A player in middle position raised to 1,200 and the player in the next seat over three-bet to 3,500.
Action folded to Georges Hanna, who four-bet to 11,000.
The blinds got out of the way and both raisers followed them into the muck to give Hanna the pot.
The cards were already on their backs when Dominik Brosent was the player at risk, looked up by Andreas Christoforou.
Dominik Brosent: 
Andreas Christoforou: 
The Cypriot was behind but improved on the 
flop, then remained ahead on the 
turn and 
river.
"What did you have, pocket nines?" Christoforou asked Tomas Bauer, who nodded and replied "good read".
After finding no fortune on Day 1a, Julien Sitbon took advantage of the single re-entry option and jumped into Day 1b. The start had been quite successful as he more than doubled the stack. However, almost all of the profit just evaporated after a clash with Jeremy Baldisseri.
It was Baldisseri who flopped best with 
from under the gun on the 
board to beat the 
of Sitbon for the full double.
With 4,500 in the pot and and a flop of 
, Alexandre Reard checked from the small blind and Ivan Kuziv bet 1,600 from the big blind. Reard called and the turn was .
Both players checked the turn and the 
river. Reard turned over 
for ace-high, but Kuziv turned over 
to take the pot with the slightly better hand.
Reard is looking for momentum as he starts to fall short on Day 1b.
Sergio Coutinho raised it up from under the gun and the action folded all the way to Frederik Brink in the big blind. The former EPT Madrid champion glanced at the stack of his table neighbour which appeared to be just over 8,000 and moved all-in for Coutinho to call.
Sergio Coutinho: 
Frederik Brink: 
The pocket pair remained ahead throughout the 
flop and the 
turn. Brink then further improved to a full house on the 
river and that spelled the end for Coutinho.
Niveau: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
On a completed board of 
, Vlad Darie checked his option. Italy's Shefit Rrapi then moved all-in for 16,000, which was more than the size of the pot. The move sent Darie deep into the tank and after three minutes, he made the call.
Rrapi revealed the for a pair of nines only and then gasped when Darie's 
for a pair of queens were exposed.
With a big pot of around 25,000 and a full board of 
, Walid Bou Habib and Valon Olluri checked.
Bou Habid turned over 
, but Olluri showed to take the pot with tens and fives.
With over 8,000 in the pot and on the board, Matteo Cirillo and Besim Hot checked to see 
on the river.
Besim checked again from the under-the-gun position and Cirillo bet 5,000. Besim folded and Cirillo picked up the pot.
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