Daniel Ferketa opened for 2,100 and Richard Dixon, who finished in fifth place a few days ago in Event #61: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em, three-bet to 6,500. It came back to Ferketa and he made the call.
A flop of appeared and Ferketa checked to Dixon, who continued for 4,400. Ferketa didn't take long and check-raised it to 11,000, followed by a reraise from Dixon to 24,400. Ferketa tossed a pile of 5,000-chips in front of him and Dixon announced all in, which was snap-called by Ferketa for a stack worth 74,900.
Daniel Ferketa:
Richard Dixon:
Dixon had top pair while Ferketa was looking for the flush, and a hit the turn, giving Ferketa the flush. The river didn't change anything and Ferketa took down the big pot while Dixon was left short stack.
A player raised to 1,500 and it was three-bet to 3,700 by the player next to him. Andres Korn, on the button, decided to four-bet to 11,500 and only the second player made the call.
The flop came and Korn's opponent check-called another bet for 8,500. The paired the board on the turn and went check-check.
When the hit the river, it checked again to Korn who announced all in. His opponent snap-folded and Korn showed .
Day 1A of the Main gets underway on Friday, December 3. The second starting flight takes place the day after and the survivors from both Day 1's will combine for Day 2 on Sunday, December 5.
Days 3 and 4 will play out on December 6 and 7 respectively before the final day of action will be on December 8. Each day of the Main Event will begin at 12 p.m. CET.