€1,100 Main Event Day 1cd | 2024 WPT Prime Sanremo

06-08-2024 14:16 UTC+1

Alilovic Gets Job Done on River

Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Christian Alilovic opeend to 1,600 from middle position and was called by Mohamed Mamouni in the small blind and the player in the big blind.

The A♣9♥7♠ flop was checked through to Alilovic, who slid out a bet of 2,500. Mamouni called and the big blind folded.

The 9♠ turn was checked through. The A♠ river completed the board, and Mamouni check-folded versus a bet of 4,500 from Alilovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mamouni	58,000 58,000	58,000
Christian Alilovic	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Christian Alilovic Mohamed Mamouni

06-08-2024 14:04 UTC+1

Big Fold by Suriano

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Around 28,000 was in the middle on a completed board of 8♣K♣6♥9♠4♣ , and Roberto Ghidini fired out a bet of 17,200. His opponent, Vincenzo Suriano went into the tank.

After about 90 seconds of thought, Suriano folded, showing A♠K♠ for top pair kings as he did so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Ghidini	98,000 98,000	98,000
Vincenzo Suriano	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Roberto Ghidini Vincenzo Suriano

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-08-2024 13:53 UTC+1

Big Blind Special for Triolo

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Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Around 20,000 was in the middle on a board of 4♥3♥4♦10♣9♣, with a short-stacked player all-in and betting on the side between Gaspare Triolo and Tomas Patka.

On the river, Triolo led out with a bet of 8,000 and Patka called.

Triolo had 4♣2♥ for trip fours, Patka had K♥10♠ for a pair of tens and the all-in player had A♠7♦ for ace-high, sending him to the rail and a decent pot to Triolo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Patka	82,000 8,000	8,000
Gaspare Triolo	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Gaspare Triolo Tomas Patka

06-08-2024 13:39 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Albore	178,000 178,000	178,000
Itamar Besor	135,500 135,500	135,500
Giuseppe Zarbo	118,000 118,000	118,000

Enrico Campanile	115,000 42,000	42,000
Salvatore Caruso	109,500 109,500	109,500
Bekim Murtezi	106,000 106,000	106,000
Haris Rizvanovic	105,000 105,000	105,000
Giorgio Soceanu	97,000 97,000	97,000
Tomas Patka	90,000 90,000	90,000
Giorgio Bernasconi	73,000 73,000	73,000

Di Salvo Gets Paid with Top Set

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Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Giulio Di Salvo opened to 1,200 from the cutoff, and was faced with three-bet by Yoann Gimenez on the button to 3,700. Joey Sint cold-called in the small blind, and after some thought, Gimenez called as well.

The J♥9♣6♦ flop was checked through by all players.

On the K♦ turn, Sint led out with a bet of 2,000, which only Di Salvo called.

The 4♥ river completed the board and Sint led out with a bet of 5,000. After some thought, Di Salvo raised to 17,000. Sint called but was shown the bad news when Di Salvo turned over J♣J♦ for top set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giulio Di Salvo	63,000 63,000	63,000
Yoann Gimenez	51,000 51,000	51,000
Joey Sint	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Giulio Di Salvo Joey Sint Yoann Gimenez

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-08-2024 13:04 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: How Faraz Jaka Went from Bedridden to Bracelet Winner

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

For the sixth episode, Connor spoke with longtime poker pro and coach Faraz Jaka, who was fresh off a runner-up finish in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Jaka talked about running up a six-figure bankroll in college, going broke and moving down stakes, battling back from a debilitating back injury to win his first bracelet in 2023 and running deep in this year's $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.

Jaka also talked about his site Jaka Coaching, discussed what makes a good poker coach and offered advice for players looking to grind the WSOP this summer.

This interview took place at the 2024 WSOP in Las Vegas and was filmed inside Horseshoe Las Vegas.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Faraz Jaka by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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06-08-2024 13:00 UTC+1

Break Time

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.

06-08-2024 12:58 UTC+1

Hare Takes Chunky Pot

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

David Sallan opened to 800 in early position and was faced with a three-bet to 2,600 by Richard Hare in the next seat. Lukas Van Eeden cold-called in middle position, as did Rusen Mat in the big blind. Sallan also made the call.

The A♣J♠K♥ flop was checked through by all players.

On the 5♥ turn, Mat led out with a bet of 4,000, Sallan folded, Hare called and Van Eeden folded.

The 6♦ river completed the board, and Mat fired out a bet of 13,000, but instantly mucked when he was called by Hare.