Kfir Ivgy has been running riot on his table early on to boost the stack and bully all opponents, and he just tried to do the same with James Akenhead. The latter was in the small blind and faced a bet of 325,000 by Ivgy with 900,000 in the middle to the river. Akenhead eventually called and Ivgy turned over , which Akenhead had beat with the .
With almost 190 entries showing according to the screens, several players are taking another shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000. Among them were Ismael Bojang, Maria Lampropulos and Felipe Ramos.
John Enright was all in and at risk for around 550,000 on the flop and his opponent had him barely covered with a stack of 593,000, showing for a flush draw. Enright had the and the turn and river instead completed the back door straight straight to eliminate Enright.
The Talk has been somewhat silenced after his stack dropped to only 200,000. In a recent hand he bet the river for 200,000 out of the small blind and his sole remaining opponent Andrzej Skoczylas on the button raised to 450,000. The Talk called and was shown .
"I knew you had a set but I had to see," The Talk said and flashed for trips jacks only.
Some 194 players are already taking part in the final starting day mid-way through level three and the late registration remains open for another six levels and following breaks. Among the big names to take part is also Ole Schemion and the German superstar sits right next to fellow countryman Robert Zipf.
On the turn, Schemion bet 50,000 into a pot of 110,000 out of the small blind and his sole remaining opponent opted to raise to 150,000. That's all it took to force a fold from Schemion, who remains below the starting stack for now.
In a three-bet pot between Maria Lampropulos and Ashkan Fattahi, a pot of 850,000 emerged and the turn showed . Fattahi checked from the hijack and Lampropulos did so on the button. The fell on the river and Fattahi moved all in. Lampropulos had 540,000 remaining, double-checked her cards and elected to fold.
"Show one card," Anatoly Filatov demanded. Fattahi double-checked his cards and revealed the while dragging in the big pot with a smile on the face. "Oh that's boring, a set of sixes," the partypoker sponsored pro added. The same table also features Felipe Ramos as well.
A rambling Garfield was in no mood to be happy at all after his pocket aces were just cracked. "You have to pay €5,300 for this tournament and you go all in with no hand?" the Czech and local regular went on while his were dragged into the muck. It was Daniele Primerano who had cracked the best starting hand after the three-bet pot saw the Italian get his stack in after the flop with the . The turn immediately locked up the hand for Primerano, making the river a formality.
Another Italian has started well into Day 1d and that is Francesco Delfoco. He took a big chunk out of Kfir Ivgy's stack with when check-raising the tuirn from 65,000 to 325,000. Ivgy called and lost the minimum on the river to drop to half a starting stack.