On the turn of a board , Oliver Heidel got the remainder of his stack worth 8,650 in with the and Nursultan Abilkassym looked him up with . Heidel spiked the magic on the river and doubled to more than the starting stack.
While Carlo Savinelli took a seat over on table 84, Hilary Hin Cheung was sent to the rail from the very same table.
Felipe Ramos, who had previously lost a big pot when chasing a gutshot and back door flush draw with ace-four versus pocket jacks, also ran out of his chips. Ramos got it in with the against the of the small blind and the flop left the Brazilian in desperate shape, he was drawing dead on a blank turn.
Oliver Heidel was all in and avoided an early elimination, at least for now. Heidel's were up against the of Maxim Lykov and the board came to let Heidel double with just ace-high.
Facing a raise of 700 from under the gun, Maxim Lykov called on the button and the blinds tagged along as well. The flop came and the action was checked to Lykov who bet 2,100. The big blind was the only player to make the call and they went heads-up to the on the turn.
The big blind checked again and Lykov fired another 3,200. The big blind called and the landed on the river. This time, the big blind led out for 6,500 but Lykov made the call. The big blind tabled and Lykov showed to scoop the pot.
Catalin Pop was spotted on the rail and confirmed that he will be back tomorrow for Day 1b, having busted Day 1a not long ago. Below are further updated counts from level four.
After losing a big hand with two pair vs a set, Kristen Bicknell was down to around 7,000 chips. There was a raise to 700 from middle position and call from the hijack with the action on Bicknell on the button. She moved all-in and was called by the player in the hijack.
Bicknell:
Hijack:
The flop came and Bicknell was in trouble. The turn and river brought no help and Bicknell was ousted from Event #1.
Georgios Zisimopoulos was the initial raiser and he picked up two callers in the blinds including Roberto Romanello in the small blind. On the flop of , the action checked to Zisimopoulos, who bet 700 and both opponents called. After the turn, it was again Zisimopoulos with the betting lead and he made it 2,200 to go.
Romanello folded and the big blind check-raised to 5,000, Zisimopoulos called. The river was checked and the big blind showed the , Zisimopoulos had an equally strong hand in .
After having lost almost all chips the hand before, Salvatore Camarda was all in for just 1,700 and received two callers in Adolf Kern and Darren Delahunty. The latter bet the flop for 1,700 and Kern folded.
Camarda showed and Delahunty was ahead with the . The turn and river failed to improve Camarda and he left the table with a "ciao."
Among the latest players to enter were Karol Radomski and Mike Leah, while Robert Auer sent an opponent to the rail.
The cards were already rushed away but Auer was kind enough to provide the details. According to Auer he called a raise by Felipe Ramos and the big blind also came along. On a flop, the big blind led for 2,500 and Ramos called. Auer on the button raised to 7,800 and called the shove of the big blind for little more, Ramos folded.
The big blind showed and Auer's got there with right away another diamond on the turn.