2026 WSOP Circuit Madrid
Chip Counts
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The 112 players of Day 1c are on a 15-minute break. Late registration closes at the restart.
Cards went on their backs again with Vasileios Panagiotidis on the button with 50,000 facing Ivan Dominguez Merino in middle position.
Vasileios Panagiotidis: 5♦5♣
Ivan Dominguez Merino: A♦7♦
Panagiotidis flopped a board on Q♦5♥Q♣8♣10♣ to double up.
In a blind versus blind situation, Arnaud Enselme in the big blind bet 4,000 on a flop of A♣3♦8♠ but Juan Gozalo Ares check-raised to 12,000. Enselme made the call.
Both players checked the 10♣ turn leading to the K♦ river which was checked again.
Gozalo revealed K♠2♣ for a pair hit on the river. Enselme was about to show his cards as well, but mucked hit hand when he saw Gozalo's king.
Mehdi Hadj Rabah in early position jammed for 17,000 and he was called by Ramon Fernandez Munoz in the big blind.
Mehdi Hadj Rabah: A♥3♣
Ramon Fernandez Munoz: K♠Q♦
Hadj Rabah kept the lead all the way through a board of A♣7♦4♠Q♣7♠ and doubled up.
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Giovanni Rosadoni on the button said a last word to Abraham Serrrano Gil in the cutoff after the Spaniard sent him to the rail.
Giovanni Rosadoni: 7♣7♥
Abraham Serrrano Gil: A♣2♥
Serrano flopped a full house on [2fah2s4hjs] to take Rosadoni's 35,000-chip stack.
Cards went on their backs on a flop of 8♥8♠J♦ with Ignacio Juste Rujas in the big blind at risk for 20,500 against Kyle Julius in the cutoff.
Ignacio Juste Rujas: K♥8♦
Kyle Julius: K♦Q♦
Juste flopped trips but Julius found a flush draw with the 7♦ turn. The dealer slammed the 5♣ river on the table and Juste doubled up.
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