A short stack in the small blind pushed into the big blind of Sander van Wesemael and the Dutchman called with the . His kicker was slightly inferior to the of his opponent, but that would turn out golden as the board came to give van Wesemael trips deuces.
One table over, Martin Kabrhel was ousted and will likely jump into Day 1b soon.
Viktor Blom raised it up to 175,000 and picked up two callers including Abdullah Al-Emadi. On the flop the action checked to Blom, who continued for 250,000. Both opponents called and the fell on the turn, again action checked to Blom and he bet 450,000. The third player in the hand moved all in for 2.1 million to force out Al-Emadi, while Blom quickly called.
The online legend showed for top set and the nut flush draw, while his opponent had pocket treys for bottom set. After the river, Blom added even further chips to his massive stack, which now represents almost eleven times the starting stack.
Abdullah Al-Emadi got his stack of 1,03 million in before the flop with and picked up a single caller, who turned over the . Al-Emadi had some sweat but eventually stayed clear on a board of to double and avoid a re-entry into Day 1b.
Only 80 players out of 209 entries remain in the final level of the first starting day, and they will be bagging and tagging at the end of this level. So far it seems that Viktor Blom is almost unstoppable at the top of the counts, but some others may be able to catch up still.
From early position, Daniel Nietrzebka moved all in for his last 855,000 and Stoyan Obreshkov in the small blind reshoved to isolate successfully.
Daniel Nietrzebka:
Stoyan Obreshkov:
On the flop, Obreshkov smiled and said just one word: "Sweat." Along with his two over cards, Nietrzebka also had any ace to win the hand, but the turn and river were of no help.
The cards of Francesco Delfoco were all but rushed away while the Polish rail cheered with Artur Wasek, who had jumped out of his seat to celebrate. Delfoco had a flip for his tournament life with the and Wasek looked him up with . The board of was a big sweat, but ultimately the pocket queens held up to eliminate Delfoco.
It was Christopher Frank that had knocked out partypoker ambassador Joao Simao earlier when his kings held up against ace-king and the German is among the bigger stacks in the late stages of Day 1a. Viliyal Petleshkov is ahead of Frank, though, and Viktor Blom still thrones on top despite losing some chips towards the end.
Paul Newey had Vitalii Pankov all in and at risk for 1.04 million with versus only to see Pankov improve to quads on a board of .
Dietrich Fast raised to 130,000 and Xia Lin three-bet on the button to 360,000. Koray Aldemir moved all in out of the small blind to force a quick fold from Fast, while Lin asked for a count. Aldemir's all in was for 1.58 million and Lin called after some consideration.
. His kicker was slightly inferior to the 
of his opponent, but that would turn out golden as the board came 
to give van Wesemael trips deuces.
flop the action checked to Blom, who continued for 250,000. Both opponents called and the 
river, Blom added even further chips to his massive stack, which now represents almost eleven times the starting stack.
and picked up a single caller, who turned over the 
. Al-Emadi had some sweat but eventually stayed clear on a board of 
flop, Obreshkov smiled and said just one word: "Sweat." Along with his two over cards, Nietrzebka also had any ace to win the hand, but the 
turn and 
river were of no help.
was a big sweat, but ultimately the pocket queens held up to eliminate Delfoco.
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