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Jose Nadal opened preflop to 2,600 before he was reraised to 7,800 by the player in middle position. Ran Azor then pushed all-in for around 40,000 and it was passed across to Masaaki Kagawa in the big blind who looked around at the differing raises on the table before finally announcing "I call!"
Nadal folded quickly but the 3-bettor looked glum, eventually folding 
face up and was disgusted to see Kagawa show 
. Azor flipped 
and couldn't catch on the 
board.
Paul Kristoffersson must not recognize the guy sitting to his left.
We watched him and Phil Ivey take a heads-up flop in a battle of the blinds. It came 
, and Kristoffersson check-called a bet of 4,300. On the turn, the 
drew checks from both players, and the 
landed on the river. Kristoffersson led out with a big bet of 14,300 into a pot of about that much, and Ivey shot him a dark stare. He'd make Kristoffersson squirm for a couple minutes before finally shaking his head and releasing his cards.
On the next hand, Kristoffersson opened with a big raise to 8,000 from the button, and Ivey went right ahead and three-bet to 23,000 straight. Kristoffersson counted down his remaining stack before waving the white flag, and Ivey gets slightly the better of that two-hand exchange.
Cort Kibler opened to 2,700 before Scott Montgomery reraised to 7,000. In the smmal blind, Dominkik Nitsche decided this would be a perfect spot to 4-bet, making it 20,700 with around 25,000 behind. Kibler folded and Montgomery tanked, was Nitsche tanking advantage of Montgomery's aggressive reputation or did Nitsche really have a hand?
The former Main Event finalist did not seem too sure himself, but ended up folding with a certain amount of reluctance.
Ross Boatman just managed a rather simple double up, all-in with 
against the Roger Hairabedian's 
on a 
{h} board to double his stack to about 60,000.
"It's easy to crack aces," commented a member of the Portuguese media while Jeffrey Hakim was handing almost his whole stack over to Juan Maceiras.
Hakim had raised and Maceiras shoved. Another player, who is on our list as Narendra Banwari but introduced himself last night on the Tube home as "Nick", tanked for some time but folded. On their backs, and it was to be a very painful experience for Mr. Hakim.
Hakim: 
Maceiras: 
Board: 
Maceiras is now very definitely back in the game with 105,000. Hakim was down to just 5,000 or so and looked rather unwell. We hung around the table in case he got his last in the next hand, but he just folded his button with a dejected air. He's going to have to get it in soon though.
We're not sure whether Annette Obrestad (small blind) checked the 
flop before her opponent, we believe one Ronny Johansen, bet 5,500. Either way, Obrestad raised to 16,300. After a minute Johansen called.
The turn was the 
and this time Obrestad bet out 35,000, almost enough to cover Johansen. He tanked... and tanked... he tanked long enough for three players to bust out on adjacent tables, five minutes at least...
..And then he announced all in. The necessary call came swiftly, and they were at showdown.
Johansen: 
for an overpair
Obrestad: for a pair of sixes and all the draws in the world
River:
Johansen doubled to 130,000. Obrestad was left with around 50,000.
Boris Becker is busto after smacking his pocket kings into someone else's aces. Zero help from the board, and it's one-love, the other guy.
Vicky Coren was all in before the flop with 
, running them straight into the 
of her neighbor Claire Renaut.
The flop missed Coren, coming , but the turn gave her another four outs to work with. The river was a blank, though, and Coren has bowed out gracefully. Renaut apologized (for knocking her out, we guess), but Coren told her not to and wished her luck today as she was whisked off to the interview booth.
For Renaut's part, things aren't getting any easier. The vacant seat left by Coren was soon filled by none other than Phil Ivey, and she'll have him to deal with until they get a table break.
One level into the day, we're off for the first 15-minute break. Back in a flash.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
