With just 3% of the field coming from the Czech Republic, this is a very international event. 89 French players make for the biggest contribution tot he total amount of players, with Germany (55), Russia (53), United Kingdom (51), Italy (46), Poland (33), and Spain (31) all with a bigger contingents than the Czech Republic (30).
Evangelos Bechrakis opened the action with a raise to 4,500 from middle position. It folded to Muskan Sethi in the small blind who committed her last 37,000 by shoving all in. The big blind folded and Bechrakis, though not overly excited, called right away.
Muskan Sethi: 
Evangelos Bechrakis: 
The flop brought 
pairing Bechrakis twice. The 
on the turn brought Sethi some fresh outs but the 
on the river wasn't one of the cards she was looking for.
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 4,500 and Maxime Chilaud shoved in mid-position for 41,000 in total. Hon Cheong Lee did the same from the hijack with the bigger stack. The initial raiser contemplated for a bit before folding.
Maxime Chilaud: 
Hon Cheong Lee: 
The flop came 
for Chilaud to hit a pair of kings to take the lead.
The turn was the for both of them to pick up a straight draw.
The river completed the board with the 
to keep Chilaud ahead to double up through Lee.
Jussi Nevanlinna opened the hijack for 4,500 and small blind Matteo Abatino shoved for 18,000. The big blind folded, Nevanlinna called.
Jussi Nevanlinna: 
Matteo Abatino: 
The 
flop was a blow to Abatino and he was drawing dead after the 
hit the turn. The 
on the river was there just for good measures and Nevanlinna started stacking.
The flop read 
with 21,000 in the middle already.
[Removed:564] checked in mid-position and Raman Afanasenka bet 10,000 from the hijack. [Removed:565] took a few seconds before making the call.
The turn was the 
, [Removed:565] checked again and Afanasenka now shoved, having [Removed:565] covered. [Removed:565] tanked for a while but opted to fold in the end.
Courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
Arnaud Enselme opened the button and Sylvain Loosli three-bet from the big blind. Enselme called.
Loosli would go on to triple barrel on 
, , with one-fourth of the pot on the flop, one-third of the pot on the turn, and a jam on the river.
Enselme called all three streets but his 
ended up in the muck as Loosli showed .
Eric Geraume raised to 4,500 from the hijack and was called by Jan Schwippert in the big blind.
The flop came , Schwippert check-called the 2,000 continuation-bet of Geraume.
The turn was the and now Schwippert check-folded to the 11,000 bet of Geraume.
Kalidou Sow, who won the PokerStars Championship Prague last year, has been eliminated. Some of the other players that join him on the rail:
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