With already around 9,000 in the middle and the flop reading , Avraham Azulay checked in the hijack and Andrei Butko bet 5,000 in the cutoff. Mihaita Croitoru moved all in from the button and Azulay took just brief consideration before moving all in over the top for 34,000.
Butko had another 12,000 behind and was sent into the think tank. Eventually the clock was called while all other players were about to head into the first break, and Butko folded.
Mihaita Croitoru:
Avraham Azulay:
The turn immediately improved Croitoru but he now needed to dodge another nine or seven. The on the river did just that and Azulay sighed. "I knew you had a flush draw, such a good call," he added and dropped below the starting stack.
Marco Molon bet about 5,000 on the river from early position after the board came . His opponent in the next seat thought a couple of minutes and put in a call, only to muck in short order when the hole cards were revealed by Molon.
Molon has over two starting stacks at this early stage.
On the flop of , Michal Mrakes bet 900 from under the gun and found a single caller in Valdemar Kwaysser. The fell on the river and Mrakes checked. Kwaysser bet 1,500 and soon faced a check-raise to 12,000 by Mrakes. That was enough to force a fold, as one of just five Czech players thus far on Day 1a raked in the pot.
Jan Bender just recently sat down and is easy to spot in the field with a height of more than two meters.
Not long ago Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka was down to half a starting stack but that has since changed. Jedlicka raised to 500 and Oleh Okhotskyi raised to 1,300, which Miguel Capriles in the big blind called. Jedlicka did so as well and the trio headed to the flop, on which all three players checked.
Capriles checked the turn and Jedlicka bet 2,400, forcing out Okhotskyi. Capriles announced a raise to 3,000 by tossing in a T-5,000 chip, but since Jedlicka's bet was for 2,400, it was ruled as a call only. The on the river brought a bet of 2,500 by Capriles and Jedlicka called after brief consideration.
In the showdown, Capriles announced "ace high" turned over for a busted gunshot and nut flush draw, while Jedlicka also had ace-high and the better kicker in .
Timothy Adams was a huge dominating stack coming into play today, but that didn't necessarily mean he thought he'd win. He talks to Laura straight after play.
Mihaita Croitoru confirmed that he also took the remainder of Avraham Azulay's stack after having doubled through him previously to jump above two times the starting stack. Christopher Kruk was also among those to bust while Fabrice Soulier and [Removed:172] are new faces in the field.