The tournament field is now at 182 entrants with still over two hours of late registration remaining. Currently, Jouny Hanna is the tournament's only casualty as the first break approaches.
The tournament is now on its first break of the day. Players will be up and stretching for 15 minutes before action resumes with blinds at 150/300 and an ante of 50.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
In addition to Tony Cascarino, who has $589,429 in live tournament cashes according to Hendon Mob, there are at least two other players from the UK in the field with even more in live tournament earnings. Those are Tamer Kamel ($1,027,522) and Ben Roberts ($1,399,533).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Auke Attema is celebrating a double up by eating a banana, and why not? His biggest hand of the day recently came at the expense of Francesco Caballopena, when Caballopena raised from early position before Attema three-bet to 1,600 on the button. Caballopena opted to call.
Caballopena led the action with a bet of 1,000 on a 
flop. Attema raised to 3,300, and Caballopena called. Caballopena then checked on the 
turn and called Attema's bet of 4,400.
The 
hit the river, and Caballopena attempted an all-in bet for his remaining 11,000 in chips. Attena tanked for several minutes before making the call with 
. Caballopena showed a missed flush draw holding the 
and became the fourth person to exit the tournament.
Also to exit the tournament recently were Byron Bernstein and Kahjuria Chandrakant.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Erik van den Berg opened at 700, and Antoine Saout three-bet to 2,700. Van den Berg called after the action folded back to him, then checked the 
flop. Saout's bet 2,000, and van den Berg called.
Both players checked when the 
appeared on the turn, and the 
landed on the river. Van den Berg tanked for a short moved, then overbet the pot with a 12,400-chip bet. Saout gave up and folded his hand.
The field on Day 1a has reached 194 players with a little more than one level still remaining for players to register. Only nine players have busted from the field, so there are 185 remaining.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 75
The live stream of the feature table is up and running on a one-hour delay. You can check out professional eSports and poker player Charlotte "Sjlot" Van Brabander, who won last night's eSports Battle Royal poker tournament for £5,000, and others by clicking here.
