Radu Angel doubled his tiny stack previously when cracking pocket tens with 
and he just did so again with 
against the 
of Manred Sierke. The board came 
and Angel doubled to around one third of the starting stack.
Many others were less fortunate and all joined the rail throughout the last 15 minutes.
On a flop of 
, €230 Opening Event runner-up Eduard Norel bet and faced a raise to 10,000 by Andrei Gabriel Roscan. Norel moved all in for 23,050 and Roscan snap-called.
Eduard Norel: 
Andrei Gabriel Roscan: 
The 
turn improved Roscan and the remained in the lead after the blank 
river to eliminate an almost even-stacked Norel.
More than 50 players have already been eliminated with Day 1b creating a field of more than 250 entries thus far. This means that more than 360 entries in total ensured that the guarantee of €288,000 has been surpassed.
On the flop of 
, Natalie Hof checked in the hijack and Stefanita Fechete bet 6,000 in the cutoff. Danut Chisu in the small blind was the only caller. Both players checked the 
turn and Chisu also checked the river.
Fechete bet 12,000 and Chisu used one time bank before sending his cards into the muck.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
A big pot was brewing over on table 20 and Aldo Monteleone bet the heads-up river of 
for 20,000. Levente Pal was his sole remaining opponent and moved all in for another 5,000 on top, which Monteleone called.
Pal turned over 
for two pair, queens and jacks. Monteleone mucked his cards to heavily that the was exposed and apparently had the worse two pair. Monteleone lost the remainder of his stack shortly after while Pal jumped to six digits.
Natalie Hof doubled since coming back from the break and has a host of big names on her table including Dan Murariu, Danut Chisu and Alexandru Farcasanu. The latter re-entered and just arrived on the table when Murariu had raised to 800 and was called by Hof, the small blind and Chisu in the big blind.
On the 
flop, action checked to Murariu and he bet 2,500. Only Hof called and the appeared on the turn. Murariu slowed down and checked, Hof bet 5,800 and that won the pot for the 888poker ambassador right there.
Marian Strachinescu called a raise in the cutoff and Jeroen Aarts on the button three-bet to 3,200. Only Strachinescu called and the flop fell 
. Both players checked and Strachinescu also checked the turn, prompting a bet of 3,200 by Aarts. That was all it took in order to claim the pot uncontested.
Down to just 9,100, Christopher Heidelbacher was all in with 
and Radu Angel looked him up with the . The board came 
and Heidelbacher rivered a flush to crack the set of queens of Angel in order to double.
Both 888poker ambassadors Natalie Hof and Sofia Lovgren have taken their seats prior to the first break of the day and since managed to build up some profit.
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