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Arlo Dotson just picked up a very nice pot in the first level of play. We picked up the action when there was a little dispute about Dotson's five-bet size and that gave us some time to reconstruct the hand.

Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville raised from the cutoff to 250 after which Dotson three-bet to 750 from the small blind. Italian pro Sergio Castelluccio, winner of IPT San Remo in 2010 and fourth place finisher last year in the Main Event, was seated in the big blind and he four-bet to 1,800. Neuville folded and Dotson put in a five-bet just short of the required amount. The tournament staff ruled that Dotson had to make it at least 2,850 and he did.

Castelluccio made the call and the flop brought out . Dotson bet 2,850 and Castelluccio called and the turn was the . Dotson grabbed chips again and bet 6,500. Castelluccio went into the tank for quite a while but eventually he decided to fold his cards.