Olvedo Vincent raised to 3,600 from the early position and was called by Daniele Scatragli from Italy in the cutoff seat as well as by Sturla Olav Ertzeid Gahre from Norway on the button and Ignat Liviu in the big blind.
The four players saw the flop go and Vincent continued with 6,200. Scatragli made the call, Gahre got out of the way and Liviu called as well.
Vincent went in for another 15,600 after the dealer flipped the on the turn. Scatragli folded and Liviu called again. Both checked the river and Vincent opened for a two pair and Liviu folded in frustration.
With approximately 18,000 in the pot on the board of , Ignat Liviu checked to Leo Margets. She checked behind to see the land on the river. Liviu checked again and Margets fired 11,500. Liviu folded and Margets picked up the pot.
Just prior to the break, an early-position player raised to 3,000 and then called when Andy Frankenberger three-bet to 6,500 from the button. The flop saw the early-position player check-call a bet of 6,500, and then both players checked the turn. The action repeated itself on the river and Frankenberger tabled for a straight.
It was good and Frankenberger chipped up to 211,000.
Just before the break Norwegian Elizabeth Hille doubled her stack after going all-in for 20,800 on the button. She was called by Dzmitry Shorakh from Belarus in the hijack seat who opened and Hille showed .
The flop put Hille in the lead with a higher pair. The on the turn and on the river were no help for Shorakh and Hille doubled up.
Roberto Romanello's tournament has been a grind so far, never amassing the kind of stack we're so used to seeing in front of him these days. That trend might be changing as he's just doubled up through Adriaan Schaap.
The action folded to Romanello in the cut-off and he raised to 3,000, and then four-bet to 14,100 when Schaap three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind. Call.
The flop fell and Romanello continued for 7,200 when his Dutch opponent checked to him. Schaap made a very quick call even though Romanello only had 6,500 behind. These chips went in on the turn.
Schaap: for top pair.
Romanello: for top set.
The river came and the chips were shipped to Wales.
Yesterday we interviewed American player Dani Stern who commented on one of the players in the tournament hiding his face. You can check out the full interview in the video.
The player in question is Marcos Fernandez, a PokerStars qualifier from Spain and the face hiding seems to be working pretty well for him. He finished Day 1a with over 100,000 in chips and had just busted one of his opponents, Tomas Northug from Norway.
Northug went all-in with a pair of sevens and Fernandez made the call holding king queen. The board went giving Fernandez a double up and busting Northug from the tournament