Gabriel Pazos de la Torre bet the turn for 3,000 into a pot of 5,000 and Younesse Oualgasi check-raised to 8,000 in the small blind. Pazos de la Torre called and one player at the table asked for a seven on the river. Sure enough the appeared as final community card, and both players checked. Oualgasi showed and chopped with the of his opponent.
Sebastian Tusal raised to 650 and picked up two callers in Juan Font Espina and Lauri Saaskilahti. On the flop, Tusal continued for 2,100 and Font Espina called before Saaskilahti raised to 7,400. Tusal moved all in and Font Espina folded, Saaskihalti called for around 60,000 and tabled .
Tusal had and the turn and river were both blanks. "I had even more before that but lost an all in," Saaskilahti added while racking up the chips. The 400 big blind pot sure is a nice consolation for the previous loss. Fellow Finn Jaako Wilska sits right next to him in the three seat.
There were around 12,000 in the middle with the turn showing [Qs4cd3d10s] and a raising war broke out between Jacek Burawski and Alexandre Farre Raluy. The former was all in and at risk for around 28,000 and flipped over only to find himself already drawing dead against the of Farre Raluy.
The meaningless river completed the board and Burawski was eliminated.
On the four-way turn of , the action checked to Tomas Figuera Beltran and he bet 1,250, picking up calls by Mario Stauffer and Alexandre Farre Raluy from under the gun, while Jorge Jose Lamarca Deniz folded in the big blind. The river was checked through again and Farre Raluy flashed for trips queens to claim the pot
The tournament screen shows four seat open and two of them were on table five. Sebastian Tusal profited the most from it, more than doubling his stack already, while the other knockouts saw Andre Filipe Quelhas and Marco Della Tommasina pick up an early double.
Konrad Kedrzycki defended his big blind against a raise by Ladislao Dalfo Battle and check-called two barrels on the flop and the turn. Kedrzycki then also checked the river and Dalfo Battle made it 1,525 to go. The Pole, who cashed in the €80+8 The Thunder, eventually called and mucked when he was shown for trips aces.
Maite Richart's raise from under the gun was called by Jhen Siang Jian on the button and Richart continued for 225 on the flop, which Siang Jian called. On the turn, Richart bet 1,025 and faced a raise to 3,500 by Siang Jian, which was called, before checking the on the river.
Jiang Sian bet 7,000 and Richart stared at her opponent for more than a minute before sending the cards into the muck.
Towards the middle of the first level, 16 tables were already running and the tournament screens showed 114 entries. This brings up the total field to more than 500, and the guarantee of €100,000 has been met. From now on, each addition to the field will result in an even bigger prize pool and follows into the footsteps of all events during the festival here at Casino Barcelona thus far.