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Kamara Cleans Up
Irina Nikolaidi has been taken out on Day 1a after a huge hand saw Kam Kamara take the chip lead in the room here at the £100,000 Guaranteed 888Poker London Live Festival's opening event.
Pre-flop, Irina was the aggressor, making it 3,000 to go from the cut-off. Kamara called in te smal blind, Enzo Del Piero did the same from the big blind, and the under the gun player who had called pre-flop saw the value in getting 4:1 on an additional 2,000 chips.
The flop of 
saw Nikolaidi continue for 6,000 and this time only Kamara called. The turn card was the 
and Nikolaidi made it 15,000, just under half of her remaining chips. She called when Kamara shoved all-in for around 20,000 chips more than Nikolaidi had to call.
Nikolaidi held 
but she needed help after seeing Kamara's 
meant he had turned a straight against her trip kings. The river of 
meant it was Nikolaidi who went out, and Kamara who has the first six-figure stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000 | |
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Busted |