The button, small blind and Martin Urbanek in the big blind all limp into a pot. The flop then comes .
The small blind bets 5,400 and Urbanek calls. The button folds.
The turn is the and this time the small blind bets 12,500. Urbanek inquires as to how many chips his opponent has left before moving all in, covering his opponent.
They eventually call and show for middle pair, but Urbanek has them beat with . The river is the adding insult to injury, as the Czech player rivers trips.
Tudor Popa raised to 4,000 under the gun and Szymon Pieszczoch called in middle position. Igor Grytsak then raised to 14,500 from the big blind. Popa folded but Pieszczoch called.
The flop was and Grytsak continued for 15,000. His opponent called.
The turn was the . Grytsak checked this time and Pieszczoch, who is ranked inside the top 100 on the all-time Polish money list, bet 34,500. Grytsak asked how much he was playing before swiftly moving all in. Pieszczoch folded, which means that Grytsak's stick is now approaching a very respectable 250,000.
Players are going on another break which gives us an excellent opportunity to tell you all about Day 1A.
102 players each paid (at least!) €225 to enter the first event of the 888Live Rozvadov Festival, and 19 are left to continue playing on Sunday along with the rest of the players who make it through the subsequent Day 1s.
Leading the way is Bartosz Szafraniec with a whopping 407,500 chips. The Pole successfully manoeuvred himself through the day, and at the end of it, it was him and the player sitting to his immediate right Tariq Ullah in first and second of the chip stacks.
Re-entries in today's flight close at the end of the break, with the tournament clock currently showing 150 entries, with 63 of them left in the field.
Earlier when we had a look at a certain player's media ticket, we did a double take when we saw that his name was Flash Dance. A short while ago we got to the table just in time to see him open-shove 16,300 (almost exactly 10 big blinds) from the button. The small blind called and the big blind folded.
Dance, as we are accustomed to call him, showed and the small blind .
The board ran out and Dance doubled up to just over starting stack.
On a board reading Valeri Hermann had checked to his opponent who had bet 4,500 into a pot of 10,500.
Hermann then raised all in for 34,600. His opponent thought for a while before calling. Hermann let out a whistle as he turned over for the nut straight. However, his opponent had outs, including ones for a Royal Flush holding .
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and this time the small blind bets 12,500. Urbanek inquires as to how many chips his opponent has left before moving all in, covering his opponent.
for middle pair, but Urbanek has them beat with 
. The river is the 
adding insult to injury, as the Czech player rivers trips.
and Grytsak continued for 15,000. His opponent called.
. Grytsak checked this time and Pieszczoch, who is ranked inside the top 100 on the all-time Polish money list, bet 34,500. Grytsak asked how much he was playing before swiftly moving all in. Pieszczoch folded, which means that Grytsak's stick is now approaching a very respectable 250,000.
and Volek took his opponent's chips. He now sits on around 80,000 with the average stack just over 67,000.
and the small blind 
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