Hossein Ensan raised to 800 in the cutoff and the button was the only caller. On a flop of 
, Ensan continued for 1,000 and picked up a call.
The 
on the turn was checked and Ensan bet the 
river for 1,800, which was called by the button. Ensan rolled over 
and that won the pot. The same table also features Antonio Scalzi, Tamer Kamel, Victoria Coren Mitchell, big stack Jason Wheeler and Eugen Chiva.
Rolando Soria doubled his stack early on Day 1a but didn't make it to the bagging and tagging, and unfortunately for the Argentinian, the same also happened on Day 1b as well.
Down to fewer than the starting stack, he got it in after a 
flop and was dominated by table neighbor Tiziano Di Romualdo.
Rolando Soria: 
Tiziano Di Romualdo: 
The 
turn instantly left Soria drawing dead, which made the 
river a formality.
PokerStars Ambassador Kalidou Sow is back in the mix after he busted towards the end of the day yesterday. Both he and Sergi Reixach are amongst those on their second and last chance in the main event.
All the chips went in pre in a classic flip between Eduardo De Farias and Francesco Grieco. De Farias was the player at risk after he got his last 11,200 chips in preflop against the Italian.
Francesco Grieco: 
Eduardo De Farias: 
Grieco connected on the 
flop and with no jack to turn things around on the 
turn or 
river, De Farias knocked the table before heading towards the door.
Antal Roth raised to 800 and Karoly Odor jammed on the button for the last 5,500. Aleksandar Tomovic got his last 6,000 in from the big blind and Roth folded.
Karoly Odor:
Aleksandar Tomovic: 
The board came 
and Odor doubled. Tomovic folded the next hand and doubled after, but remains in severe need of a miracle.
The last level has seen numerous bustouts and below are just some of the players who have been eliminated. With a single re-entry format, some of those still have another stab at the Main Event.
Monaco resident Patrik Antonius, fresh off a high roller victory at his own festival, has worked himself up to twice the starting stack in the early stages.
Last year, Antonius finished sixth in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event, which proved to be the catalyst for a resurgence of the legendary high stakes Finn onto poker tournament scene.
With 9,100 in the pot and the turn showing 
, Timur Margolin in the hijack and Walid Bou Habib on the button called. The followed on the river and Margolin made it 4,200 to go. Bou Habib tossed in a single chip for the call, but mucked when he was shown the for trips aces by Margolin.
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