This event last year attracted a field of 315 players. So far today, 290 entries have been made including 7 reentries already. Registration remains open till the start of Day 2, so plenty of time and room to grow the prize pool.
On the heads-up turn showing , Oliver Weis checked and Ole Schemion bet 4,550. Weis called in this battle of the Germans and checked again the river. Schemion put forward a stack of T-5,000 chips, enough to cover his opponent, and Weis snap-called all in.
Schemion rolled over for top set only to see Weis flash for the rivered nut flush. Weis doubled for 16,850 and helped himself back above starting stack, while Schemion dropped below that.
Only one dozen players have been eliminated so far and one of them was Jonas Lauck. According to Anthony Zinno, it was him that knocked out the German. Zinno opened to 1,100 from early position and Lauck three-bet to 3,300 on the button, Zinno called.
On a jack-high flop, both players checked and Zinno then bet the turn for 3,500. Lauck called and the river completed the board. Zinno checked, Lauck bet 9,900 and eventually called all in for 29,000 after Zinno's check-raise.
Zinno showed for the nut straight and Lauck briefly showed for two pair before throwing his cards into the muck.
On a three-way flop of , Alexandru Papazian checked out of the big blind and another player in the hand checked. Andrei Konopelko bet 1,600 on the button and just Papazian called.
The appeared on the turn and Papazian checked for a second time and Konopelko moved all in for around 7,500. Papazian didn't ask for a count, but rather snap-called and turned over the for the nut straight. Konopelko was drawing dead with and the river was meaningless.
The cards and board was almost rushed away and Scott Margereson left his chair after he was all but covered by Rocco Palumbo. According to Palumbo, Margereson had opened to 1,100 and Palumbo called. Benny Spindler then three-bet to 4,000 and Margereson called, Palumbo four-bet and that got Spindler out of the way.
Margereson five-bet shoved for around 55,000 with the and Palumbo looked him up with the . The board ran out . "It was just a flip," Palumbo added after he was done stacking the chips.
On a board of we saw Orpen Kisacikoglu getting it in with against the of Anton Bertilsson. The river paired the wrong card for Kisacikoglu and he parted ways with 46,525 to be left with only 3,625.
After an open-raise by Roberto Romanello and a call, Michael Addamo three-bet on the button and just Romanello called to see around 13,000 in the middle to a flop of . Romanello check-called a bet of 4,500 and checked again the turn. Addamo bet 13,500 and received the call before the river completed the board.
Romanello checked quickly and Addamo moved all in for 34,600. Romanello gave it plenty of thought and another player eventually called the clock. The minute ran down with any decision being made and Romanello's hand was declared dead.