Tournament director Christian Scalzi has just announced the level increase and confirmed to all players that a total of nine levels will be played today. After the end of level three, the first break on Day 1 takes place.
Yevgeniy Dudos and Fiuat Tanindi both reached the final table of the LEI Main Event yesterday and finished fifth respectively fourth. Tanindi has just been eliminated whereas Dudos sat down about five minutes ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
Busted |
“If you call now, I either have 30k again or start with 30k,” Michael Mizrachi said after facing a raise to 400 and moving all in for 14,025 chips. His opponent took some time before making a decision and then folded a king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,600
-8,400
|
-8,400 |
|
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Hassan Bittar is the second player on Day 1a to take advantage of the re-entry option and got seated at a table with Michael Mizrachi, Sinem Melin and Manig Loeser.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Joining the action on the 
turn, Nikolay Tsanev checked and his opponent bet 1,000. Tsanev called and the 
river completed the board. Tsanev checked yet again and faced a bet of 1,500. “You wanna see?” his opponent asked. “Sure.”
The dealer reminded both players not to talk about their hand and eventually Tsanev called, the other player immediately mucked his cards. As courtesy, the Bulgarian flipped over 
for aces and queens and is well above average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
The community cards were already scooped away and Ognyan Dimov had left his seat while Alper Kostem scooped the pot with 
as winning hand. At the same time, table 10 also announced a seat open.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
There are three women in today's field and one of them is Marcela Anajm. The Romanian just raised to 400 and received two callers, heading to the flop of 
. Action was checked to the initial raiser and Anajm bet 1,500, glancing over to their opponents with a smile on the face. It would be enough to cause two folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
After a raise to 500, Nikolay Tsanev raised to 1,150 from the button and was called by two players before everyone proceeded to check down the 
board. “Is that enough?” the player in the small blind joked and flipped over 
for trips. Tsanev laughed “nice call” and mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Level three has come to an end, sending the players into their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
