Looking out across the tournament floor, we see Team PokerStars Pro patches scattered about like confetti.
The USA is in the house today. Defending WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada has scrounged together enough loose change from his couch cushions to play today's event, and he's joined by countrymen Barry Greenstein, Victor Ramdin, Jason Mercier, Gavin Griffin, and Hevad Khan.
Our neighbors to the north have sent Daniel Negreanu and Pat Pezzin down to play as well.
From France we have Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand Grospellier, and Vanessa Rousso, and the Dutch have given us Lex Veldhuis and Noah Boeken. The rest of Europe is represented by Florian Langmann (Germany), John Duthie (UK), and Ricard Toth (Hungary).
We also have Alex Kravchenko (Russia), Nacho Barbero (Argentina), and Maria "Maridu" Mayrink (Brazil) rounding out the lengthy list of Team PokerStars Pros in our field.
Jeff Sarwer opened the pot with an early-position raise, and Vanessa Rousso three-bet him to 1,000 from the small blind. Not one to raise-fold, Sarwer came right back over the top with fourth bet of 2,250 total. Rousso called.
The flop came down , and Rousso checked to the aggressor. Sarwer's follow-up bet of 2,200 was enough to scare her away, sending that pot over to his stack.
With about 2,000 in the pot on the turn with the board reading , Isaac Baron was faced with a 1,600-chip decision from an unknown opponent.
Baron made the call and the hit the river. The bet was 3,100 and Baron again paid to see. His opponent revealed for a rivered pair of kings which was good as Baron mucked. He slips to 12,400 chips.
Barry Shulman found all of his chips in the middle, but he survived as Adam Levy laid his hand down. The board read when Levy fired out 3,000. Schulman moved all in over the top as he splashed his stacks into the middle.
Levy deliberated and wasn't too happy about folding, as he claimed to have folded an ace.
Shulman moves up to 20,000 with Levy slipping to about the same amount.
We heard a call for "Floor!" from across the far side of the room, so we scurried over to see what the deal was. When we approached, there was a board of on the table, and Jon "apestyles" van Fleet was the subject of the controversy.
An opponent in Seat 10 had bet 3,000, and from what we can gether, van Fleet announced, "Call," but he tossed in 7,000 total chips in the form of one T5,000 chip and two T1,000 chips. This sparked a bit of a debate, and we needed some arbitration from the floor man. He ruled, "I believe his intention was to call. But since he tossed in 7,000, I'm going to rule it as a raise."
Upon hearing the decision, Seat 10 said, "This is so freakin' sad that you're going to win the hand on that." And with that, he promptly folded.
There were about 7,000 chips in the middle of the table when we walked up to a flop of . First to speak was Alexia Portal, and she put out a bet of 5,000 chips. Her opponent quickly moved all in, and Portal called all in for the ~3,000 she had behind.
Showdown
Portal:
Opponent:
Portal was looking to fade the flush draw to double up, and the turn and river came a friendly and to keep her around with aces up. She's moved her stack to about 23,000 after shipping that double.
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, Isaac Haxton led out with a bet of 525 with Hevad Khan making the call.
and Haxton checked to Khan who fired 1,200. Haxton made the call. The river was a brick and both players were happy to check it down.
for trip aces to take it down and move up to 12,000, as Khan slips to 17,000.
hit the river. The bet was 3,100 and Baron again paid to see. His opponent revealed 
when Levy fired out 3,000. Schulman moved all in over the top as he splashed his stacks into the middle.
on the table, and Jon "apestyles" van Fleet was the subject of the controversy.
