While 164 players out of a 245-entry strong field thus far for Day 1a just returned to their seats, the registration of the €1,075 Super Satellite closed with a total of 193 entries. This generated 35 tickets for tomorrow's Day 1b and the 36th place finisher will receive €1,110.
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. The following players did not survive long enough to see it, everyone else will return at approximately 9.30 p.m. local time for another two levels on Day 1a.
Here is some fun for your break straight from the tournament floor.
On a board of , one player was all in from early position and Thomas Muehloecker bet 8,600 from middle position into a dry side pot. A player on the button called, and the river was a . Muehloecker checked, and after thinking a few minutes, his opponent checked back.
The all-in player showed but Muehloecker had that beat with . The last player flipped what looked like for a monstrous airballed draw.
Muehloecker looks to be the chip leader as players head to dinner.
Down to just 6,925, Adrian Maksymiw was all in and at risk with the and initial raiser Georgy Komarov quickly called with the . The flop of improved Maksymiw to a pair of jacks, but Komarov had a flush draw.
It was all over on the turn, and Komarov even asked the dealer for the to make a royal flush despite having his opponent drawing dead already. The wish wasn't granted, as the showed up on the river. Maksymiw barely saw that, as he had grabbed his belongings and was on the way out.
Jerry Wong was in the cutoff, and the November Niner bet 1,700 on a flop against his lone opponent, who was on the button. That player called, and Wong checked to him on the turn. Wong's opponent bet 3,500 and Wong called. Wong checked the river and saw his opponent jam for right around 9,000. Wong thought a bit and called, only to be shown for a straight.
Despite the setback, Wong is still above the starting stack.
A raising war broke out between Francisco Arce and Vlad Darie with the former ending up all in for his last 9,225 out of the small blind. Darie called and turned over only for the Spaniard to flip over .
The board ran out and Darie lost about one third of his stack.
Louis Linard called a three-bet by Nikolaos Iliakis and then faced a bet worth 1,500 on the flop. Linard called on the button and the fell on the turn. Iliakis checked, Linard bet 2,500 and received the call.
After the river, Iliakis checked and Linard bet 5,000. Iliakis check-raised to 15,000 and was eventually called by the Frenchman to turn over for a full house. "Well done," Martin Kabrhel said and then asked "where are you from Sir?" Iliakis replied with a simple "Europe" and stacked the profit.