Monday, October 19, 2015 12:30 AM Local Time
The bags are counted and 57 players made it through to Day 2. Niall Farrell holds the lead with 157,000 chips.
Monday, October 19, 2015 12:19 AM Local Time
The last few hands bring another big pot and the exit of Alexander Ivarsson. In a four-bet pot preflop, Niall Farrell peels to see the flop . Ivarsson bets 8,000 and Farrell calls, then same applies for the turn. Ivarsson makes it 12,500 to go and Farrell calls again. Ivarsson then shoves the river and Farrell asks for a rough count. "I am pretty sure I am calling, but let's just have a count," he says. The all in is for around 32,000 chips and Farrell calls.
Ivarsson: for a set of tens
Farrell: for a straight
"You know, I am a bit embarrassed. After eight years of poker I am still shaking," Farrell says.
Niall Farrell - 150,000
Alexander Ivarsson - Eliminated
Monday, October 19, 2015 12:08 AM Local Time
The tournament director has just announced the five last hands of the day before the remaining players bag their chips for Day 2.
Monday, October 19, 2015 12:07 AM Local Time
Action folds to Dror Amiran, who opens on the button to 1,200. Ben Sulsky is in the small blind and makes it 2,700.
The big blind folds, action is now back to Amiram, who announces he is all-in to put Sulsky at risk. Sulsky calls and tables . Amiram has .
The board runs out , giving Amiram a three of a kind, and sending Sulsky to the rail.
Dror Amiram 45,000
Ben Sulsky - Eliminated
Monday, October 19, 2015 12:07 AM Local Time
With less than 15 minutes to go in Day 1A, Niall Farell opens to 1,200 from under the gun and gets a call from under the gun +1 by Simon Ravnsbaek. Alexander Ivarsson calls on the button and the small blind joins too.
The flop comes and the small blind checks before Ravnsbaek bets 2,800. Ivarsson makes the call on the button and both other players fold.
on the turn and both check.
The river is the and Ravnsbaek checks a last time before Ivarsson bets 7,200 and The Dane releases his hand.
Simon Ravnsbaek - 97,000
Alexander Ivarsson - 43,000
Monday, October 19, 2015 12:06 AM Local Time
Ricardo Alvarado was a big stack for most of the day, then loses a big flip for 80,000 with against suited and a bluff against Fedor Holz also goes wrong. At the end of the day, it is looking slightly better again, though. David Kaufmann opens to 1,200 and Bruno Fitoussi three-bets to 3,100. Alvarado four-bets to 7,700 and Kaufmann folds. Fitoussi jams and Alvarado calls.
Fitoussi:
Alvarado:
The flop gives Alvarado a gutshot and he immediately gets there on the turn. The river doesn't matter anymore and Fitoussi is gone.
Ricardo Alvarado - 66,000
Bruno Fitoussi - Eliminated
Monday, October 19, 2015 12:03 AM Local Time
After a raise, Robert Heidorn calls on the button and Henrik Hecklen calls in the big blind. The flop checks to Heidorn and he bets. Hecklen check-raises to 5,500 and just Heidorn calls. Hecklen then bets the turn for 11,500 and Heidorn calls. Hecklen shoves the river and Heidorn tanks for a long time. It is for almost all his chips and he tosses them in to get shown by Hecklen. Heidorn mucks, but the dealer has to turn over as it was an all in showdown.
Henrik Hecklen - 89,000
Robert Heidorn - 3,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:55 PM Local Time
Thierry Gogniat is making an incredible come back in the tournament after falling to 4,000. He currently has 72,000 chips.
Thierry Gognat - 72,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:40 PM Local Time
After losing the hand to John Juanda, Artan Dedusha completely loses control. He raises from early position and Georgios Karakousis calls from the cutoff, Gaelle Baumann gets her last 8,500 chips in. Dedusha moves all in over the top for around 22.000 chips and Karakousis calls with .
Baumann shows and Dedusha has the ever so creative . The board runs out and Baumann triples, while Dedusha hits the rail.
Georgios Karakousis - 60,000
Gaelle Baumann - 27,000
Artan Dedusha - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:35 PM Local Time
66 players are left out of the 104 players that bought in today. There are 37 left in this last level of the day and the average is 47,272.
Today, € 1,019,200 have made it into the prize pool.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:33 PM Local Time
Artan Dedusha opens to 1,500 and John Juanda three-bets to 4,500 from the cutoff. Dedusha calls and checks the flop . Juanda continues for 4.000 and gets called before Dedusha, who then leads the turn for 7,125. Juanda checks the stack of his opponent and moves all in to force a fold.
John Juanda - 67,000
Artan Dedusha - 24,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:33 PM Local Time
Artan Dedusha raises to 1,500 and gets raised by John Juanda from the cutoff to 4,500. Dedusha calls and the flop come . Dedusha checks and Juanda bets 4,000. Call again by Dedusha and the turn comes . Now Dedusha bets 7,100 and Juanda puts him all-in for his last 24,000 chips. Dedusha folds.
John Juanda - 67,000
Artan Dedusha - 21,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:27 PM Local Time
The player on the button opens to 1,200 and Mario Lopez three-bets 4,000 from the small blind. The original raiser calls. The flop is . Lopez checks, the button bets 4,000, and Lopez calls. The turn is the and both players check. The river is . Lopez bets 6,350 and his opponent folds.
Mario Lopez - 80,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:26 PM Local Time
Darcourt did not survive Day 1A. His pocket sixes crashed into his opponent's eights for his last 18,500 chips.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:17 PM Local Time
On the river, the board is Sergey Sergeev bets 7,300, and action moves to Ricardo Alvarado, who announces all-in.
Sergeev is the player at risk, and he takes a long time to make a decision, reconstructing his opponent's actions on the earlier streets. After a few more minutes, he pushes the rest of his stack and shows
Alvarado quickly shows for a rivered full house.
Ricardo Alvarado - 110,000
Sergey Sergeev - Eliminated.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:14 PM Local Time
Robert Heidorn, a Berlin regular, gets Przemyslaw Piotrowski's last chips with queens vs. . The board brings the last queen of the deck and Robert Heidorn is up to 52,000.
Przemyslaw Piotrowski - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:12 PM Local Time
Simon Ravnsbaek raises for an unknown amount and Alexander Ivarsson calls in the big blind to see a flop of . Ivarsson check-raises and then jams when Ravnsbaek clicks it back to see the latter call his shove for 44.275.
Ivarsson has for straight and flush draws, while Ravnsbaek turns over for bottom set. The turn and river provide no help for Ivarsson and he loses more than half his stack, while Ravnsbaek doubles with a full house.
Simon Ravnsbaek - 93,000
Alexander Ivarsson - 40,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:06 PM Local Time
On a board, Maxime Adam bets 4,700 into a 13,000-chip pot and gets raised to 14,500 by the button. It takes him two minutes to cal,l but he ends up committing the chips and his opponent shows for a flush draw. Maxime tables kings and takes down the pot to increase his stack to 78,900.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:53 PM Local Time
On the flop of , the big blind checks and John Juanda bets 2,500 into a pot of 4,200. The big blind check-raises to 7,000 and Juanda calls. The turn and river are checked through and the big blind shows , while Juanda takes the pot with for the better kicker. The big blind says, "just what I thought."
John Juanda - 43,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:52 PM Local Time
Leandro Patacconi shoves his last 8,000 with and Erik Seidel makes the call with nines. The board comes .
Erik Seidel - 23,000
Max Patacconi - Out