A raising war saw the stacks of Dario Marinelli and his opponent go all in for more than 30,000 each and Marinelli held the slightly superior stack and 
. His opponent turned over pocket jacks and the board came 
to improve Marinelli on the river. Both stacks were counted and Marinelli's 31,250 were indeed the one that covered to ship the entire pot to the Italian.
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Kristen Bicknell raised to 1,200 from under the gun and was three-bet to 3,500 from a player in middle position. Bicknell called and the flop came 
. Bicknell check-called a bet of 5,100 on the flop and the 
landed on the turn. Both players checked and the 
completed the board. Both players checked again and Bicknell tabled 
. Her opponent showed 
and the pot was shipped to Bicknell.
Just a couple of hands later, Bicknell got involved in a large pot with Robert Schulz. With around 7,500 in the middle, Bicknell led out for 5,600 on a board reading 
. Schulz made the call and the landed on the river.
Bicknell checked and Schulz moved all-in, putting Bicknell at risk for her last 17,000 should he call. She thought for a couple moments and finally pushed her chips forward. Schulz turned over 
and Bicknell sent her cards to the muck.
Plamen Yakimov got his short stack in from early position and Fabrice Halleux reshoved for 6,425 from the hijack. James Hoeppner in the big blind gave it some consideration and called.
Plamen Yakimov: 
Fabrice Halleux: 
James Hoeppner: 
The board came 
and Halleux sent Yakimov to the rail while doubling his short stack through Hoeppner. "Is this your fetish hand, jack nine?" Halleux asked and Hoeppner replied "I was hoping you had ace-king."
On the tail end of a big pot between Viktor Kovachev and Pierre Neuville, the latter bet 14,000 on the 
river and Kovachev eventually called. Neuville rolled over for trips tens and raked in a decent pot, boosting his stack to six digits.
Roberto Romanello also faced a big bet on a heads-up river and it was Sergio Fernandez that made it 13,500 to go from the big blind. The board showed 
and Romanello said in table chat "I have a queen, that's pretty sick. Did you defend with queen six?" Ultimately, the Welshman tossed in the chips for the call and Fernandez indeed showed 
for a full house. Romanello dropped below the starting stack and has plenty of work ahead in the upcoming hours.
Boris Kuzmanovic, Georgios Zisimopoulos and Anatoliy Zyrin all busted on Day 1b of the Monster Stack and jumped right away into the Bounty tournament. Thomas Pettersson, who was last spotted with around 12,000, also left the tournament area. "Nothing to see here, just quads," the Swede joked. Jan Mach had turned four of a kind with 
to leave Pettersson drawing dead.
Kristen Bicknell and Aylar Lie are two of the ladies in the field that are making a push to find a bag at the end of the day. There have been many notable eliminations today including John Racener and Marc MacDonnell.
Andrej Desset opened to 1,200 from the hijack and Sebastian Kos three-bet to 3,500 on the button. Desset made the call and the flop came 
.
Desset check-called a bet of 2,200 from Kos and the hit the turn. Both players checked to the on the river and Desset checked for the third time. Kos fired out a bet of 7,700 and Desset tank-folded.
Lars Kamphues's stack plummeted back to where he started with and the German just got into a raising war with the player in under the gun. Ultimately, Kamphues ended up all in and at risk for 20,575 with the and was called by the under-the-gun player with .
The board came 
and Kamphues doubled.
The registration for Day 1b of the Monster Stack remains open until the start of level nine, which leaves the current and next level as well as the upcoming dinner break to buy in and receive 20,000 in chips. Among those that jumped in recently were Brandon Cantu and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez.
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