Out of a field of 308 entries, only 179 players remain and they have gone on a scheduled 15-minute break. Another three levels are scheduled for tonight.
Vladimir Bozinovic raised to 2,000 and earned three callers. As they headed to the flop, it checked to Bozinovic and he continued for 3,500. Only Nicu Sirbu called but then folded on the turn when Bozinovic jammed.
The pace of eliminations has picked up during the final stages of the day. Among those to bust recently was also Pritpal Maini, who got it in with the . He was looked up by table neighbour Gheorghe Butuc with the and the superior hand held on the board.
On a table filled with big stacks, Ahmad Achegsei can no longer be found as the German was recently sent to the rail. It was Nicolas Bokowski who claimed his chips. According to Bokowski, he had flopped a full house and Achegsei's turned flush draw had zero equity.
The other big stacks on the table are Marek Blasko, Robert Kokoska and Sharon Ben David.
Sharon Sade got his last 16,600 in preflop with the and had a coin flip against Wojciech Wyrebski with the . The board delivered the overcard right away and Wyrebski dropped back to around the starting stack.
Two and a half levels remain to be played and the Day 1a field has been nearly cut into half. Only 174 players out of 317 entries remain in contention while another bargain satellite is also in full swing in Europe's biggest poker arena.
Silvan Boesiger bet the flop for 10,000 to pick up a call from Richard Roettelbach and the turn was checked. Roettelbach then bet the river for 10,500 and Boesiger moved all-in. That once again sent Roettelbach into the tank and this time, he sigh-folded.