Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly opened preflop to 400 and got called in the big blind by fellow Brit Ashley Mason, together they saw a flop of 
where Mason check-called a bet of 500 from the double bracelet winner. The 
came on the turn and both players cautiously checked to see the 
on the river. Mason casually bet out 1,000 and Kelly quietly muttered something before folding.
Liv Boeree has taken a little hit in a Team PokerStars Pro on Team PokerStars Pro moment, checking and then calling a bet of around 700 from Dag Palovic on an 
flop with around 2,500 in the pot. Both players checked the 
turn and Boeree checked the 
river as well before Palovic bet 2,500. After a short tank, Boeree folded, dipping to 24,000. Palovic is at around 40,000. As we left the table Palovic was spiritedly trying to convince Boeree that he'd had a real hand while declining actually to say what he'd had.
JP Kelly has just tweeted his elimination, holding 
on a 
board in a six-way raised pot but ran into another player's .
Tom Dwan raised to 400 preflop and was called by Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada as well as two more players. All four checked the 
flop before Dwan fired out 1,250 on the turn. Cada made the call, the UTG+2 player folded but the cut-off also made the call.
The river was the 
and Dwan carefully bet out 4,125 - Cada tanked for a couple of minutes, eventually folding but the cut-off decided to make the call. Dwan turned over 
obviously no good versus his opponent's 
15 minutes, to be exact.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
EPT Prague finalist Manuel Bevand is busto.
We caught the hand on the turn of the 
board, with Mathieu Thiry checking. Bevand bet 6,000 from the button - an amount that was equal both to the pot, and Bevand's remaining stack. Thiry now check-raised to cover him, Bevand called all in, and it was a brief and clinical affair for the Frenchman.
Bevand: 
Thiry: 
River: an irrelevant 
Online qualifier Thiry is now at around 48,000 and looking very cheerful indeed. Bevand is gone.
Jason Mercier brought out the old favourite of true poker lovers, the river check-raise. The board had been reading 
and Mercier had check-raised his opponent's 5,000 bet on the river to a substantial 14,700. Some tanking from said foe occurred but he was unconvinced by the American who can't seem to go a day or two without crushing a tournament somewhere in the world.
The call came and Mercier turned over 
for the full house, he's up to 42,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
52,600
22,600
|
22,600 |
|
||
|
46,300
16,300
|
16,300 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
35,200
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
||
|
33,200
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
|
||
|
32,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,600
4,400
|
4,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
23,400
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
|
||
|
23,300
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
21,600
8,400
|
8,400 |
|
20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
15,600
14,400
|
14,400 |
|
|
||
|
14,300
15,700
|
15,700 |
You don't realise just how impressive our Day 1a field is until you type up chip counts for half the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
46,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
34,000
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
||
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
33,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
