Thomas Pohnke opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Tu Tuan To called from the button. Vasile Stancu was in the big blind and pushed all-in for 58,000. Pohnke called and To re-shipped all-in. Pohnke stuck in the rest of his chips and the three hands were tabled.
Vasile Stancu:
Tu Tuan To:
Thomas Pohnke:
The flop came giving each player a little bit of something. The turn was the and Pohnke made the nut flush. The on the river paired the board and both Stancu and To made a full house. Stancu held the larger full house to triple up and Pohnke was eliminated.
Kristen Bicknell raised to 20,000 on the button and Georgios Zisimopoulos raised pot to 68,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Bicknell re-raised all in. Zisimopoulos called.
Kristen Bicknell:
Georgios Zisimopoulos:
The board ran out and Bicknell secured an early double through the Day 1B chip leader.
The action is set to resume at 1:00 P.M for Day 2 of Event #2: �550 Pot-Limit Omaha inside the Poker Arena at King's Casino in Rozvadov. There will be 31 players returning to the felt with Fahredin Mustafov leading them all, bringing 490,000 chips with him.
Mustafov bagged the lead at the end of Day 1A when he hit a gut-shot straight draw in the last hand of the night to win a monster pot. He will be closely followed by Georgios Zisimopoulos who finished atop on Day 1B with 347,000. Coming off a third-place finish in the first event of the series, Sergio Fernandez also has a healthy stack of 313,000 heading into the final day.
Some other familiar faces to keep an eye on include two-time bracelet winner, Kristen Bicknell who has already secured her first-ever cash in a PLO tournament. She will be entering the day with 143,000. Brandon Cantu, also a former bracelet winner, will be coming into the day as one of the short stacks after bagging 51,500. Daniele Primerano (200,000), James Akenhead (129,000), and Sander van Wesemael (68,000) will all be looking to capture their first bracelet.
Play will begin at level 19 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000 and the levels will increase to 40-minutes in length. There is a scheduled 15-minute break at the end of every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the ninth level of the day. When the official final table of eight assembles, they will be moved to the feature table. The live stream with hole-cards will commence and it will be on a 30-minute delay.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the action until a winner is crowned.
giving each player a little bit of something. The turn was the 
and Pohnke made the nut flush. The 
on the river paired the board and both Stancu and To made a full house. Stancu held the larger full house to triple up and Pohnke was eliminated.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Van Wesemael check-folded to a bet from Lakhov.
and Bicknell secured an early double through the Day 1B chip leader.
