Arsenii Karmatckii raised to 1,700 on the button with less than a starting stack in total at his disposal. Massimo De Mario in the big blind, as the table chip leader, simply squeezed to more than 50,000 and Karmatckii mulled it over for a couple of seconds before calling all-in.
Arsenii Karmatckii:
Massimo De Mario:
The flop and turn kept De Mario ahead. However, Karmatckii got there with the river and a stunned De Mario could only manage a "good call, I guess," before he shrugged and shook his head.
Joining the action with around 11,500 in the pot, it was a blind versus blind battle between Aram Oganyan in the small and Ramon Colillas in the big.
The board read and Oganyan check-called the 7,500 bet from Colillas.
The river came the and Oganyan checked. Colillas put out a bet of 17,500. Oganyan made the call but was left disappointed when Colillas turned over for trips to take down the pot.
Philipp Gruissem opened to 1,600 from the cutoff and was called by Evan Sparling and Dylan Linde from the button and the big blind.
Linde checked the flop and Gruissem continued for 2,500. Sparling folded before Linde raised to 6,800, leaving just 6,200 behind. After some decision time, Gruissem called.
Linde then put in the last of his stack on the turn.
"Oh my god, I wish you went all in on the flop...I have a good hand," said the returning German.
Gruissem, who hasn't been at a live event since 2020, decided to call saying "there's too much in the pot."
Dylan Linde:
Philipp Gruissem:
Linde had the straight and secured the double up following the river.
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Lucas Landa in the big blind and Boris Kolev on the button, the latter jammed the river for what appeared to be the final 11,800. Landa check-called and Kolev revealed the . Landa had that beat with for flopped to pair and sent Kolev to the rail on his second bullet of the day.
Dan Smith raised to 1,600 and was called one way. Darren Rabinowitz then pushed all-in from the small blind and Andrew Lichtenberger did so from the big blind, forcing folds from Smith and the cold-caller.
Andrew Lichtenberger:
Darren Rabinowitz:
The board ran out and the pocket pair held up for Lichtenberger, who doubled for 20,000.
One hand later, Tamas Adamszki opened to 2,000 and Rabinowitz called all-in for 700 chips on the button. Sirzat Hissou in the big blind three-bet to 5,500 and Adamszki let go.
Darren Rabinowitz:
Sirzat Hissou:
Thanks to a board of , Rabinowitz kept his hopes of a miracle comeback alive.
Anthony Hu raised to 1,800 from the hijack and was called by Ramin Hajiyev in the cutoff before Manuel Fritz three-bet to 8,100 from the big blind. Hu four-bet to 19,000. Hajiyev quickly folded before Fritz five-bet all in.
Yervand Boyadjian opened to 1,800 from early position before Mauricio Pais three-bet to 5,500.
Boyadjian and Pais had battled several times already on Day 1b, with Pais coming out on top on most occasions.
Boyadjian called although he said "I'm supposed to jam here. Okay, I'll check blind."
"You don't need to check blind, you play blind," quipped Mustapha Kanit which prompted the table to laugh.
Boyadjian called for 3,000 after Pais continued on the flop.
Boyadjian then check-called for 4,500 on the turn which brought in the river.
Boyadjian jammed for 27,000 and Pais snap-called. Boyadjian thought he had the winner with his , which was good for two pair. However, Pais had the for a rivered set and felted his rival.
"I just can't f****** beat this guy," said Boyadjian, who had his phone out to take a picture of the cooler.
The table tried to encourage Boyadjian to reenter but he claimed he was done for the day.