Christiaan Vanzieleghem raised to 425 and was called by Lotem Ben Bassat to see a flop of . Ben Bassat check-called a bet of 600 before bowing out after the turn to the second barrel. The next hand Kamel Hachmi limped, Vanzieleghem raised to 625 and an opponent from one seat over three-bet to 1,600.
Hachmi called and Vanzieleghem folded. On the flop, Hacmi check-called a bet of 1,100 and did so again for 1,600 once the fell on the turn. Hachmi then bet the river for 5,600 and was paid off to flip over for the nut straight, whereas his opponent revealed the inferior .
Picking up the action on the Ts] turn, Adam Owen bet 1,200 and called the raise of Christian van der Haegen to 3,000 before his opponent bet the river. It was 6,000 to go and Owen made a reluctant call only to tap the table and then muck when he was shown the .
First Erwann Pecheux won a 11,000-pot with pocket kings after barreling through a board and also scooped another nice pot when an opponent tried to bluff with king-high on a board. The opponent raised the turn from 1,000 to 3,000 and bet the river for 4,675 with to see Pecheux look him up with .
Pierre Neuville and Giacomo Fundaro battled once again and the Belgian paid off a 3,750-river bet on a board of . Fundaro turned over the and the flush won the pot.
The first 15-minute break of Day 1a has just started and five players have already ran out of chips entirely. They do have the option to re-enter for tomorrow's second starting day though.
The $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Championship will take place starting Thursday, April 16, 2015.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., announced that the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, now in its fifth year, will return April 6-22, 2015. Held in the resort ballrooms, the 17-day series will feature the $3,500 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed WPT Seminole Hard Rock Championship with three starting flights beginning Thursday, April 16 at 12 p.m. local time.
Last year's Championship was the largest WPT playing field in history with 1,795 entries. Players may play any or all starting flights and choose their best stack. Reentry will be allowed for six levels, and the televised final table will be take place on Wednesday, April 22 in Hard Rock Live located in Seminole Paradise, with live coverage available on www.SHRPO.com.
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown will open with a $250 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed no-limit hold'em tournament with six starting flights starting at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. on April 6 and April 7. The poker action will continue with a $570 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed deep-stack no-limit hold'em event with six starting flights April 9-12.
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Pieter de Korver, former European Poker Tour champion and third in the all time money list of the Netherlands, has joined the competition on table one and faces the likes of Jean Montury and Bart Lybaert.
. Ben Bassat check-called a bet of 600 before bowing out after the 
turn to the second barrel. The next hand Kamel Hachmi limped, Vanzieleghem raised to 625 and an opponent from one seat over three-bet to 1,600.
flop, Hacmi check-called a bet of 1,100 and did so again for 1,600 once the 
fell on the turn. Hachmi then bet the 
river for 5,600 and was paid off to flip over 
for the nut straight, whereas his opponent revealed the inferior 
.
turn, Adam Owen bet 1,200 and called the raise of Christian van der Haegen to 3,000 before his opponent bet the 
.
board and also scooped another nice pot when an opponent tried to bluff with king-high on a 
board. The opponent raised the turn from 1,000 to 3,000 and bet the river for 4,675 with 
to see Pecheux look him up with 
. Fundaro turned over the 
and the flush won the pot.
