There is a raise to 1,000 UTG and the button calls. Andy Black is in the big blind and makes it 3,700. The UTG player moves all in for 7,200 total and the button gets out of the way. Andy insta-calls.
Andy:
UTG:
Board comes and Andy Black busts a player and moves up to 40,000 in chips.
Andy Black makes it 1,200 pre-flop and the button makes it 3,600 total from a stack of 8,000. Back round to Andy and he calls quickly; he then moves all in on the flop. "I don't like that," Andy says as he is insta-called. for Andy and for his opponent. No miracle king on the turn or river, and Andy is left calling for a doctor as he feels he has completely lost the plot.
Johnny Lodden makes it 1,200 to go and the button reraises to 5,000 after asking for a count of his stack. Johnny puts the rest of his chips, totalling 7,000, in the middle and his opponent calls the extra two. On their backs:
Johnny:
Button:
Board comes and the Norwegian pro is back up to 15,000.
The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on their third and final break of the day. Once play resumes, two more levels will be played before the remaining players retire until tomorrow afternoon.
Arnaud Mattern found kings on the big blind and a raiser ahead of him. Arnaud reraised to find himself being put all in for the rest of his stack. He was up against A-Q and an ace hit the flop to send the EPT Prague winner to the rail.
You may not have heard of the following players, but each of them has accumulated sizable chip stacks here on Day 1b and is in great shape to go deep in the tournament:
Dennis Petronack, USA - 41,000
Michael Hogbom, Sweden - 38,000
Michael Schulze, Germany - 45,000
Thomas Wahlroos just doubled up the player who doubled him up a short while ago. All in pre-flop, Wahlroos had pocket tens against pocket jacks and no surprises on the board. Thomas still had 17,500 left after the hand.