David Vamplew opened for 2600 and found one caller in Olivier Busquet with the big blind. . Check from Busquet and a continuation bet from Vamplew of 3,300. Busquet made the call and they saw a turn and both checked. on the river and Busquet led out for a small 2,500. You could tell Vamplew hated the spot he’d been put in by Busquet but he staid disciplined and folded.
Duncan McLellan must be a nightmare to play against. Take this hand. He limped the small blind and Jannick Wrang from Denmark pounced on the perceived weakness and raised to 3,100. Well McLellan just doesn’t give up as easily as that and made the call. was the flop and they both checked it. turn card and McLellan checked it. Wrang made his move and bet 2,800 only to be raised by the amateur with a splash of yellow chips. 8,000 was the bet if you fancy it Mr Wrang. He didn’t and mucked his cards.
The following players all busted in the latter stages of the evening and opted to reenter. Meanwhile, Aku Joentausta and Theo Jorgensen have both been eliminated from the tournament for a second time.
Pre-flop Max Lykov made it 3,200 from middle position, it folded to Oliver Busquet on the button and he placed two 5k chips over the betting line and said the amount to the dealer. I didn't catch the exact amount but I think I heard the number eight, so the bet was at least 8,000.
It folded back to Lykov, he set Busquet all-in and the American called all in for 47,800 total.
Busquet:
Lykov:
The board came and Busquet doubled up, whilst Lykov slips to 18,000.
The current chip leader is EPT10 runner-up Georgios Karakousis and he just clashed in a pot with Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier. It was the Frenchman who got the action started, bringing it in for a min-raise from under-the-gun+1, Karakousis was next to act and he smooth called.
On the flop ElkY fired out a bet of 3,700, call from Karakousis. The landed on the turn, bet of 7,600 from ElkY, call from Karakousis. The fell on fifth street, ElkY was done barreling, he tapped the table and Karakousis did likewise. First to show was ElkY, he opened , Karakousis showed , the river meant that neither man's kicker played so they chopped the pot.
Not long to go and for some players it’s all or nothing. Three players had their chips in the middle. Martin Kabrhel was the big stack with the big hand . Next in stack size was Kent Lundmark who held and bringing up the rear was Sam Greenwood with . No more action possible so we saw all five community cards fall . Lundmark binked a jack to take a chunk from Kabrhel but Greenwood was eliminated near the end of the night.
Toby Lewis is a last level casualty here in Prague, busting out to Julian Thomas. The former was all-in pre-flop for around 21,500 with but he couldn't get there against Thomas's pocket eights as the board came .
The tournament staff has just announced that the 11 remaining tables will play three more hands each before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to grab any last minute action and notable chip counts. Stay tuned for those and a full recap of the Day 1 action.