After an open in middle position, Gintas Dirse in the cutoff three-bet to 8,500. Vladimir Mirosavic on the button four-bet to 21,000 to make the initial raiser fold, then Dirse jammed. Mirosavic quickly called with the 13,000 he had behind.
Vladimir Mirosavic: A♠K♣ 
Gintas Dirse: A♦A♣
Mirosavic ran into aces and was eliminated on 7♣8♥7♥K♦10♠.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Arthur Navellou raised from the button and was called by both players in the blinds.
All three of them checked the 2♥6♠K♣ flop leading to the K♦ turn. Alessandro Siena in the big blind led out for 2,500 and was called by Navellou, but Georgios Karakousis in the small blind check-folded.
The 4♣ river was checked by Siena who saw Navello bet 10,000. Siena snap-folded.
Day 1a bubble-boy Robert Binek jammed for 16,200 from the cutoff. Emmanouil Sarris in the small blind looked at his first card. "That's a good card," he told Binek. "That's also a good card," he added when he looked at the second one, so he called. The big blind quickly folded.
Robert Binek: A♦9♠
Emmanouil Sarris: A♥K♦
Binek found no help on a board of 10♦4♥2♦10♥Q♣ and he was eliminated.
In the 1,009th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway sits down with Albert Cheng, the Chief Growth Officer of Chess.com.
Poker may experience a boom among chess players as a popular chess website with millions of daily users launched a poker site and training program. Gambit, launched by Chess.com, is a free-to-use poker software where players can play against bots, friends, and other online users. They can also be walked through the basics of the game, take poker strategy lessons, and track their poker stats.
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Gambit, which is available on desktop as well as iOS and Android, will be immediately familiar to Chess.com users as the two share the same interface and graphics.
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Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
122 players are now on a 15-minute break.
Christophe Pommier opened to 2,000 from early position and Tomasz Brzezinski defended from the big blind.
Pommier bet 2,000 on the J♥5♠10♠ flop. Brzezinski check-called, then both players checked the K♠ river.
Brzezinski led out for 13,000 on the 7♠ river but Pommier quickly folded.
Heads-up on a board of 5♥10♥3♣J♣ with 30,500 in the pot, Igor Bukowski on the button jammed for 27,500. Alessandro Siena in the hijack went deep into the tank and eventually made the call.
Igor Bukowski: K♥J♦
Alessandro Siena: 8♣8♥
The 6♥ river kept Bukowski's top pair in the lead and he doubled up.
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