Fish and Chips
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The player under the gun raised to 525 and found three callers, including Kevin MacPhee in the small blind, and Darryl Fish in the big blind. The four players saw a flop of 
.
It was checked to Fish, and he bet 1,000. MacPhee was the only caller. The turn was the 
and again MacPhee checked to Fish who bet 1,700, which MacPhee called. The river was another 
, and MacPhee checked a third time. Fish bet a third time, this time 5,300 and that was enough to force MacPhee out of the pot.
Both players have decent stacks here on day 1a, as they look to build a steady start to their Main Event
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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29,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
|
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, Artem Litvinov bet 4,800 and then faced the check-raise of Kamran Aliyev in the small blind to 18,000. Litvinov started his usual table talk and gave his opponent either 
or 
while Aliyev replied "and you have something like ace-ten."
by Aliyev, who added an "nice fold buddy" just to rub it in.
on a flop of 
. Magirius looked him up with the 
and the better kicker held up on 
, the action was checked to Rainer Kempe and the German bet 2,200 from the button. Michel Bringuier called in the small blind before both then folded to the check-raise of Georgios Zisimopoulos. The Greek had bet 6,100 and that was enough to scoop the pot.
. Both checked and Thomas then check-called the 
river as well.
and it was checked to Pierre Neuville who bet 1,000. Szerszen was the only caller. The river was the 
. Both players split the pot and remaining on above starting stack here on day 1a
, Leledakis check-called a bet of 3,900 and then check-raised all in after the 
turn for 27,800. Greenwood, who had fired a second barrel worth 8,000, snap-called with 
.
with Litvinov leading for 3,875. Charania raised to 9,000 and Sarailis folded, Litvinov moved all in and Charania snap-called.
flop, Akin Tuna check-called a bet of 700 by Ryan Riess and did so again on the 
fell on the river and Tuna checked, Riess shoved for 10,800 and Tuna eventually called after some consideration.
