Michael O'Grady has made the trip to Barcelona all the way from Australia and earned a spadie trophy in last night's Hyper-Turbo side event. The Aussie is also in contention on Day 1a of the EPT National and opened to 1,100 first to act. Giosue Rosolia reraised to 2,700 in the hijack and O'Grady called.
On the 
flop, O'Grady check-called a bet of 2,000 and check-folded the 
turn to a second barrel.
Wellington Lessa Guedes got out of the way as a raising war saw Ciprian Voican at risk for 30,300 and Jose Luis Velador looked him up with the far superior stack.
Ciprian Voican: 
Jose Luis Velador: 
The board came 
and Voican scored the double.
"Damn, I would have flopped the full house, pocket treys" Guedes sighed.
Denis Pisarev raised to 900 from middle position and the player on the button called along with the small blind and the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and the small blind and the big blind checked. Pisarev fired 1,800 and the button called. The small blind folded and the big blind check-called.
The turn came the 
and the big blind checked again. Pisarev threw in a bet of 7,600. The player on the button folded and the player in the big blind took a few seconds of reflection before folding 
face up. Pisarev showed 
in return before raking in the pot.
Vadzim Lipauka took on an opponent and fired through a 
board. His bet on the turn was for 5,000 and that proved to be too much for his opponent to award the pot to Lipauka. His table also features Asker Aloev, Andrey Demidov and Balazs Biri, among others.
There was about 10,000 in the middle when the dealer spread a flop of 
. The player under the gun checked along with Georgios Karmins in middle position. The player on the cutoff bet 4,000 and the player under the gun and Karmins check-called.
The turn came the and action checked again to the player on the cutoff who continued with another bet of 7,200. The player under the gun folded but Karmins check-called.
The completed the board and the Karmins moved all in for 15,200. His opponent thought for a long while, but then let it go.
"I had it, nice fold," muttered Karmins to his opponent while raking in the pot.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
On the 
flop, Lauri Saaskilahti got his stack of 14,600 in with 
and Jullian Feriolo quickly made the call with the 
for middle set. The 
turn instantly locked up the hand for the Frenchman, which made the river a formality.
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