Daniel Cates has been in the thick of it since he arrived here in the Main Event and despite only being in his seat for 15-20 minutes he appeares to be quite frustrated.
In a hand that just took place, he three-bet from the hijack an opening raise and was called by Ran Azor in the big blind and the original raiser. The flop came down and all three players checked. The turn was the , Azor bet 2,500, the original raiser folded but Cates stayed in the hand and made the call.
The river card was the and now Azor checked to the man known as Jungleman. Cates sat completely stoic before finally moving and betting 6,500. Azor waited for close to 30 seconds before making the call.
As soon as he called Cates looked up to the ceiling as if he knew he was beaten, and beaten he was as Azor turned over and Cates mucked, turned away and looked towards the heavens once again.
It hasn't taken too long for Daniel Cates to get involved, quickly getting into a four-way pot on his own big blind. The flop was checked around to the button who bet 800, but he and everyone else folded when Cates made it 2,400 to go.
Sam El Sayed plays a style of poker that is highly volatile and often seems him climb to the very top of the chip counts or bust out within the first few levels.
We saw him in a hand just now over on Table 4 where Mustafa Meryumoglu checked from the big blind on a board and El Sayed fired a bet of 4,500. Meryumoglu made the call and it was off to the river.
Meryumoglu checked again and then instantly called as El Sayed bet 4,800.
El Sayed turned over for the straight and Meryumoglu mucked his hand; but not before showing the player in Seat 8 his cards. This prompted the dealer to reveal the hand of Meryumoglu, .
At the moment, just as the first level ended, we've got 122 players on the board. The latest being Daniel "Jungleman" Cates, who is off to take his seat among the players.
We'll be expecting the list of late entries to continue to increase throughout the afternoon with 8.30pm the time of the last entry - So get here quickly boys and girls.
Fillipo Bianchi min-raised from the hijack over on Table 6 and then called as Maxime Reuter three-bet to 575 from the cutoff and Benjamin Pollak had called the three-bet on the button.
The flop came down and Bianchi taped the table and checked. Reuter tested the waters with a continuation bet of 750; a bet that only Pollak called.
The turn brought the into play and Reuter refused to slow down. Instead he increased his bet size to 1,050 and after 15-20 seconds Pollak sent his cards back in the direction of the dealer.
Andrey Shatilov is off to a good start, the Russian fired out bets of 400, 1,025 and 2,200 on the flop, turn and river of a board. Fabio Bianchi was his opponent and check-called him down on all three streets, though not without a good two minute dwell on the river.
Shatilov showed for a turned set and the Italian let out an impassioned sigh as a result.
The tournament area is filling up rapidly and as the numbers increase so does the number of notable players.
Already seated and riffling chips are the likes of Dominik Nitsche (who re-entered) Gaelle Baumann (who also re-entered) and the only Fre4nchman to win a WSOP bracelet this year Aubin Cazals.
Ibrahim Hassan has got off to a great start here in the Main Event, winning a pot of more than 10,000 chips.
It was the United Kingdom's Sandeep Sandhu who started the betting, opening to 250 from the cutoff of his six-handed table. The button folded but Hassan three-bet to 800 from the small blind. Next to act was Selcuk Ayaz in the big blind and he four-bet to 2,500. This was too much for Sandhu to pay and he quickly folded but Hassan made the call.
The flop contained more spades than gravedigger's shed so it was no real surprise when Hassan checked. Ayaz took at stab at the pot and bet 4,000. Hassan instantly called and it was off to the turn.
Hassan checked again, Ayaz bet another 4,000 and Hassan snap-called. The on the river killed the action and no more betting took place.
Ayaz:
Hassan:
Neither player held a spade and Hassan's set of queens was good.
When playing online poker you have tools at your disposal that allow you to gather information on your opponents; from how many hands they play, to how they play them.
Live poker is obviously different in that respect as you have to obtain the reads yourself but Gaelle Baumann is gathering intel as we type this. Like many poker players Baumann keeps herself entertained between hands with her iPad and thanks to the free internet here in this resort she is currently typing each of her opponent's names into a well-known poker database to see who has any winnings to their name! A crafty and clever idea from the French woman who finished 10th in the WSOP Main Event.
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
, Azor bet 2,500, the original raiser folded but Cates stayed in the hand and made the call.
and now Azor checked to the man known as Jungleman. Cates sat completely stoic before finally moving and betting 6,500. Azor waited for close to 30 seconds before making the call.
and Cates mucked, turned away and looked towards the heavens once again.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop was checked around to the button who bet 800, but he and everyone else folded when Cates made it 2,400 to go.
board and El Sayed fired a bet of 4,500. Meryumoglu made the call and it was off to the 
river.
for the straight and Meryumoglu mucked his hand; but not before showing the player in Seat 8 his cards. This prompted the dealer to reveal the hand of Meryumoglu, 
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and Bianchi taped the table and checked. Reuter tested the waters with a continuation bet of 750; a bet that only Pollak called.
into play and Reuter refused to slow down. Instead he increased his bet size to 1,050 and after 15-20 seconds Pollak sent his cards back in the direction of the dealer.
board. Fabio Bianchi was his opponent and check-called him down on all three streets, though not without a good two minute dwell on the river.
flop contained more spades than gravedigger's shed so it was no real surprise when Hassan checked. Ayaz took at stab at the pot and bet 4,000. Hassan instantly called and it was off to the 
