After the departure of Frederico Da Rocha, several players on his former table bumped their stacks above the average and one of them happens to be Jacek Pustula. On a heads-up turn of 
, Pustula faced a bet of 3,500 and announced a raise, tossing in three T-5,000 chips.
That was enough to scoop the pot as Pustula chipped up without showdown.
More and more players keep pouring in to fill the final two available tables in the side room and among those new additions to the field is also Tsunamy, well-known regular from Spain that has been running hot in Marrakech.
He faces Luigi Shehadeh and Frederico Da Rocha, among others, with the latter on his second bullet of the day. According to Jacek Pustula, Da Rocha had pushed with a jack-high flushdraw into the ace-high flushdraw and didn't get there.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
On a four-way flop of 
, the action checked to Israel Avraham and he bet 2,500 to pick up two callers. Gonzalo Prieto Gaitan raised to 5,000 from under the gun min-raised to 5,000 and Avraham called, the button folded. Antonio Fernandes in the big blind reraised to 12,500 and Avraham was the only caller.
The 
turn was checked through and on the 
river, Fernandes bet 31,100. Avraham used two time banks and called, mucked when he was shown the 
for the nut flush by Fernandes.
Marius Gicovanu check-called a bet of 13,000 on the 
turn and the 
river was checked. Gicovanu was first to show and revealed 
but Daniel Tafur had the best of it with 
.
Things have not been running as smooth for Xiao Jiang prior to the dinner break and he has just been eliminated in a hand against Daniel Martinez.
On a 
turn, Jiang bet 11,500 and picked up a call to then check the on the river. Martinez bet 30,000 and that's how much Jiang had left behind. Jiang tossed in a single T-25,000 chip and once the bet size was pointed out to him, he shrugged and called all-in.
Martinez rolled over the for a flush and Jiang mucked.
Day 1b has surpassed 200 entries as new players keep pouring in, and just one table remains used in the third tournament area next to the main bar. The cash game tables in the main area are still as busy, and all tables of the secondary area are now filled with Main Event tables after the €2,200 High Roller has wrapped up.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
It seemed smooth sailing for Ignacio Molina all-day long as he never surrendered the top spot on the final table of the €2,200 High Roller. Leonardo Mancuso, however, didn't give up despite the major chip deficit and after winning the flip not long ago, he would do so again.
Mancuso had chipped up to 40 percent of the chips in play and got it in with 
versus 
. The curse with eights continued for Molina as the 
board delivered no help to the Spaniard.
A few all-in without call followed and Molina then dropped to around seven big blinds. He got it in with against the of Mancuso and the 
board sealed the victory for the Italian. Mancuso scores the far biggest payday on the live circuit thus far with a top prize of €52,000, Molina has to settle for €37,000.
The full result of the second-biggest €2,200 High Roller on the 888poker LIVE circuit will be published at the end of the night.
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