Peter Tordai opened from the hijack and Giovanny Reyes three-bet in the small blind. Action folded back to Tordai, who four-bet jammed a stack of around 20,000. Reyes gave it some thought and called with a bigger stack.
Peter Tordai: A♠Q♥
Giovanny Reyes: A♦4♦
Tordai had his opponent dominated and took a massive lead on the flop of J♥Q♣9♠ before the runout of A♣J♦ confirmed his double.
Frederic Van Der Mersch opened to 2,000 from early position and Gerald Eisele moved all in for just under 10,000 from middle position. Van Der Mersch made the call with a covering stack.
Gerald Eisele: A♣10♦
Frederic Van Der Mersch: A♦Q♣
Eisele was in dire straits against the bigger ace, but that all changed on the 10♠3♣5♣ flop, giving Eisele top pair and leaving Van Der Mersch drawing to three outs. The rest of the board ran out A♥K♦ giving Eisele two pair to score the double up.
The pot stood at 5,500 with two players looking at a board that read 3♥Q♣K♠.
In the big blind was Arni Gunnarsson who checked the action over to David Docherty in middle position. Docherty bet out 2,300 and Gunnarsson made the call.
The 4♦ turned and Gunnarsson checked again. Docherty barrelled once more, this time for 4,100. Gunnarsson elected to fold.
Paolo Erriques open jammed from under the gun for his last 13,100. Manuel Osha in the cutoff called the bet and the hand went to a showdown.
Paolo Erriques: A♥10♣
Manuel Osha: 9♣9♥
The board ran out 2♥Q♠8♦2♦K♣. There was no danger for Osha's nines and he eliminated Erriques.
There was a three-way all in at Table 66 between Cedric Schwaederle, Dodi Yacine El Ghers and Roberto Lanero. Lanero was the shortest stack and Schwaederle was the next shortest with 30,900.
Roberto Lanero: 9♦9♠
Cedric Schwaederle: K♠10♠
Dodi Yacine El Ghers: A♥Q♦
Lanero's nines were still ahead after the flop of 2♠4♥6♠, but the Q♠ had him and El Ghers drawing dead as Schwaederle had made a flush. Lanero was eliminated while a big side pot went to Schwaederle.
Middle position opened to 2,000 and got two callers - Miftar Ramadani in the highjack and Wim Verhaegen in the big blind.
The flop of K♥Q♦8♥ was checked by Verhaegen and middle position, before Ramadani made it 3,500. Middle position folded but Verhaegen made the call.
Both players checked the turn, which came out 9♣.
It was the same story on the 6♦ river as well. Verhaegen tabled Q♥7♠ and won the hand, with Ramadani thinking before mucking his hand.
Do Chung Tran moved all in from the button for approximately 30,000 and Ramon Colillas called from the small blind with a covering stack.
Do Chung Tran: A♦10♠
Ramon Colillas: 6♣6♥
The board ran out A♠5♠7♥2♥3♠ allowing Tran to collect a full double up with top pair while Colillas was left short-stacked.
With 1,388 entries so far on Day 1e, the remaining 818 players have been sent on another 25-minute break.
Zach Gruneberg, a poker player from Pennsylvania with more than $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings, recently lost one of his cats, who escaped from his home while he was out in Las Vegas. What ensured was a frantic search-and-rescue effort that spanned a month and a half.
More specifically, it was a 43-day affair “through hell and back” according to Gruneberg, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner, including back-to-back wins in the WSOP PA Online Series at the end of July.
Gruneberg, who is nine years clean and sober, is on Twitter as @HustlerGrune where it states he is both an anime addict and cat dad. One of those cats is a sleek gray feline named “Nook.”
“Nook is the only cat I've had since he was a kitten,” Gruneberg told PokerNews. “He is a super friendly high energy guy that loves to jump up into high places and play more so than any of my other cats.”
So, what’s the story behind Nook’s disappearance?
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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