button in SafariTwo Seat Open in the First Level of Play
When sitting down, Bruno Portaro had jokingly predicted that Dean Blatt would take all of his chips and that indeed became true towards the end of the first level. According to Portaro, he got it in with a pair and flush draw only to run into Blatt's flopped set.
"Gamble on the first bullet, but not on the second," Portaro concluded and will be back later today.
The second player to bow out was Anthony Ronalds in a clash with Bobby Oparaocha. On the 10♥6♦3♥ flop, Oparaocha made it 9,000 to go to get called by Ronalds and did so again for 18,000 on the 10♣ turn.
The 4♥ river completed a possible flush and Oparaocha bet 10,000. Ronalds sighed and used two time banks before he eventually jammed for around 27,000. Oparaocha quickly called to get shown Q♠Q♥, which he had beat with the A♥K♥.
Ronalds left the table with a "nice hand".