First Elimination of the Day

We noticed Philipp Anclevic leaving the tournament room, after handing over the remainder of his chips to Mike Alonso, who now sits on over 100,000 in chips.

Anclevic spoke briefly to our French colleagues, who explained how he lost his chips in such a short space of time. According to Anclevic, after a bluff gone wrong, he got his remaining chips in with top pair only to lose out to the two pair of Alonso.

He also explained that he felt like a Herbiers player against a field of 1,000 Paris Saint-[Removed:361] players - an apt metaphor, with the French third tier side losing 3-0 to PSG in the final of the Coupe de France last night.

"I will stay until Sunday, and I intend to enjoy myself. Whatever happens, I will not be bored!"

As the first elimination on Day 1a, Anclevic won a small consolation prize - entry into Event #26 - the Hyper Turbo on Saturday night.