End of Day 1 chipleader Andras Nemeth just dropped a bunch of chips to Hady El Asmar of Lebanon. On a board of , Nemeth tried to pick up the pot with a bet of 28,000, holding nothing but . El Asmar wasn't scared away and called with to scoop up the already sizable pot.
On the turn, Aleksandar Spadijer checked and Martin Staszko bet 8,000 from one seat over in under the gun. Spadijer check-raised all in and Staszko let go.
One table over, the board was already complete and Jean Montury bet 4,500. Alexandru Baron, who finished 11th at the EPT13 Barcelona Main Event, raised to 10,500 and Montury quickly called. Baron showed and Montury had that beat with .
We noticed Michiel Brosky standing at the rail. Asking him for his exit, Brosky told us he got it in with pocket nines in the small blind against a button raise from Xixiang Luo. Unfortunately for Brosky, Luo held pocket queens and sent the Dutchman packing.
On the river of a board , Nicolino Di Carlo got his last 15,100 in from the cutoff and Michael Kane called with the . "Aces?" Kane asked and indeed Di Carlo turned over the for the better set to double through. Kane remained well above average though while Di Carlo recovered some earlier losses.
Ismael Bojang raised from under the gun and Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 7,500 from one seat over, Bojang called. On the flop, Bojang check-called a bet of 6,000 and the duo then checked the on the turn. The river was checked again by Bojang and Geilich checked back.
Bojang showed the and Geilich mucked the . "That's the second time you dominated me," Geilich added and Bojang replied "I only play good hands" with a big smile on the face.
The prize pool information has just been released by the tournament organization. €2,269,800 is going to be divided over the top 84 finishers of this 468-strong field. The winner will walk away with €355,700 while the min-cash stands at €8,070. Making the final table will net the lucky players €41,590.
It was Russia's Asker Aloev who slew Carrel. Both players got it in on a board of , with Aloev holding and Carrel . The river gave Aloev the winner and some bragging rights back home.
The day started well for George Danzer as he first made plenty of chips and was up to 48,000. Then, Paul Newey flopped two pair with against the of Danzer and the on the turn even made Newey a full house. Danzer was done to 20,000 and never recovered from that, busted soon after.
Also on the rail: Lucas Blanco and Mikhail Petrov.
, Nemeth tried to pick up the pot with a bet of 28,000, holding nothing but 
. El Asmar wasn't scared away and called with 
to scoop up the already sizable pot.
was already complete and Jean Montury bet 4,500. Alexandru Baron, who finished 11th at the EPT13 Barcelona Main Event, raised to 10,500 and Montury quickly called. Baron showed 
and Montury had that beat with 
.
, Nicolino Di Carlo got his last 15,100 in from the cutoff and Michael Kane called with the 
. "Aces?" Kane asked and indeed Di Carlo turned over the 
for the better set to double through. Kane remained well above average though while Di Carlo recovered some earlier losses.
and Geilich mucked the 
and Carrel 
