Action Off to a Fast Start!
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PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg was all in on his very first hand and at risk against Julien Martini.
Benjamin Spragg: A♥K♥
Julien Martini: 7♠7♥
The classic flip saw Spragg continue to trail after the 5♠5♥9♦ flop and 2♦ turn, but the A♦ arrived on the river to stay alive and double his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Spragg |
140,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Julien Martini |
62,000
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roelof Pepping | Busted | |
Romain Dours | Busted | |
Sebastian Schulze | Busted | |
Selahaddin Bedir | Busted | |
Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Busted | |
Diego Dos Santos | Busted | |
Jose Angulo | Busted | |
Sebestyen Csoti | Busted | |
Peter Jorgne | Busted | |
Renat Bohdanov | Busted |
Christophe Malaurie was all in for around 140,000 from middle position against the bigger-stacked Jose Rodriguez Zurita in the big blind.
Christophe Malaurie: Q♣Q♠
Jose Rodriguez Zurita: K♣K♥
Malaurie had run his queens into kings and was eliminated after getting no help from the runout of 2♣A♣2♦10♣6♦.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jose Rodriguez Zurita |
380,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
Christophe Malaurie | Busted |
All the players folded to Ka Kwan Lau in the small blind, who decided to limp. In the big blind, Anton Suarez didn't want Lau to see the flop so easily, so he raised to 17,000. But it seemed like Lau had a hand, as he re-raised to 55,000. Suarez counted his stack, then moved all in for 230,000 chips. Lau snap-called.
Anton Suarez: 7♥7♠
Ka Kwan Lau: 9♣9♠
Both players in the blinds had a pair, but Lau was in the lead. And he maintained his lead on 10♥A♠Q♦10♦4♣.
As he had a bigger stack than Suarez, his opponent was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ka Kwan Lau |
650,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Anton Suarez | Busted |
Kader Slila opened to 10,000 from the hijack and was three-bet to 42,000 by Pedro Lopes in the small blind. It was folded back to Slila, who called.
Slila then called a 28,000 bet from Lopes on the Q♦6♥6♠ flop and an 85,000 bet from Lopes on the 3♠ turn.
The J♠ completed the board and Lopes announced he was all in, which was enough to put Slila all in for his last 230,000. Slila thought a while before letting his hand go and Lopes collected the pot without showing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pedro Lopes |
700,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
Kader Slila |
230,000
-237,000
|
-237,000 |
Action was heads up with 29,000 in the middle and 6♦3♠9♠ on the flop when Mauricio Salazar Sanchez shoved his last 24,000. Jose Rodriguez Zurita called to put him at risk and the cards were turned up.
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: 10♠8♥
Jose Rodriguez Zurita: 6♥5♥
The board finished up with Q♦Q♠ and Zurita held on with a pair of sixes to send Sanchez to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jose Rodriguez Zurita |
373,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez | Busted |
Nicholas Palma opened to 10,000 in middle position and Mark Vronskii called in the cutoff before Lucas Silva Rocha three-bet jammed for around 40,000 in the big blind. Palma folded and Vronskii called with a bigger stack.
Lucas Silva Rocha: A♥J♣
Mark Vronskii: A♠K♦
"Oh, not like this!" Palma cried.
The flop of 8♦7♣7♦ didn't change much but Rocha pushed his jack toward the board right before the dealer put down the J♠ to give him the lead.
John Juanda tried to help Vronskii by pushing his king toward the board but it didn't help as the 4♥ river confirmed a double for Rocha.
"Ouch," Juanda said quietly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Palma |
230,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Lucas Silva Rocha |
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mark Vronskii |
80,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
[Removed:421] | Busted | |
Youssafi Khalil | Busted | |
Rafi Elharar | Busted | |
Damir Savio | Busted | |
Frederic Van der Mersch | Busted | |
Jeffrey Reardon | Busted | |
Eduard Ventura | Busted | |
Jerome Lopez | Busted | |
Andrii Andrieiev | Busted | |
Scott Margereson | Busted | |
Eros Calderone | Busted | |
Pete Chen | Busted | |
Spyridon Akriotis | Busted | |
Steve Enriquez | Busted | |
William Hani | Busted | |
Gianluca Grimaldi | Busted | |
Nicola Bordignon | Busted | |
Camilla Reventlow | Busted | |
Yann Perron | Busted | |
Stephen Woodhead | Busted | |
Daniel Rueda | Busted |
Ramin Hajiyev in the hijack opened to 11,000, then saw Eros Calderone moving all in for 110,000 chips from the small blind. Hajiyev didn't wait and made the call.
Eros Calderone: A♦10♣
Ramin Hajiyev: A♣Q♣
On the edge of elimination, Calderone stood up and was ready to leave after the flop 9♥3♦3♥. However, he sat back down when the 9♠ came on the turn, knowing he could chop the pot with two pairs on the board and his ace.
But the terrible A♠ landed on the river, giving two pairs with a better kicker to Hajiyev. Calderone stood up again and left the tournament area in 276th place for €10,200.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ramin Hajiyev |
420,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Eros Calderone | Busted |