Barny Boatman just flopped the world with against Christoph Vogelsang with the German check-calling on the flop and the turn before facing the shove on the river. Ultimately, Vogelsang said "I can beat ace-king, so I guess I have to call" and did so with ace-three to help himself back up to starting stack.
Eoin O'Shea open-shoved for 9,575 chips from early position and the action folded around to chip leader Kamran Aliyev in the small blind. The player from Azerbaijan asked for an exact count and then made the call before flipping over . O'Shea was at risk with and Aliyev wished his opponent food luck.
That was not needed anymore after a flop of and O'Shea's double was officially confirmed when the turn and river completed the board. Aliyev then grabbed his chocolate bar and asked his opponent "do you want some chocolate?" but O'Shea grabbed the chips instead.
Sebastian Pauli's for top pair was paid off by Jaroslaw Sikora and the Pole dropped some while Pauli moved above the starting stack. Below are some further chip counts from level seven.
Action was pre-flop and Walid Bou Habib opened only to get three-bet to 3,200 from the player in the big blind Joao Vieira. Habib four-bet to 8,500 and was shoved on by Vieira. Habib thought for a few minutes before making the call.
Habib:
Vieira:
There was a queen in the window, and the flop had a lot more in store for Habib as it came . The offered no sweats to Vieira who was looking for a single king, but the bricked which meant that Vieira was eliminated. Habib moves within touching distance of 100,000 chips
Joining the action on the turn, Sven Magirius check-raised from 4,500 to 15,000 out of the small blind and Luciana Manoela called to see the river. Magirius now bet 18,000 and Manolea only had 28,000 behind to eventually let go. "Even if I don't have it, it's still a tough call," the German added.
With Magirius on the up again, another player has consistently added to his stack one table over: Vojtech Ruzicka. The Czech is quickly approaching six digits.
On the river of a board , Kamran Aliyev bet 11,400 out of the small blind and Mike McDonald pondered about his decision on the button. Ultimately, "Timex" made the call and was shown by Aliyev to scoop the pot with . The same table also features the other big stacks Victor Ilyukhin and Artem Litvinov as well as francesco Delfoco.
The Satellite for tomorrow's Main Event Day 1b drew a total of 125 entries and half of them remained. With the registration officially closed, the prize pool was confirmed and 17 seats will be awarded with €838 going towards the 18th place finisher.
Barny Boatman raised to 1,350 under the gund and got callers in Dominykas Karmazinas in the small blind and Fergal Coyle in the big blind. The flop came and it was checked to Boatman who bet 1,650. Karmazinas called before Coyle moved all-in for his remaining 4,150 chips. Boatman made the call and Karmazinas folded.
Coyle:
Boatman:
The board completed and Coyle was eliminated late on day 1a