End Of Day 1A
It was the turn of the players on table 36 to hold their breath, as the shortstack on the other table was at risk this time. Andrej Racek raised under the gun to 32,000, with the shortstack simply nodding at the dealer before moving his last 41,000 over the line. Action folded around to the big blind, who made the call. Racek sarcastically considered folding, before putting in the call, as the table joined him in a chuckle.
Racek led the flop for 100,000 and, after picking up an immediate fold from the player in the big blind, tabled for top two pair. The player at risk revealed , which was in very poor shape, requiring running cards to stay alive. The landed on the turn, and it was all over. Racek dragged the pot, declaring "I am the great Andrej from Slovakia!" as he gave his best front double biceps pose.
That meant that, after a gruelling eight-hour grind, our 16 finishers were paid out €250 in cash chips, before confirming their chip-counts with the floor staff and leaving the tournament area one by one.
We will have a full chip count for you shortly.