Mitchell Hynam and Bhavin Khatri were eliminated and subsequently re-entered as the field reached 75 entries. Gabriel Podovei chipped up soon after entering the field and Manuel Chico Lopez was eliminated.
Nível: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Catalin Ciurea faced a raise and two calls including the one by Ian Simpson in the small blind. The Romanian was in the big blind and three-bet to 5,000, which only Rodolfo Hernandez Hernandez in the cutoff called.
On a flop of 
, Ciurea continued for 2,500 to earn a call and then fired another larger bet on the 
turn. Hernandez Hernandez then pushed all-in for 27,700 and a somewhat stunned Ciurea asked for an exact count before making the call.
Rodolfo Hernandez Hernandez: 
Catalin Ciurea: 
The 
on the river brought no upset and that spelled the end for Hernandez Hernandez.
The Day 1a field size remains at 72 entries with 66 players still in the mix and Sergio Alonso Camunas is among the latest contestants to have joined up.
Meir Avigal defended his big blind against the cutoff raise by Francesc Subirada Blanco and check-called a bet worth 1,500 on the 
. Avigal then checked in the dark prior to the river and Subirada Blanco checked behind.
The 
of Avigal had improved to trips aces and he won a few chips back after the previous bigger loss.
Following an under the gun raise by Josep Garcia Ripoll and a cold-call, Mitchell Hynam three-bet out of the big blind. Garcia Ripoll then four-bet to 11,000 and Hynam was the only caller. The 
flop was checked by Hynam and Garcia Ripoll immediately pushed all-in for around 20,300.
"Do you want a count?" the dealer asked Hynam, who shook his head. During the 30-second shot clock, the Brit used all but one second before he sent the cards into the muck.
The clashes of the two 888poker ambassadors continue without much of a break and Alexandre Mantovani had to part ways with a decent chunk of his stack. It was the Brazilian who bet the 
river for 2,500 out of the blinds and he then paid off a raise to 8,500 by Rene Majed. The German turned over 
for jacks and treys, to which Mantovani nodded and tapped the table.
On a board of 
, Meir Avigal called a bet worth 6,000 by Jose Maria Mesas Collado and was shown the 
by the Spaniard. "I have a good hand," Mesas Collado said after the showdown when Avigal had mucked his cards, indicating that he didn't expect to get called down after action on the previous streets.
Alexandre Mantovani opened the action with a raise from early position and Rene Majed was the only caller in the big blind. Majed check-called the 
flop for 500 and the 
turn went check, check. The German streamer then bet the river for 3,100 and Mantovani folded.
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