips already in the middle with the turn showing . Cauteruccio checked from early position and Tarlev shoved from the cutoff. "Is it more than 80,000?" Cauteruccio asked and the dealer counted Tarlev's remaining stack, which amounted to more than 100,000. The Italian was not happy and mucked his cards with quite some force.
Tarlev very briefly flashed his cards but no player on the table saw them, followed by a big grin on the face by Tarlev.
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, the stacks of Carlos Avila Ortega and Christophe Suter went in the middle and Avila Ortega was the player at risk for around 50,000. The Spaniard showed 
and was in need of help, as Suter had the superior kicker with 
.
turn and the 
river blanked and Avila Ortega left the table with a "buenos noches" - good night in Spanish.
against the 
.
flop, the action checked to Grieco and his bet of 15,000 forced a fold from the initial raiser. Hauser turned over 
and Grieco had a bluff with 
. The 
. The board came 
and Grieco was eliminated.
versus 
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, and the board of 