Former tournament big stack Bavin Khatri is nowhere to be seen. The same can be said for PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas. Both players fired in Day 1c and 1d but have been unable to be one of the players advancing to Day 2.
In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway talk about Eugene Katchalov escaping Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, more drama from Hustler Casino Live, and welcome guest Tom Wheaton to come talk about the upcoming BetMGM March Poker Mania set to run March 20-27.
They then recap the trio of ARIA High Roller tournaments, offer highlights from the 2022 Wynn Millions $1,600 Mystery Bounty, and chat with Joe "Stapes" Stapleton about the return of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and upcoming EPT Prague.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Ognyan Dimov moved all-in for 15,000 from middle position. Action folded to Gergo Pinter on the button who shipped in his 70,000 stack as well. The blinds got out of the way and Dimov was in danger.
Ognyan Dimov's 
flopped best, making pair as the 
were the first three cards to hit the felt. Pinter's 
was still live but was unable to connect on the 
runout.
As the dealer began a new hand, Justin Tsui was another player making a table change. He had gone one better than Patrick Leonard and shoots up the leaderboard with a stack close to 400,000.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Patrick Leonard was seen walking over to his new table with a rack full of chips. He's amassed a stack north of 200,000 and takes the 1d chip lead.
Rusen Mat jammed for 44,000 from the cutoff and Stoyan Madanzhiev put in his last 10,000 from the button. Antonios Poziadis rejammed from the small blind to set up a three-way all-in.
Stoyan Madanzhiev: 
Rusen Mat: 
Antonios Poziadis: 
Poziadis had both of his opponents on the ropes after the 
flop and floored the duo after the 
turn and 
river.
Ireland's Gerard Hickey jammed for 12,500 from the small blind and was called by Yakir Shitrit, who was in the big blind.
Hickey had the 
and would need some help against his opponent't 
. He found that help on the river and doubled up after the board displayed 
.
The very next hand, Matteo Calzoni shipped in his stack for 21,000 and was called by Shitrit who was now in the small blind.
Matteo Calzoni: 
Yakir Shitrit: 
Shitrit was able to recoup some lost chips after his big slick held after the 
runout.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Henrik Juncker moved all-in for around 30,000 from the cutoff and Pedro Marques snap-called for his tournament life while on the buttton.
Pedro Marques: 
Henrik Juncker: 
Marques was in terrible shape and was unable to improve after the board ran out with the 
.
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