Aleksei Istomin raised from under the gun and picked up one caller before a short stack shoved for 10,000. Istomin reshoved to isolate successfully with and the player at risk showed . The board came and Istomin rivered a straight.
Next up it was Max Rotko who raised to 2,400 from under the gun. Mariano Recuenco Martin stayed in the pot and Rotko ended up all in with versus . The board of gave Recuenco Martin the nut flush and Rotko was done.
Day 1b of the €220 Opening Event currently shows 188 entries of which 130 remain, while the €80+8 "The Thunder" Side Event has 217 entries with 140 hopefuls still holding chips. Level eight just kicked in and that's the last level to register for a shot at the juicy prize pool in the one-day event.
Jose Valls Rebollar and Joachim Lob increased their stacks and Joan Fabregas Capellas just did so by sending a short stack to the rail.
Philippe Noble limped in from the hijack and the Spaniard raised to 10,400. The button then shoved for 25,000 with the and Noble folded, Fabregas Capellas quickly called with . The board ran out ten-high with three clubs and the kings held up.
Antonio Perez Vico Barba raised from the cutoff and the player in the big blind shoved for pretty much 20 big blinds. Perez Vico Barba called with much to the surprise of a few players on the table, and the gasps went even bigger when the big blind flashed . A board of awarded the pot to Perez Vico Barba with jack-high and he joined the biggest stacks at the moment.
Alberto Flores Trujillo open-shoved for the last 22,000 in late position and Sally Stephens reshoved for more from the cutoff to force out all players behind them.
Flores Trujillo turned over and Stephens took a flip with . After a board of , the aces full claimed the pot for Stephens and she moved above average.
One hand later, short stack Laura Gallardo Ribot shoved from the button and claimed the blinds and antes.
The third attempt to bag up chips in this event seems to go better than both bullets on Day 1a for Josep Maria Galindo Lopez. After his raise to 3,100 in the cutoff, the small blind shoved for around 39,000 and Galindo Lopez called with . His opponent held and won the flip thanks to a board of .
Both stacks were briefly counted and soon after the racks arrived at the table, as the table broke to balance the shrinking field. Less than 120 players currently remain and Galindo Lopez jumped above average.
Carlos Gonzalez Contreras, Stefan van der Pol and Benedikt Meier are no longer on table two and van der Pol was just buying back in. The Dutchman said he busted in a three-way all in with pocket aces versus ace-king and pocket threes, and it was Christian Sargues Hernandez who spiked a three on the turn according to the Dutchman.
Nicola Grieco took his seat in van der Pol's former spot while Marc Esteve Gutierrez just four-bet shoved into the three-bet of Sargues Hernandez. The latter forfeited 9,500 and was shown by Esteve Gutierrez.
Laura Gallardo Ribot successfully spun up her stack and more than doubled, while Douglas Wheatland just survived an all in with for ten big blinds to remain below starting stack. Last but not least, Luka Cencelj was spotted on his way out of the tournament area and may or may not re-enter tonight still.
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and the player at risk showed 
. The board came 
and Istomin rivered a straight.
versus 
. The board of 
gave Recuenco Martin the nut flush and Rotko was done.
and Noble folded, Fabregas Capellas quickly called with 
. The board ran out ten-high with three clubs and the kings held up.
. A board of 
. His opponent held 
.
