Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
71,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
63,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Michael Uguccioni opened for 1,200 from under the gun. Charalampos Chatzithoma three-bet to 4,400 from the cutoff and Uguccioni called.
Uguccioni checked the ![]()
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flop. Chatzithoma bet 4,600 and Uguccioni jammed for more than the 22,500 his opponent had behind.
Chatzithoma went into the tank for several minutes checking his cards many times before he finally made the call.
Charalampos Chatzithoma: ![]()
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Michael Uguccioni: ![]()
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Players began to take back their chips as the
turn and
river completed the board for a chop.
"I almost folded," said Chatzithoma after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
Toivo Ojasoo doubled through Petr Kubenka. It looked like the chips all went in on the flop.
Toivo Ojasoo: ![]()
Petr Kubenka: ![]()
Despite Kubenka nailing a set on the ![]()
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board, he lost the flip to Ojasoo who improved to a set of ladies.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
The Day 1b field has grown to 104 entries with 86 players remaining.
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 500
Dominik Desset jammed his short-stack of 2,100 from the cutoff and was called by Martin Ilavsky from the button and Igor Mataruga from the big blind.
Mataruga and Ilavsky checked down both the ![]()
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flop and the
turn before Mataruga checked again on the
river. Ilavsky bet 2,000 and Mataruga folded.
Ilavsky showed ![]()
and he eliminated Desset who came up short with ![]()
. Meanwhile, at the same table, Totti Lind was noticed with a stack of 60,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks from around the room a little more midway through Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
68,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
60,000 |
Axel Thoren checked the ![]()
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board on the turn. Anders Rickard Lejon jammed for 13,600 into a pot of a bit less and Thoren went into the tank before he called a few minutes later.
Anders Rickard Lejon: ![]()
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Alex Thoren: ![]()
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Thoren's nines were ahead but Lejon had a flush draw as well as other possibilities to improve. The
didn't help Lejon and he will have to re-enter if he wants a chance to advance to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Check out the video highlights from Day 1a of The Festival Series Bratislava Main Event.