A reraise to 6,000 was in front of the player on the button and Jeff Sarwer called from the under-the-gun position. Jokin Blanco pushed for 27,800 and the button folded after some consideration, Sarwer however quickly called.
Jokin Blanco:
Jeff Sarwer:
On the flop it was Blanco that was freerolling, and the turn and river ensured a split pot. Sarwer has essentially doubled his stack since sitting down, while Blanco hovers just above the starting stack.
On a three-way turn of , Thierry Foy checked and Sergei Bagirov made it 3,000 to go. Roman Volkov shoved for 14,000 total and Foy reluctantly folded, while Volkov engaged in table chat with Bagirov. Almost two minutes passed and Bagirov called with the , while Volkov turned over .
On the river of a board , Apostolos Papaioannou checked out of the small blind and big stack Vicente Delgado in the big blind made it 4,300 to go into a pot of 5,400. Papaioannou reluctantly called and was good with , as Delgadowas caught bluffing with the .
Jakub Michalak was among the latest entries that gave Day 1a a shot and raised to 1,500, which was called by Vasile Chiriac and Kartik Ved in the blinds. On the flop, Chiriac and Ved check-called a bet of 2,200 and the turn was checked. Chiriac also checked the river and Ved made it 9,200 to go, forcing quick folds from Michalak and Chiriac.
The table also features Ari Engel, who has made the trip from the US to Barcelona.
Georges Yazbeck folded to a check-raise by Sander van Wesemael on the flop when the Dutchman made it 7,500 to go and the player from Lebanon was soon after spotted on his way out of the tournament area. Among others, van Wesemael faces Andre Akkari at his table.
Nicolas Reneric avoided the same fate a few tables over when he bet the flop for 4,600 and instantly called the shove of his sole remaining opponent, tabling the for top set. His opponent held and turned the inferior set with the only for the river to give Reneric quads.