There was a limp from the player in the cut-off for 8,000 and the player on the button called.
Van Tiep Nguyen was in the small blind and he bumped up the price of poker to 30,000. The big blind folded and the other two put out the calling chips.
The flop was and Nguyen bet 50,000.
After some chip fiddling from his opponents the pot was pushed to Nguyen.
In a battle of the blinds, a raising war broke out between Aleksandar Tomovic and Kadir Uzunoglu. The former had four-bet to more than 250,000 and Uzunoglu moved forward all his T-100,000 chips. Tomovic asked the dealer "Is this for all my chips?" and then called all in.
Aleksandar Tomovic:
Kadir Uzunoglu:
The board ran out and Tomovic doubled for massive 1,080,000.
The player that had previously doubled Gerhard Cit became the next casualty here on Day 1c. The lion's share of his stack for more than 400,000 each was already in the middle when the board showed and he moved all in. Little Buddha was his only remaining opponent and asked for a count.
The all in was for 169,000 and Little Buddha called, then emerged victorious with as the opponent only had for a bluff.
Aleksandar Tomovic entered with a fresh stack of one million while Sander van Wesemael in the big blind and Martin Kabrhel got into a bigger pot. Until the river of the board , there were 240,000 in the middle and the Dutchman checked. Kabrhel bet 101,000 and van Wesemael check-raised to 300,000.
"I think it is a bluff," Kabrhel said and instigated some table chat. Ultimately, he called and van Wesemael briefly flashed his cards while Kabrhel won the pot with for trips queens.
Jonathan Wong raises to 15,000 from the hijack and is called by Artur Artes in the small blind, with the big blind coming along as well. Action is checked around to Wong on a flop, and he puts in a single 25,000-value chip as a continuation bet. Artes calls, with the big blind getting out of the way.
They go heads up to the turn, where Artes checks it over to Wong again. Wong puts in 70,000, which would leave Artes with just a handful of chips left if he were to call. Artes did indeed make the call, with both players quite happy to check the river.
Artes looked disparingly at his cards, before revealing the for a missed combo draw, while Wong was delighted to take the pot at showdown with .
"Show the king!" Wolfgang Simperl said while the board was rushed away and the pot shipped to table neighbor Andrew King. The Irishman replied "I would show if I had the king," to which Simperl replied "I had pocket jacks."
While King approaches one million in chips soon after starting with only 340,000, it was Gerhard Cit that broke through the elusive waypoint and help himself above starting stack.
In a battle of the blinds, Cit and the big blind got into a raising war on the turn. There had been no betting action on the flop before the big blind Cit had check-raised from 80,000 to 220,000 on the turn. The big blind moved all in and Cit called it off for his last 534,000.
"I have a set," the big blind joked and showed a five. Cit replied "Don't do this to me" and turned over his for top pair, while the big blind sheepishly revealed for bottom pair only. The river was a blank and Cit doubled.
The flop was and Moritz Dietrich checked it to his late position opponent who bet 22,000. Dietrich sprang a check-raise to 80,000. His opponent folded and Dietrich showed him flopped two pair.
On the next hand there was a raise to 12,000 from the player under the gun and next to act Dietrich called. That set of a cascade of shrugs and calls as players were priced in.
The flop was and it was Dietrich who took the betting lead for 40,000. A cascade of shrug-folds followed and Dietrich just showed the one this time as his grin broadened.