Many players have been seen leaving their seats and will have to try again in another flight to advance to Day 2. The likes of Kristen Bicknell, Roberto Romanello, and Ismael Bojang have all been eliminated.
The prizepool and payouts have been announced by the tournament staff. With 196 entries making up a prizepool of €94,031, there will be 30 places getting paid. A min-cash will be worth €796 and just like the other flights, the day will conclude after 18 levels or when there are 11 players remaining.
There were three players in the hand on a board reading . The player in early position pushed all-in for around 12,000 and Simon Buchta shoved all-in over the top from late position. The third player in the hand folded and the remaining two hands were tabled.
Buchta turned two pair with against his opponent's . The river landed the improving Buchta's hand to a full house and eliminating his opponent.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy was seen with one of the larger stacks in the tournament as he returned from the break. Troyanovskiy is known for playing many high-roller events as he has over $5.2 million in career tournament earnings.
Kristen Bicknell and Roberto Romanello were the only two players to register during the break. Late registration is now closed and the official numbers will be announced shortly.
There are currently 74 players remaining out of the 194 entries. They are heading on another 20-minute break at which time registration will officially close.
In the last hand before the break, there was a raise to 1,800 from under the gun and Chris Ferguson moved all-in for 8,050 directly to his left. The action folded back around to the initial raiser and he instantly called.
"Rebuy!" Ferguson said before the hand played out.
Ferguson:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Ferguson's opponent hit a pair of eights on the river to send Ferguson to the cashier to re-enter should he choose to do so.
Roland Israelashvili raised to 1,500 from early position and was called by Petr Stastny on the button along with both of the blinds. The flop came and the action was checked to Israelashvili. He continued for 4,400 and Stastny pushed all-in for 8,575. The blinds folded and Israelashvili called for only a little more.
Stastny turned over and Israelashvili showed . The turn was the and the river landed the to improve Stastny's hand to a straight. He more than doubled up in that hand to take a chunk from Israelashvili's stack.