The tournament just crossed the 100 entries. There are a total of 102 players registered into Day 1A and there have already been two eliminations. Registration is still open until the end of level nine and there is another starting flight tomorrow, starting at 1 p.m. local time.
It folded to Fernando G in the cutoff and he raised to 450. The only player that called was big blind David Algarra.
The flop fell 
and Algarra check-called a bet of 325 from his opponent. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The checked again on the 
river and they opened up their cards.
Algarra showed 
and G showed his 
. Then he opened up the 
and he showed that he opened the action with a raise preflop holding seven-deuce. They chopped the pot and both earned 50 each, chopping up the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
500
|
500 |
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31,925 |
The complete board was already on the table and the cards were 
. There was about 7,000 in the middle when Hicham Zaki put in a bet of 4,500 from the under-the-gun position. His opponent sat on the button and thought about it for a while before making the call.
Zaki opened up 
for the second-nut flush and that was more than enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,225
3,725
|
3,725 |
|
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
40,400
10,400
|
10,400 |
|
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33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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31,500 | |
|
|
31,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
29,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
29,400
600
|
600 |
|
18,125
11,875
|
11,875 |
|
17,400
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
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|
30,000 | |
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|
30,000 | |
|
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|
30,000 | |
Benjamin Bonnardot raised from early position and he was called by the other four players at the five-handed table.
The flop was 
and it checked around to Simo Boudarbala on the button. He took over the betting lead with a bet of 1,700 and the only player that called was initial-raiser Bonnardot.
The turn was the 
and Bonnardot check-called a bet of 3,400 from Boudarbala. The river was the 
and Bonnardot checked again. Boudarbala put in a big bet of 11,000 on the river and Bonnardot disappeared in the tank for multiple minutes.
He ended up folding his cards and the pot was awarded to Boudarbala.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
24,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Patrick Legrand raised from the cutoff to 300 and Lucien Cohen three-bet from the button to 850. The player in the small blind called and the big blind got out of the way. Legrand called as well and they went three-way to the flop.
The flop came down 
and all three players checked. The turn was the and it checked to Cohen on the button. He decided to take a stab at it and he fired a pot-sized bet of 2,650. The player in the small blind folded rather quickly but Legrand called.
The river completed the board and Legrand checked again. Cohen put in a sizeable bet of 5,250 and Legrand went into the tank. He called after a while and took down the pot when he showed 
. Cohen mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
22,100
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
