With quite some chips in the middle, the flop showed 
and Thomas Kastenhuber moved all in against action by Ivo Donev. The latter called and flipped over 
, while Kastenhuber only had 
for the open-ended straight draw. The 
turn and 
river were both blanks and Donev raked in a juicy pot.
Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 250 and was called by the cutoff before Petr Targa on the button three-bet to 850. Both Thorel and the cutoff called and the flop fell 
, which saw the action check to Targa. The Czech bet 1,050 and that won the pot without showdown.
Bianca Jacobs was one of the early casualties of the day while further notables took their seats in the second level of the day.
Ivo Donev flopped top pair with 
and was paid off for 1,000 on the river of an ace-high board to boost his stack slightly.
Lukas Klima turned two pair with 
on a king-high board and his opponent called a bet of 3,000 on the river to see the bad news and send his cards into the muck.
Catalin Pop dropped some chips in the meanwhile, he turned trips deuces and his opponent rivered a straight with 
.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
"I want revenge, I had 200,000 yesterday with 22 players left and didn't make it," Sander van Wesemael said when he sat down at the same table as Ivo Donev. Furthermore, Francisco Quevedo, Aneris Adomkevicius and Theodoros Aidonopoulos also took their seats towards the end of level one.
The first seat open was on the table of Oliver Heidel and the German had indeed raked in the massive pot. Both Heidel and Karel Chaloupka flopped a flush draw and the third heart on the turn saw the stacks go in. Heidel held and Chaloupka the 
to result in the first casualty of the day.
Rene Wullbrand followed soon after, and again it was Heidel that had the best of it. Wullbrand flopped top two with the 
and Heidel had bottom set with 
on a board of 
.
Mid-way through the first level of the day, the numbers have climbed to 70 entries and below are further notables that just sat down and joined the action.
Rifat Gegic finished third in the 2017 World Series of Poker International Circuit Main Event here at King's Casino a few days ago and continued the good performances with deep runs in yesterday's two flights. Gegic finished 13th and 14th respectively but failed to bag up chips for Day 1. "I will probably finish 15th next," the German said sarcastically and joined the action just now.
Joining the action on the 
flop, the player in the small blind and Michal Mrakes in the big blind invested 500 each with some 1,100 in the middle already. The fell on the turn and the small blind checked. Mrakes now bet 1,000 and his opponent eventually folded.
Mrakes came close at bagging up a stack for Day 2 last night but was eventually eliminated in the penultimate level of Day 1d.
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