Marian Dicu opened to 3,500 from the hijack and Ruben Vara moved all in for 23,000 from the button. A player in the small blind then reshoved, forcing Dicu out of the way and leaving Vara at risk.
Ruben Vara: 9♦9♥
Opponent: A♠K♣
Vara got the better of the preflop flip on the 3♠2♥2♣ flop and remained ahead on the 6♥ turn and 4♥ river to score a full double up.
Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Sergi Perez moved all in from the button for 19,800 and received a call from Marian Dicu in the small blind who held a covering stack.
Sergi Perez: A♥J♥
Marian Dicu: A♠10♦
Perez was ahead with a slightly bigger ace and remained so on the A♣3♣5♠Q♦J♣ to score a full double up while making a minor dent in Dicu's stack.
With two players seeing a board of 10♥3♥3♣ and roughly 8,5000 in the middle, Oscar Gironella checked in the big blind and his opponent in the cutoff bet 2,500. Gironella check-raised to 7,000 and was called by his opponent.
Gironella bet another 7,000 on the J♥ turn and once again was called.
On the 9♣ river Gironella moved all in for 25,700 and this time it was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
Elsewhere in the tournament area, Constantinos Stylianou was recently eliminated.
Players are now on a 15-minute break. The field currently stands at 50 total entrants, of which 21 players remain. Late registration will remain open until the end of the break.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Late registration has come to a close for Day 1b of the EAPT Main Event. The second starting flight attracted 51 entrants of which 19 players currently remain.
The day will play until 8 players remain at which point all remaining players will advance to Day 2 and be in the money.
Walid Igalla opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and Javier Romero defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the A♥K♣3♦ flop leading to the 2♦ turn. Romero checked, Igalla bet 5,500 and Romero quickly called.
Both players checked the 10♥ river. Romero showed A♦7♠ for a pair of aces and Igalla's hand hit the muck.
Elsewhere in the tournament area, Marian Dicu was also recently eliminated.
With two players seeing a board of Q♥7♦Q♣5♣ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Adrian Lipe was on the button and had gotten into a raising war with Javier Romero in the hijack, resulting in Lipe being all in and at risk for his remaining stack of roughly 50,000.
Adrian Lipe: Q♦9♦
Javier Romero: 7♥7♠
In a brutal cooler Lipe had flopped trip queens only for Romero to flop a full house. Lipe couldn't catch up on the 3♣ river and was sent to the rail while Romero continued to accumulate chips.
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