EPT Grand Final - Post Day 1B Update

I finished my first day of play with an above average stack of 80.8k. Thus far almost exactly half the field remains, so average chips is right around 60k.

After the dinner break I only had one really eventful hand before my table broke. Sandra Naujoks opened the CO and I 3b 33 from the SB. I cbet a Kh8h2d flop. She hesitated and called. Turn was a beautiful 3d and she tank folded to what was basically a committing bet. I really don't think she's folding Kx there ever given the stack sizes so a heart draw or middle pair seems likely.

There were only 2 levels or so left in the day when I was relocated to a table with almost entirely all young online pros. Three or four were really short, so the table played much tighter than my previous one. I ended up busting two shorties, one of which I'm 99% sure was Stars Team Pro from Belgium Matthias De Meulder. He jammmed ~13bbs from the SB into my BB with J8o, I snapped with KQo and held. He seemed like a really nice guy. The other shortstack (who allegedly plays on FTP under the name "HU4Rolls" or something similar) jammed 22 over my UTG open with TT. TT held. I ran a kind of interesting bluff against what seemed to be a good LAG when I opened ATo from the HJ or CO, got called by him in the BB. Flop was Q9xr, I cbet he called. Turn Q check check. River Q and he lead a super gay 10-20% pot. I raised to 2.5x his bet or so and he folded (I think I'd take his line a fair bit and fold the river too, so I was basically trying to do what would own myself if I was in his spot - or maybe he just had JT and I had the best hand). Finally I cold 4b a guy with ~25bbs or so with KK (he 3b to around ~7.5bbs) and he folded.

They are paying a larger portion of the field this year than in years previous. 128 make the money out of the ~840 or so entries. If I can run good and have a strong Day 2 I could be in good shape for at least a min cash of 15k Euros (~20k USD). ONE TIME!