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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
On a flop of ![]()
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in a pot of nearly 35,000, Jose Alberto Pimentel checked from the hijack and Johann Petursson bet out 13,000, which was called.
The
hit the turn and Pimentel checked again. Petursson elected on a bet of 29,000 and without much thought Pimentel folded, awarding the pot to Petursson.
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, big blind Pedro Cairat checked to his opponent, Federico Macori, who was in late position.
Maconi then decided to move all in against Cairat, for the not-so-small sum of 120,500, which put Cairat in the tank.
After some deep thought, Cairat slid out calling chips and Macori tabled his hand to show ![]()
for a whopping queen-high. Cairat then flipped over ![]()
for a pair of jacks to eliminate Macori and take down the massive pot, soaring his count to 380,000.
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In a pot of roughly 37,000 on a board showing ![]()
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, Anders Wessman checked from the big blind and Ramon Colillas bet 10,000, which was called.
The
completed the board and Wessman checked again. Colillas checked back and Wessman rolled over ![]()
for rivered trips and the pot was shipped his way.
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Players are now on a shortened 15-minute break. Play will resume shortly.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Atanas Malinov opened from under the gun to 12,000 and only Philip Joyce made the call in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, Joyce checked and Malinov continued for 10,000 which was called. On the
turn Joyce checked and Malinov went deep in the tank contemplating his option. The table eventually called the clock and Malinov then checked.
On the
river Joyce checked again and Malinov sat still for roughly a minute before Joyce tossed his cards in the muck to speed up the game and the pot was sent to Malinov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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In a pot of 18,000 on a flop of ![]()
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, Elias Abussamra checked and Andras Matrai bet 6,000. Abussamra quickly check-raised to 20,000 which was called.
On the
turn both players checked their options. The
completed the board and brought a straight for both players. Abussamra led out for 35,000 and without much thought, Matrai raised to 85,000. Abussamra folded and the chips were sent to Matrai with one player left before the money and end of day.
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Two tables were paused on the stone bubble with Arian Bertos Roca all in and at risk for roughly 65,000 and called Youngshin Im.
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and Roca was sent to the rail in 122nd place on the bubble.
Al-Farouk Obe was awaiting the previous hand to finish while he was all in and called by Rafael Navas. Without knowing for certain if the bubble had burst the Tournament Director came over and the hands were exposed, with Obe at risk.
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Although Obe was a favorite going in, the runout of ![]()
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was not his friend as it gave Navas a flush to win the pot and eliminated Obe. Once the dust settled, the remaining players were advised the previous hand was the money bubble and the remaining 121 were all guaranteed a minimum cash and advance to day 2.
Players have now begun the process of bagging as Day 1a has come to a close. A full recap of the day's action will be posted shortly.
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