On a board, Swiss high roller Stefan Huber put his opponent to a decision for all his chips. It was more than 20,000 to call for Huber's opponent, who needed minutes to come to a decision. Eventually, the clock was called on him and with mere seconds to go, he called it off for his tournament life.
Huber showed for a set of nines, his opponent showed and quickly left the tournament area.
The clock currently shows 426 entries. Combined with the 235 that entered Day 1a, the total field is currently up to over 650. Late registration is allowed up until the start of Day 2.
In the middle of the poker room, 2009 WSOP November Niner Antoine Saout is seated at the same table as EPT Barcelona winner Sebastian Malec. Saout's biggest accomplishment of his poker career might have been eight years ago, the French superstar aged like fine wine and racked up no less than five (!) six-figure cashes in the past twelve months.
Saout is known for his aggressive play at the tables and three-bet to 1,650 after [Removed:102] had opened to 525. Apicella-Albertini called, but check-folded to a 1,525 continuation-bet on . Saout, hidden behind a white baseball cap, took down the hand and increased his stack to 35,000.
After the dealer spread out a board, Christian Stokkeland bet 11,500 in a pot of almost 15,000. Vasili Karpenkou made the call, but couldn't beat the Norwegian's for a full house.
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Two-time EPT Main Event winner Vicky Coren and Anthony Zinno have entered the PokerStars Championship Main Event. Both players get a fresh stack of 30,000 to work with.