There were 60,000 in the middle and four players saw a flop of 7♥7♦2♦. Barny Boatman bet 15,000 from the hijack and was called by Sascha Minerva on the cutoff.
Fabian Rolli check-raised to 60,000 from the big blind and was cold-called by under the gun Maor Zaharagi. Boatman was undeterred by all the action that followed his initial bet by raising to 190,000 which gained a fold from Minerva and Rolli.
Zaharagi went into the tank and stared down Boatman. The Londoner looked at the board, then turned to his opponent and said "What's your kicker?" which prompted Zaharagi to rip it all in for 400,000. Boatman snap-called.
Maor Zaharagi: 7♣6♥
Barny Boatman: 2♠2♣
Boatman's speech play worked like a treat as it triggered Zaharagi to shove with trip sevens against his flopped boat. The J♥A♥ completed the board and Boatman is the first player to pass the seven-figure mark and took the chip lead. The Israeli Zaharagi exits before the money despite coming into Day 2 as third in chips.
Just before the blinds had gone up, two players were eliminated in consecutive hands and Miroslav Forman was responsible for both casualties.
Renji Mao had min-raised from under the gun and Bruno Desimoni Cunha Mota pushed in the small blind. Forman jammed in the big blind and Mao folded the 8♠8♣.
Bruno Desimoni Cunha Mota: A♠4♠
Miroslav Forman: A♥Q♥
The K♦J♦2♣2♠Q♠ board kept Forman ahead all the way.
Florian Kraft then opened to 9,000 and Michael Horn jammed for the 40,500 he had behind. Forman piled it in fromn the big blind and Kraft folded.
Michael Horn: J♦J♣
Miroslav Forman: A♠K♥
The A♦6♦6♣ flop left Horn on the ropes and he sighed "every single time, you gotta be kidding me" in his native German. No help came with the Q♥ turn and 9♣ river to also oust Horn.
Ramlal Basdeo moved all in from the button for 6,500 and was called by Yehuda Cohen in the small blind and Ruslan Volkov in the big blind.
The flop of 4♦4♠2♦ saw Cohen flick in a 5,000 chip and was quickly called by Volkov. The 2♠ double-paired the board and Cohen bet 5,000 again. Volkov opted to make a raise to 15,000 which got a snap fold from Cohen.
Ramlal Basdeo: A♠7♠
Ruslan Volkov: 4♥2♥
A big blind special for Volkov who flopped a boat. Basdeo was drawing dead and the 7♥ completed the board as the Trinidadian headed to the exit.
All the chips went into the middle preflop with the under-the-gun Refael Dahan at risk for 105,500. He was up against Ramo Balic on the button who barely covered Dahan.
Refael Dahan: A♥A♦
Ramo Balic: K♠K♣
Balic was behind and let out a loud groan when he saw a bullet in the window on the A♣J♠5♠ flop. Balic did gain flush outs on the 6♠ turn causing Dahan to pray for a red card. His wish wasn't granted, but thankfully for Dahan it was the 6♣ to secure the double up and left Balic with four big blinds.
Sergiu Covrig bet 7,000 from the hijack and was called by Matthew Davenport on the button.
Timo Kamphues raised it up to 32,000 from the small blind and was met with a bet of 76,000 from Sergiu Covrig. Davenport got out of the way and Kamphues moved all in and was called by the Romanian for 160,500.
Sergiu Covrig: K♥K♠
Timo Kamphues: A♣Q♥
Covrig's cowboys were ahead and there was no help for the German on the completed runout of 5♦4♥3♠4♠10♥ and Covrig scoops in a massive pot.
There were 15,000 out in front of Ramo Balic in the cutoff and Adi Rajkovic then pushed all-in. Timo Kamphues in the cutoff reshoved for 130,000 total. Balic tanked for a while and eventually called to put two opponents at risk.
Adi Rajkovic: 10♦10♥
Timo Kamphues: A♣Q♣
Ramo Balic: J♦J♣
The K♣8♦6♠ flop and 5♥ turn were blanks but the A♠ river improved Kamphues, putting a dagger in Balic's stack and mood.
Welcome to the glorious King's Resort in Rozvadov for final day action of Event #7 €1,650 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em, where only 120 players remain and only one can become champion to win the top prize of €143,100, a seat at the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event and the prestigious World Series of Poker Europe Bracelet.
Before players can dream of a new piece of jewelry, the first order of business is to navigate the bubble. A total of 75 players will be paid, with a minimum cash that is good for €2,325. Two Italians will be leading the charge to the bubble, with Besmir Hodaj the runaway chip leader with 620,000. Jacopo Achille is second with 495,000 chips, while Israel's Maor Zaharagi sits in third place with 465,000.
On their tails is Hendon Mob founder and two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Barny Boatman on 455,000 chips. The Londoner had heaps of chips throughout Day 1 and is definitely a contender for a fifth WSOP final table in the space of two years.
Other notable names in the field who will be looking to chip up early are Andrea Dato (255,000), Vladimir Troyanovskiy (124,500), Jonathan Pastore (76,000) and Julien Sitbon (57,000).
Day 1 Top Ten Chip counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip counts
Big blinds
1
Besmir Hodaj
Italy
620,000
207
2
Jacopo Achille
Italy
495,000
165
3
Maor Zaharagi
Israel
465,500
155
4
Barny Boatman
United Kingdom
455,000
152
5
Ting Yi Tsai
Taiwan
425,500
142
6
Miroslav Forman
Czech Republic
416,500
139
7
Frederik Thiemer
Germany
401,000
134
8
Jorge Ufano
Spain
400,500
134
9
Christian Duerschlag
Germany
324,500
108
10
Dennis Wilke
Germany
320,000
107
Cards will be in the air at 1 p.m. local time and will play down until a winner is crowned. Play will resume at Level 15, with blinds of 1,500/3,000 blinds and a big blind ante of 3,000. Each level will be 40 minutes long and a 15-minute break will occur every three levels.
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