Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Mattia Primavera raised to 1,700 in the hijack and was called by Fabrizio Billi on the button. Big blind Davide Castellani then jammed in his stack of 21,500.
Primavera mulled it over for a bit before folding, while Billi put in a snap-call once it was his turn.
Davide Castellani: 6♥6♣
Fabrizio Billi: 10♠10♣
Billi's superior pair comfortably held on the 5♥A♥4♣4♦3♣ board, seeing Castellani to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 | |
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50,500 | |
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Busted |
Mikael Niemela moved in for 10,000 from early position and was looked up by Giacomo Beneforti in the small blind.
Mikael Niemela: J♠J♣
Giacomo Beneforti: Q♥Q♣
Beneforti's queens faced no issues on the 9♦9♣5♦8♠6♦ runout. He eliminated Niemela and was rewarded with a stack of more than 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Busted |
Riccardo Bonelli raised to 1,700 in the cutoff and was three-bet to 5,000 by Andrea Dominici on the button. Bonelli responded with another raise to 11,500, which was called by Dominici after some thinking time.
Both players checked through the 10♦9♣7♠ flop before Bonelli also checked the 4♣ turn.
Domonici made a bet of 7,500, receiving a quick fold from his opponent and taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,500 | |
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30,700 |
The pot had already grown to 20,000 preflop when Laszlo Papai made a bet of 10,000 on the K♥A♦2♥ flop from the big blind. His opponent was Umberto Ruggeri, who made a small raise to 23,000.
Papai responded with an all-in three-bet to 48,300. Ruggeri asked for a count and made the call soon after he heard the correct number.
Laszlo Papai: K♠K♣
Umberto Ruggeri: A♥Q♣
Ruggeri was in bad shape against the set of Papai. The 9♠ turn provided no help, locking up the pot for Papai and rendering the 6♥ river meaningless.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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116,600 | |
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71,500 |
Jaroslaw Sikora in the small blind and Taerim Ku in early position had created a pot of 23,000 when they went to a flop of 9♥A♦6♣. Sikora slid in a bet of 10,000, which Ku raised to 23,000.
After some thought, Sikora put in a tiny three-bet to 39,000. Ku eventually let go of his cards, surrendering the large pot to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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118,500
100,500
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100,500 |
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90,000 |
The tournament directors have announced that all starting flights will play 11 levels instead of the scheduled 10 to ensure there will not be too many tables in play for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
The players have been sent on a 20-minute break.
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