With 98 entries recorded on Day 1b of the $25,000 NLH Main Event, play will continue today until only 15 remain. All of which will bag up their chips and return for Day 2 on Thursday, February 5, where they will all be in the money.
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Eyal Eshkar raised under the gun to 25,000 before Daniil Kiselev three-bet to 70,000 from the cutoff. Kiselev called when it got back to him and the two players saw the J♠7♥6♠ flop come out.
Eshkar checked it over to Kiselev, and Kiselev fired out a bet of 40,000. Eshkar called to see the 4♠ arrive on the turn, bringing in the flush.
Both players checked and an A♦ completed the board. Another two checks came and Eshkar turned over 10♦10♥ for a pair of tens. That was second best to the Q♥Q♦ of Kiselev, and he was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
930,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
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750,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
Heads-up to the turn with around 200,000 in the pot. Eelis Parssinen checked from the big blind and Belarmino De Souza fired out a bet of 135,000 from the button. Parssinen used a time bank before making the call.
When the K♥ fell on the river to complete the board, Parssinen used another time bank before jamming for about 323,000. De Souza got a count from the dealer before making the call for around two-thirds of his stack.
Parssinen revealed K♦2♦ for a flopped flush draw that backed into top and bottom pair. De Souza showed 10x8x a smaller two pair of his own, and the pot over a million went to Parssinen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
|
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|
200,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
1,410,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
1,260,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
1,250,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,085,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
1,077,000
527,000
|
527,000 |
|
950,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
892,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
890,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
||
|
849,000
479,000
|
479,000 |
|
785,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
751,000
651,000
|
651,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
595,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
581,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
|
||
|
532,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
500,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
||
|
500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
428,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
400,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
390,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
386,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
358,000
612,000
|
612,000 |
|
320,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
318,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
310,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The players are taking a 60-minute dinner break and will return at roughly 8:44 p.m. At the conclusion of this break, late registration for Day 1b will officially close.
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Sergio Fernandez got his stack of roughly 75,000 into the middle preflop over an open-raise from Igor Yaroshevskyy. Yaroshevskyy called and the players went to a showdown.
Sergio Fernandez: A♦Q♣ 
Igor Yaroshevskyy: A♥J♣
Fernandez and Yaroshevskyy both had just final tabled the $50,000 NLH Grand Slam, finishing sixth and seven respectivly. Now, Fernandez needed Yaroshevskyy not to connect with the board to double through him in the Main Event.
The dealer fanned out a favorable flop for Yaroshevskyy in the form of 2♠8♦J♥, propelling him into the lead with top pair.
The remainder of the board came 4♦9♣ and Fernandez was the next player to hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |
Natan Chauskin min-raised from the button and Alex Kulev three-bet to around 65,000 from the small blind. Chauskin jammed, and Kulev snap-called for his stack of 373,000.
Alex Kulev: K♥K♦
Natan Chauskin: 10♠10♥
Kulev had the second nuts preflop and would see his stack soar up to over 700,000 if he found a clean runout.
No help came for Chauskin's pocket tens on the 4♣J♥7♥4♠8♦ runout, and he had to send over half of his stack over to Kulev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
770,000
332,500
|
332,500 |
|
|
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|
|
225,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
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