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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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147,000 | 65,000 |
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145,000 | 35,000 |
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116,000 | |
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105,000 | -14,000 |
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95,000 | |
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90,000 |
James Akenhead paid off Fatima Travanca after (probably) falling behind to her on the turn. That's the point we joined the action. Around 5,500 had already made it into the middle and Akenhead (UTG) check-called a 3,600 bet from the Portuguese lady (UTG+2).
The river fell to leave a 
board and both players checked. Travanca opened 
and the Brit mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,000 | -2,000 |
It's the last two levels of the day and Chris Moorman has upped his level of aggression. We just witnessed him squeeze from the big blind after a button open and small blind call, before he three-bet from the small blind after an early position open.
None of the three opponents had the gusto or goods to continue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,000 | 2,000 |
- It's worth mentioning that we started Day 1a with just one lady on the felt, and she's still alive and kicking. Fatima Travanca qualified for this event via PokerStars, and as far as we can tell, she's never cashed in a live tournament. She's holding steady with 29,800 chips at the moment.
- We also have one redhead left in our Day 1a crowd. It's Ireland's Dermot Blain, and he's sitting with about 46,500 chips right now. Blain is perhaps best known for his fifth-place finish in the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe, but astute followers will remember his APPT victory in Macau back in 2009. Blain has more than $1 million in career earnings, and he's looking to add an EPT trophy to his mantle this week in Madrid.
- We also have (at least) one gentleman who's surviving his starting day with large doses of pain killers. It's not been that long since Arnaud Mattern had the cast removed from his right ankle, maybe just a couple months since he healed from that tennis injury. He's done it again, unfortunately. Mattern twisted up his other ankle this morning as he tried to catch the shuttle to the casino, and he's suffering through play with his foot resting up on top of a chair and beneath a big bag of ice. At least he's medicated.
- JC Alvarado might be medicating himself right now, too. Alvarado's table was the last one to break, but he was absent from the process. A secondary scan of the room turned up nothing, and we think it's safe to say Alvarado has been eliminated.
- November Niner Eoghan O'Dea is playing very patiently here today, as he tends to do early in tournaments. He's got about 18,000 chips in front of him right now.
- Martins Adeniya is still the chip leader, though his stack has slipped just a bit to about 119,000.
- Headphone count: 17
- Sunglasses count: 18
- Hoodie count: 28
- Scarf count: 2
Barny Boatman raised to 2,500 preflop - Chris Moorman came over and whispered, "I think Barny thought that he [meaning the big blind] had raised to 1,000 but he's actually the big blind!"
Martino Chiodo made it 5,625 in late position and Boatman flat-called to see a flop of 
. Boatman donk-led for 5,000 and Chiodo made it 11,725 but the Brit responded by throwing out a chunk of blue 5k chips and Chiodo quickly folded.
JP Kelly busted just before the break, and he informed us via the medium of Twitter:
"Busted in stupid hand with 99 v AA got caught in middle of x-betting war was right v 4 bettor, 3 bettor had AA. Now off to see Madrid"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
That's six levels in the books, two more to go. We'll be back in 15 minutes.
Barney Boatman raised to 1,000 from early position and Chris Moorman made it 2,500 from the seat next to him, it was passed back around to Boatman who flat-called to see a seemingly dry 
. Boatman checked and Moorman bet 2,975 but the Hendon Mobster quickly raised to 10,000.
Moorman tanked for two minutes before mucking his hand, claiming he had made a 'hero fold.'
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
