The cards of his opponent were already in the muck as the stack of Sakis Adrianopoulos was counted. He had just doubled for around half the starting stack with 
, as the pair of kings prevailed on a board of 
. That put the Greek back above the starting stack and right back into contention.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000 |
Ran Azor opened to 1,500 and earned three callers including Katherina Aristotelos. Remi Wyrzykiewicz then made it 14,000 to go out of the big blind and Aristotelos was the only caller.
The duo checked down the entire board of 
and Wyrzykiewicz tabled 
, which Aristotelos had beat with the 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
90,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
A preflop raising war saw Vyacheslav Balaev squeeze to 8,000 and Toni Judet then made it 22,000 to go. Balaev moved all-in and was snap-called.
Vyacheslav Balaev: 
Toni Judet:
The inferior pair found no help on the 
runout and Balaev hit the rail in the second level of the day.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Vyacheslav Balaev has re-entered while Andrija Robovic, Anatolii Zyrin, and Nikita Kuznetsov are all new entries. Kuznetsov comes fresh off a massive score in the GGPoker WSOP Online $5,000 Main Event, in which he finished in third place for more than $1.4 million.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé | |
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina defended against Nandor Solyom and opted to check the 
flop. Solyom made it 7,000 to go for Shashikhina to call and she checked in the dark prior to the 
turn. Solyom now made it 18,700 to go and that won the pot right there.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Romania's Ion Stanica has chipped up further ad he was paid off for 30,000 on the 
river. His opponent was unable to beat the 
for tens full by Stanica, who approaches nearly three times the starting stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
A field of 166 unique players and five re-entries has emerged thus far and 162 players remain in contention as the first scheduled 15-minute break has commenced.
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The following hand occurred just before the break. With 50,000 in the middle and the turn showing 
, Ramez Haddad bet 15,000 out of the small blind. Lukasz Szymon Grossmann then moved all-in for 35,400 and Haddad was in the tank. He eventually folded and Grossmann showed 
, Haddad flashed his mucked .
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Down to just 15,400 in chips and under the gun, Umit Sadi moved all-in. He was called by Bulent Sahin from two seats over and the rest of the table folded.
Umit Sadi: 
Bulent Sahin: 
The 
board failed to improve Sadi and he was sent to the rail early on Day 1b.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
