A player on the button opened to 6,000 and David Civai three-bet to 17,000 from the small blind. The button moved all in, covering Civai who had started the hand with roughly 55,000. Civai made the call and was at risk.
David Civai: K♥Q♦
Button: A♣9♥
Civai was behind until the Q♣7♠2♠ gave him a pair of queens to take the lead. He remained ahead on the 9♣ turn and 6♦ river to secure an important double up.
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Dario Bagattini opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Walid Igalla on the button before a player in the small blind three-bet to 32,500. Javier Romero then four-bet to 88,000, forcing Bagattini and Igalla out of the pot. The small blind moved all in for slightly more and Romero snap-called with a covering stack.
Small Blind: K♥K♦
Javier Romero: A♦A♠
The small blind had the second-best possible starting hand but was crushed facing Romero's pocket-aces. Romero held on the Q♠4♣8♥5♥4♥ runout to win the biggest pot of the night so far and take a commanding chip lead over the rest of the field.
With two players seeing a board of Q♥7♦Q♣5♣ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Adrian Lipe was on the button and had gotten into a raising war with Javier Romero in the hijack, resulting in Lipe being all in and at risk for his remaining stack of roughly 50,000.
Adrian Lipe: Q♦9♦
Javier Romero: 7♥7♠
In a brutal cooler Lipe had flopped trip queens only for Romero to flop a full house. Lipe couldn't catch up on the 3♣ river and was sent to the rail while Romero continued to accumulate chips.
Late registration has come to a close for Day 1b of the EAPT Main Event. The second starting flight attracted 51 entrants of which 19 players currently remain.
The day will play until 8 players remain at which point all remaining players will advance to Day 2 and be in the money.
