Heads-up to the 
turn, Nasrodin Pirmamod check-called a bet worth 1,000 by Daniel Golder and then checked again the 
on the river. Golder bet another 4,000 and Pirmamod called after very brief hesitation to get shown the 
for trips aces, which won the pot.
Early chip leaders on the same table are Maroun Jazzar and Chakib M'Hiri.
Action was heads-up with 4,200 in the pot and 
on the board, Loic Debregeas bet 3,100 from the small blind and Julien Dureysseix called. The turn was 
. Debregeas continued for 7,000 on the turn and that was too much for Dureysseix so he tossed his hand in the muck to give up the early pot.
The field has now reached 283 entries with 282 players remaining and seems to be destined to gather a large crowd for the second flight.
Armin Rezaei raised to 300 in the cutoff and Antoine Saout made it 1,100 to go on the button. Rezaei then clicked it back to 3,500 for Saout to call and the Austrian bet the 
flop for 2,500, picking up the call from Saout. Both checked down the 
turn and river as Rezaei tabled the 
, Saout chopped with 
.
"Big one," Rezaei joked. The table now also features Dinesh Alt, who bowed out late on Day 1a.
In a battle of the blinds, the turn showed 
and Pasquale Di Ceglie bet 1,000 in the small blind. PokerStars ambassador Alejandro Lococo called and they headed to the 
on the river. Di Ceglie now checked and Lococo bet 5,000 to win the pot without resistance.
A player in the cutoff raised to 300 before Alexandre Landron three-bet to 1,200 from the button. Jean Cristiani called and the cutoff got out of the way.
The flop was 
and Cristiani checked. Landron flicked 1,000 into the middle and Cristiani called to see 
on the turn.
Cristiani checked once again and Landron bet 8,500, sending Cristiani into the tank. After a few moments, he emerged and jammed the rest of his stack. Landron mucked without much hesitation and Cristiani took an early pot with the big bet pressure.
Some 238 players have entered Day 1b already and the latest notables in the mix can be found below.
Heads-up to the turn, Julien Mariani and Nasrodin Pirmamod invested 500 each to see the on the river. Pirmamod now led for 600 and faced a sudden raise to 5,900 by Mariani. The reluctant fold of Pirmamod followed and Mariani exposed the .
Lyudmil Ivanov raised to 300 on the button and was called by Nicolas Julien and Kosumosu Yamanaka out of the blinds. The latter two check-called a bet worth 300 on the flop and then checked down the turn and 
river. Julien tabled the 
and won the pot.
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