Romanello Losing Some Early Ground

Roberto Romanello was planning on playing Day 1a of this main event, but felt ill all day so decided against it and bought into Day 1b instead. That has not gone too well for him so far as he is down to 23,300 chips after 1.5 levels of play.

The latest player to take chips from the former EPT Prague champion was Dermot Blain who bet 4,500 into a pot of around 7,000 on a board reading . Romanello considered all of his options for a few moments before deciding that calling was best. Unfortunately,it was not because Blain was sat with pocket queens, a hand that Romanello could not beat.