Just before the two tables were united, Fabrice Halleux scored a big double against Ivo Donev. The latter flopped top two with queen-jack and turned a full house before the river gave Halleux the straight flush with his .
Now, they are on the same table still and Donev is fighting to get back a solid stack. Joseph Di Rosa Rojas raised to 15,000 from the small blind and Donev called. On the flop, Di Rosa Rojas checked and Donev bet 30,000. "You can pick two," Donev offered, which was obviously impossible during the hand.
Di Rosa Rojas folded and revealed the of Donev after.
On the turn, Ivo Donev bet 29,000 out of the small blind and Brandon Cantu called. The fell on the river and Donev counted his stack carefully before pushing all in. Cantu double-checked his cards and mucked.
A few hands later, Cantu raised to 13,000 and Marek Tatar from one seat over in the big blind three-bet to 39,000, which Cantu called. The American checked the flop and folded to Tatar's push.
Defending champion Barny Boatman raised from under the gun and called all in for his last 45,000 when Rene Berube in the big blind three-bet the pot.
Barny Boatman:
Rene Berube:
The flop gave Boatman plenty of outs, but he was drawing dead on the turn. The river was a formality and Boatman headed to the rail in 16th place for €1,032 and will be back tomorrow to try and bag a stack for his title defense.
Whether or not the last 12 players will be reached remains to be seen, but this is definitely the last level of the night and all those hopefuls that still have chips will be bagging up for Day 2. An option to surrender the stack exists, and the players to do so would receive the current minimum payout in that case.
Rene Berube raised to 15,000 and Krzysztof Magott called to see a flop of . Berube checked and folded to a bet of 15,000 by Maggott, who closed the gap to Vivian Saliba at the top of the counts. As Omaha is a very fast-paced game, this may suddenly change from one wrap to the other.
Marek Tatar limped from the cutoff and Felipe Ramos raised to 24,000 out of the big blind, which Tatar called. On the flop, Ramos bet the pot and called all in for his last 75,000.
Felipe Ramos:
Marek Tatar:
The turn improved Tatar from two pair to a full house, and the river failed to help Ramos. The Brazilian takes home €1,032 and will very likely be back for Day 1b.
While Brandon Cantu dropped to the bottom of the counts along with Sander van Wesemael, Thomas Pohnke chipped up without showdown.
Vivian Saliba raised from the button and Fahredin Mustafov called from the big blind. The Bulgarian chrcked the flop and Saliba's bet of 45,000 won the pot uncontested.
Pierre Neuville raised from the hijack and got his stack of 48,500 in after a three-bet by Nico Ehlers on the button.
Pierre Neuville:
Nico Ehlers:
The flop gave Neuville two pair and Ehlers the nut flush. Neither the turn nor the river improved the Belgian and he headed to the rail with a smile, having recorded the first cash in his first Omaha tournament for €1,221.
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flop, Di Rosa Rojas checked and Donev bet 30,000. "You can pick two," Donev offered, which was obviously impossible during the hand.
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fell on the river and Donev counted his stack carefully before pushing all in. Cantu double-checked his cards and mucked.
flop and folded to Tatar's push.
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flop, Ramos bet the pot and called all in for his last 75,000.
turn improved Tatar from two pair to a full house, and the 
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