Leo Fernandez had bet 3,300 with about 14,200 behind on the river of a against Ondrej Vinklarek but the latter check-raised all in causing some serious dwellage from the Argentine.
Finally he had the clock called on him and after another 30 seconds and pushed in the rest of his chips. Vinklarek quickly turned over and Fernandez saw his stack slide away as he was eliminated from the tournament.
Ash Mason's exit meanwhile, was much more formulaic, a simple loss of a race with to
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Steve O'Dwyer - back when he was all smiley and happy and flush with chips
Steve O'Dwyer had been plugging along rather steadily this evening. Until...
Juan Navarrete opened to 1,600 under the gun, and a player in position flatted. Action came to Steve O'Dwyer's button, and he squeezed it up to 4,900 total. Navarrete came right back with another raise to 12,600 to fold the player in the middle, but O'Dwyer made it 21,000 flat. Navarrete shoved for close to 70,000 total, and O'Dwyer called, having him covered by less than 2,000.
O'Dwyer was working with two queens, but he was smashed by the Spaniard's pocket kings. The board ran out blanks, and O'Dwyer lost his small remainder just a moment later to end his run with a frown here in Madrid.
Nacho Barbero has just eliminated fellow PokerStarsTeam Pro Theo Jorgensen calling from UTG+2 to see a flop. Barbero check-called a bet of 6,000 before both checked the turn. Barbero then set Jorgensen all in on the river for his last 21,500 and the Dane tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually calling.
Barbero showed for the flopped straight but we never got to see Jorgensen's hand - he simply mucked and hit the rail.
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Welp, it was inevitable they'd clash at some point. It's just a shame we weren't around to see it. We waited all day for David Benyamine and Eli Elezra to play a significant pot, and it just happened while we were at our desks writing.
Elezra was kind enough to give us a few details as he exited, lamenting a set-over-set situation that robbed him of his nearly average stack. That's the end of his Main Event, but it sounds like he's planning on sticking around the city for a couple days to get his fill of poker. And tapas.
Mike McDonald - The choice of the poker girlfriend?
Willem De Vries just openly declared to Mike McDonald, "I was watching a poker show a couple of months back with my girlfriend and you were on there and then my girlfriend said, 'I would totally do him,' so you have to understand I've had trouble looking at you today..."
At which point the entire table burst into laughter.
There are ten minutes left in Day 1b, and the clock has been paused. An unlucky seven was plucked from the deck, and we'll play that many more hands at each table before bagging and tagging.
We're down one Spanish lady as Leo Margets just was eliminated from the tournament. Irishman John O'Shea, who was earlier doing very well, has also seemingly been knocked out.
Faraz Jaka fired 2,800 on a flop of with only Anton Wigg calling on the button as the big blind folded, the made four to a straight on the turn but Jaka showed no sign of slowing down. He fired 6,700 and Wigg quickly gave up, Jaka up into six-figures.
Poor Willem De Vries. His girlfriend has already been lusting after Mike McDonald through the television screen, and now "Timex" has conquered her man.
The pot began with De Vries opening to 1,500 under the gun, and someone along the line three-bet to 3,300. Mike McDonald came in from the cold with another raise to 6,625. De Vries shoved for about 26,000 total, the player in the middle folded, and McDonald made the call with a chance at the knockout with . De Vries didn't like the news, and he slapped his inferior down on the felt.
The board ran out , and De Vries was at least relieved to not have to return to a short stack tomorrow. We wonder what his girlfriend thinks of all this, though.
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against Ondrej Vinklarek but the latter check-raised all in causing some serious dwellage from the Argentine.
and Fernandez saw his stack slide away as he was eliminated from the tournament.
flop. Barbero check-called a bet of 6,000 before both checked the 
river for his last 21,500 and the Dane tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually calling.
for the flopped straight but we never got to see Jorgensen's hand - he simply mucked and hit the rail.
with only Anton Wigg calling on the button as the big blind folded, the 
made four to a straight on the turn but Jaka showed no sign of slowing down. He fired 6,700 and Wigg quickly gave up, Jaka up into six-figures.
down on the felt.
, and De Vries was at least relieved to not have to return to a short stack tomorrow. We wonder what his girlfriend thinks of all this, though.
