partypoker pro Kristen Bicknell raised to 5,500 from the hijack and was called by Mehrshad Hosseinpour on the button and so did Florian Duta in the big blind.
The flop came , Duta checked, Bicknell bet 7,000 which only Hosseinpour called.
The turn was the , Bicknell now checked and Hosseinpour shoved for around 45,000 which Bicknell snap-called.
Mehrshad Hosseinpour:
Kristen Bicknell:
Hosseinpour had turned two pair but Bicknell was ahead with the flopped set of eights.
The river was the to not change the situation and Bicknell to eliminate Hosseinpour.
Daria Feshchenko raised to 5,500 from the cutoff and was called by Hady El Asmar on the button.
The flop came on which they both checked to see the land on the turn. Feshchenko bet 6,000 and El Asmar raised to 15,000 which Feshchenko called.
The completed the board on the river, Feshchenko now check-called the 17,000 bet of El Asmar. El Asmar tabled for Feshchenko to pick up the pot with for the flopped trip aces.
The chip counts for Day 1d and 1e have been received and posted. Day 1d attracted 35 players of which 19 made it through to Day 2. Day 1e collected 17 entries and 11 players were able to put their chips in a bag for a few minutes before opening them up again for Day 2.
This makes it 508 entries in total over five starting days, excluding any last minute satellites that have run last night for Day 2. With the late registration and reentry open for the first four levels of 75-minutes today, the total number of entries will only go up.
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The players have been welcomed back to the tables and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
No seat draw or chip counts for Day 1d or 1e have been received yet from the organization. Once this has been received by PokerNews, they will be posted right here.