There were five players with cards in front of them on a flop of . The action was checked to the hijack who bet 725 into a pot of around 1,600. Marc MacDonnell called from early position and they went heads-up to the turn.
The paired the board on the turn and MacDonnell checked again. His opponent fired another 1,675 and MacDonnell stuck around to see the on the river.
MacDonnell checked one more time and his opponent sat in thought for a moment before betting 3,000. MacDonnel instantly tossed in a chip to call and his opponent turned over . MacDonnell tabled to river the nut flush and take down the pot.
"No good. Tomorrow I will show up when the antes start," Catalin Pop joked after he had been eliminated. The Romanian will have to try his luck again on Day 1c after bullet one and two were not crowned by success.
Felipe Ramos and John Racener just walked in with a ticket in the hand and chatted before taking a seat, and Robert Schulz also just registered for the second starting day. Schulz final-tabled two events of the World Series of Poker Circuit here in Rozvadov a few days ago including a third place in the €5,300 High Roller, and cashed in the €1,650 Main Event.
Schulz then won the €888 Crazy Eights for €42,165, which was not a ring event and took place between the Circuit and the start of the Monster Stack.
Robert Auer lost half of his stack on the previous table when his bet of 7,500 on an ace-high river was just called by an opponent with pocket fours for a full house. Auer had aces and currently sits on around half the starting stack.
Darren Delahunty quickly went to work and built some profit before betting the turn for 2,900. Sergio Castelluccio shoved into the Brit and Delahunty folded.
Andrej Desset raised to 500 from middle position and was called in three different spots. The flop came and Desset led out for 1,200. Georgios Koliofotis called from the button and they went heads-up to the on the turn.
Desset fired another bet of 4,200 and Koliofotis instantly made the call. The river double-paired the board with the and Desset reached back for a bet of 13,500. Koliofotis sat with a puzzled look on his face and then pushed all-in for around 17,000. Desset snap-called and rolled over . Koliofotis could only muster for two pair and just became another elimination at the hands of Desset.
While the Satellite for Day 1b is on the ticket bubble with Cheng-Wei Yin and Michael Magalashvili still in contention, some other notable faces joined for the second of three flights including Roberto Romanello, Aleksandar Tomovic, Claudio Coelho and Grzegorz Wyraz.
Claudio Coelho raised to 325 and Roland Israelashvili called. Andrej Desset squeezed to 1,800 on the button and Coelho folded, Israelashvili called. On the flop, Israelashvili checked and called a bet of 2,500 by Desset before the appeared on the turn.
Israelashvili checked again and this time folded to a second barrel by Desset, who walks over his table with a commanding lead.
Only eight players have been eliminated in the first three levels of the day thus far, of which three sent their entire stacks to Andrej Desset. A few familiar faces showed up right after the action recommenced and among those were Sander van Wesemael, Teunis Kooij, Kristen Bicknell, Viktor Kovachev and Pedro Oliveira.
According to the screens, there are 127 players out of a field of 135 entries remaining for Day 1b.
In a battle button versus small blind, a pot of 11,000 emerged until the river of a board . Antonio Merone in the small blind led for 6,500 and Stanislav Koleno on the button glanced over from behind the dealer on the other side of the table, then asked Merone how much he had behind.
Merone had another 5,000 in chips and Koleno took a minute before calling for half of his remaining stack. Merone showed for a pair of kings and that was good enough to rake in the pot.
. The action was checked to the hijack who bet 725 into a pot of around 1,600. Marc MacDonnell called from early position and they went heads-up to the turn.
paired the board on the turn and MacDonnell checked again. His opponent fired another 1,675 and MacDonnell stuck around to see the 
on the river. 
. MacDonnell tabled 
to river the nut flush and take down the pot.
turn for 2,900. Sergio Castelluccio shoved into the Brit and Delahunty folded.
and Desset led out for 1,200. Georgios Koliofotis called from the button and they went heads-up to the 
on the turn. 
and Desset reached back for a bet of 13,500. Koliofotis sat with a puzzled look on his face and then pushed all-in for around 17,000. Desset snap-called and rolled over 
. Koliofotis could only muster 
for two pair and just became another elimination at the hands of Desset.
flop, Israelashvili checked and called a bet of 2,500 by Desset before the 
. Antonio Merone in the small blind led for 6,500 and Stanislav Koleno on the button glanced over from behind the dealer on the other side of the table, then asked Merone how much he had behind.
