Jordi Mataix Manauta bet the river for 10,000 and his table neighbour Juan Antonio Gomez Moya was the only caller. He tabled the for queens and fours but Gomez Moya had that beat with the for aces and fours.
Vivian Saliba joined Day 1a of the Main Event, which is a bad sign for her run in the €5,300 Super High Roller as that meant she had already been eliminated. Dan Cates, in the meanwhile, entered the biggest buy-in of the series.
Upon sitting down, Saliba took a short video and picture of fellow Brazilian 888poker ambassador Alexandre Mantovani, who can be found on the same table.
Three ways to the turn, Kian Khaleghian bet 3,000 into a pot of 4,000 and forced a fold from Simon Paparone. Alex Baena I Carrasco called and they then checked the on the river. Baena I Carrasco tabled for the bottom pair and missed nut flush draw, which Khaleghian had beat with the .
888poker Stream Team member Rene Majed completed the line-up of ambassadors on the same table and immediately clashed with Alexandre Mantovani. A potentially even bigger pot was avoided when both checked the river. Majed tabled the for the flopped top pair and flush draw but Mantovani raked in a pot of more than 14,000 with for a pair of aces and busted nut flush draw.
Majed got some of the chips back when he raised it up from under the gun and fired one bet on the flop. Simon Paparone called and then check-called another 2,100 on the turn and both checked the on the river. Paparone turned over but Majed held the superior pair in .
In a three-bet pot to the flop, no betting action took place and the same also applied for the on the turn. Joan Escrigas Roca then faced a bet worth 3,000 on the river and called after a few seconds of consideration.
His opponent tabled the for a bluff and Escrigas Roca earned the pot with for ace-queen high.
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Tomasz Brzezinski from under the gun and Max Avela, the latter bet the river for 4,000. Brzezinski mulled it over for a few seconds and tossed in a single T-5,000 chip for the call. Avela rolled over the for the nut straight and his opponent mucked.
"You know, sometimes I actually do have a hand," the Finn grinned.
Three ways to the flop, the action checked to Rene Majed and he bet 1,200. Kian Khaleghian in the cutoff then raised it up to 6,000 and Vivian Saliba in the big blind folded after some consideration.
Majed, however, stuck around and the turn was checked by both. The fell on the river and Majed bet 14,500 with 11,200 behind. Khaleghian gave it some consideration and was very close to toss in a single chip for the call before changing his mind and folding.
It has been a day to forget for Harcharan Dogra Dogra, who steadily lost chips in the first level. The dealer on his table just announced a seat open and sure enough, it was Dogra Dogra who headed to the rail.
On his former table Yogev Ohayon and Guillem Garriga Gairaud had chipped up while 888poker ambassador Sam Abernathy sat down this very second one table over.
Jaime Bertran Mainou had previously lost a portion of his stack and ended up check-calling the river for 1,000. Jose Maria Mesas Collado turned over for quad aces and dragged in the pot.