Some Entertainment For the Break
Sarah breaks down the big names to emerge from Day 1a and what to expect from Day 1b.
Sarah breaks down the big names to emerge from Day 1a and what to expect from Day 1b.
Players are now on their first twenty minute break of the day.
Team PokerStars Dario Minieri Pro clashed with fellow country man Gianluca Trebbi when Minieri raised pre-flop to 400 and got his call and the big blind. Minieri continued for 700 on a flop of , Trebbi called and the big blind folded. Both players checked the turn and the river with Minieri flicking over his only to find he was behind from the start to the of Trebbi. Minieri doesn’t seem to having too much fun at the moment, but it’s early days and losing isn’t much fun for anyone.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dario Minieri |
16,300
300
|
300 |
It was folded to Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier in the small blind who decided to just complete the blind. David Vamplew from Scotland checked his option and they saw a flop of . Grospellier led for 175 and Vamplew raised to 600. Grospellier shrugged and made the call. on the turn and they both checked. River put a diamond flush on board and again they both checked. The players showd their cards, for Grospellier and to Vamplew who just pipped it and was awarded the flop for his better flush.
EPT7 London winner David Vamplew just took a hit in a pot against Sergey Baburin. The pot was opened to 300 by Bogdan Ana, Baburin three-bet to 900 from middle position and when it folded to Vamplew in the big blind and he four-bet to 2,350. Ana got out the way but Baburin stuck around and the two players saw a flop.
Both players checked and the landed on the turn, Vamplew fired out a bet of 2,300 but folded when Baburin raised to 6,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Irina Batorevich | Busted | |
Doron Davidovitz | Busted | |
Julian Stuer | Busted | |
Mohamed Harrouchy | Busted | |
Blanaru Aron
|
Busted | |
Petar Stoichkov
|
Busted | |
Samir Moubarak
|
Busted |
A decent enough start for Chris Moorman, the Brit, who finished 12th in the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event, took a day off yesterday but it back at it today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Moorman |
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Luca Pagano |
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Yann Dion | 30,000 | |
Kitty Kuo | 30,000 | |
Christophe De Meulder | 30,000 | |
Fabrice Soulier | 30,000 | |
Dario Minieri |
16,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
A raising war on a flop saw Jacek Markowski get his stack of 15,000 or so in the middle against Denis Kashirin. Markowski tabled the for middle set, but much to his dismay it was no good as Kashirin held the for top set.
The table was a bit flabbergasted and a resigned Markowski watched helplessly as the was run out on the turn followed by the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jacek Markowski | Busted |
For 400 each four people saw a flop and the initial-raiser dared to continuation-bet 650 on . The first player folded but Martin Staszko made it 2,000 from the cutoff. The player on the button folded but the initial-raiser made the call. The hit the turn and the early position player checked to Staszko. Martin bet 3,500 and received another call. The river was the and another check from the player who started the pot with a raise before the flop. Staszko made it 7,700 and after some deliberation he got a call. Staszko showed his and his opponent made a deep sigh and mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Staszko |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |