A little commotion was coming from one of the outer tables and we quickly made our way there to see what was going on. Nacho Barbero was unpleased with one of the decisions being made by the floor.
On the table was and Barbero had checked to Zhapar Sultanov on the button. Kazakhstan apparently had said "two fifty" when he tossed a blue 5,000 chip in. Barbero wanted it to be a 250 bet, but Sultanov, the dealer and the floor wanted it to be 2,500 as Sultanov apparently intended. Barbero wasn't happy about it and reluctantly open mucked his cards. "Ok, I'll just fold my two pair" he said while showing .
That was that, Sultanov wasn't showing anything. Barbero, despite losing that pot, is still sitting comfortably on 35,000.
Oleg Lichii. Photo courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
It’s a big day for Oleg Lechii from Moldova who takes his seat among the Day 1B field today. He won his seat in a Poker Tracker sweepstake, and swaps his usual 25 cent game for the high stakes world of the European Poker Tour, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
Liv Boeree opened to 450 under the gun and Kevin macPhee was the sole caller.
MacPhee called the 700 continuation bet Boeree made on and the two of them were off to the turn; . Boeree put the break on and checked, but called as MacPhee bet out 1,500.
The river came the and Boeree checked once more. MacPhee bet out 3,600 and Boeree quickly released. MacPhee showed the and continued stacking his newly found chips.
The next hand Elisabeth Hille opened under the gun to 500 and MacPhee called. Boeree added 300 to the 200 she already had invested as her big blind, to make it three way.
The flop came and Boeree and Hille checked. MacPhee bet 800 and just Boeree called, initial raiser Hille folded.
The turn brought the out and Boeree checked again. MacPhee bet 2,075 and Boeree folded. This time around MacPhee didn't show, he's up to well over 40,000.
Liv Boeree opened the betting for 450 and was called by Kevin MacPhee on the button. Vizsnyiczai Zsolt then made it 1,500 from the big blind and was called by Boeree and MacPhee.
Three players saw a flop of . Zsolt bet 2,300 from the blinds, Boeree called and then MacPhee raised to 6,800. Zsolt folded and Boeree took her time to make a decision. MacPhee had about 12,000 behind and in the end Boeree moved all in, covering MacPhee who made the call.
Boeree showed for the flush draw against the of MacPhee. The turn card and river didn’t deliver the flush and MacPhee doubled up.
There was an open raise from under the gun and Maurizio Baisi called two seats further, Adel Kabbani then three-bet to 1,300 and the initial raiser just called. Baisi moved all in for less than 8,000 and Kabbani reshoved to isolate. He scared off the other opponent and turned over the to flip against the . The board saw the short stack improve and double.
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Francesco Moro was the initial raiser, Govert Metaal called, and Luigi Russo three-bet without being able to scare off either opponent. On the flop Russo made the continuation bet and only Moro called.
On the turn, Moro got his remaining 21,000 in with the and his Italian countryman was unable to fold aces. The river changed nothing and Russo is now very short.
Christian Troger limped from early position for 200 but Ben Warrington bumped up the price of poker with a raise to 700. Elisabeth Hille made the call on the button and when the blinds folded Troger threw in the extra chips to call.
The flop was . Troger checked and Warrington bet 1,500. When Hille made the call Troger folded and it was heads up to the turn card .
Warrington continued the betting for 3,200 and once more Hille made the call. The fell on the river. Warrington thought for a while, took some chips from his stack and then put them back. He took some out again and bet 5,800.
Hille sat there for a while. She had 17,000 chips left but didn’t seem to like either that river card or how the action had gone. In the end she saved her chips and made the fold.
and Barbero had checked to Zhapar Sultanov on the button. Kazakhstan apparently had said "two fifty" when he tossed a blue 5,000 chip in. Barbero wanted it to be a 250 bet, but Sultanov, the dealer and the floor wanted it to be 2,500 as Sultanov apparently intended. Barbero wasn't happy about it and reluctantly open mucked his cards. "Ok, I'll just fold my two pair" he said while showing 
.
and the two of them were off to the turn; 
. Boeree put the break on and checked, but called as MacPhee bet out 1,500.
and Boeree checked once more. MacPhee bet out 3,600 and Boeree quickly released. MacPhee showed the 
and continued stacking his newly found chips.
and Boeree and Hille checked. MacPhee bet 800 and just Boeree called, initial raiser Hille folded.
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for the flush draw against the 
of MacPhee. The turn card 
and river 
didn’t deliver the flush and MacPhee doubled up.
to flip against the 
. The 
board saw the short stack improve and double.
and his Italian countryman was unable to fold aces. The 
. Troger checked and Warrington bet 1,500. When Hille made the call Troger folded and it was heads up to the turn card 
.
fell on the river. Warrington thought for a while, took some chips from his stack and then put them back. He took some out again and bet 5,800.
