It was a very strong turnout for the second starting day, which culminated in a field of 533 entries. No further players may jump in as the registration has now officially closed. There are 181 hopefuls still in contention and they will hope to play four level and bag their chips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,500/3,500
Ante: 3,500
With the Beer Pong Open already in full motion, new additions to the most popular side events for the next hour can be expected as Day 1b of the WPO Madrid Main Event has gone on a 60-minute dinner break. The poker action is scheduled to continue as of 10.10pm local time and another two hours are set for tonight.
Guillaume Diaz was among the chip leaders when he moved to the Mandalay Room and stayed near the top of the leaderboard for a long time. However, things then went south. As he explained, Jean-Charles Remaud had ace-king plenty of times.
Ultimately, Diaz was down to 15 blinds and got it in with the 
to lose a flip against the pocket fours of Remaud.
The Frenchman continued the heater thereafter and fired three barrels against Xabier Bolinaga Martinez on a board of 
. Bolinaga Martinez called for 12,000 on the flop and 10,000 on the turn, then folded the river when he faced a hefty bet of 75,000. Remaud flashed the 
as he dragged in yet another pot and entered the dinner break with the lead.
Emmanuel Da Silva checked out of the small blind on the 
river and Simon Ben Yahia then pushed all-in for what appeared to be 60,000.
"I call," Da Silva immediately said and added in French that he was afraid of king-queen. As Ben Yahia exposed the 
, Da Silva had that beat with the 
for the superior kicker and scored the knockout.
Just before their table was about to break, Junda Zhan Zhu limped the small blind and Alexandre Dana checked in the big blind. Zhan Zhu led the 
flop for 5,000 and the 
turn for 12,000, both of which Dana called. They then engaged in table chat and Zhan Zhu guessed the hand of his opponent to be queen-five. Dana suggested to check it down and that was indeed what happened.
Zhan Zhu exposed the 
for a busted flush draw and Dana won the pot with the 
.
With more than 60,000 chips in the middle and a bet and call worth 16,000 after the flop pulled in, Ignacio Molina pushed on the turn for more than 150,000 and was instantly called by Slobodan Milosavljevic to shudder immediately.
Slobodan Milosavljevic: 
Ignacio Molina: 
The Spaniard, known for his love of ducks and almost always sporting one as mascot on the table, asked for a black king. Instead, the river only provided an inferior pair. Milosavljevic doubled for 110,300 to put a major dent in the stack of the Spaniard.
Out of a field of 530 entries, only 198 players remain and the tournament staff has just once more confirmed the upcoming dinner break. They also suggested that the chip leader at each table would buy the T-100 chips in order to facilitate a single transaction for the chip race in the break as well.
In a battle big blind versus cutoff, Gregory Blavoux took on Pablo Herrera Medina and fired the 
turn before jamming the 
river. By then, the pot had grown to around 85,000 and Herrera Medina went into the tank.
Once the call followed, Blavoux flipped over his cards and due to the force used, they tumbled over near his opponent. The dealer grabbed them, exposed the 
for a bluff gone wrong and Herrera Medina tabled his right after. After paying off the double worth 56,200, Blavoux was left with a few chips and a chair to lose the former right after.
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