Darren Elias shoved to put Olivier Busquet and his 22 remaining big blinds at risk. Elias had pocket twos while Busquet was holding ace-eight. Busquet called and Elias held to give his team the first game of the series.
Darren Elias is off to a good start against Olivier Busquet, taking the lead after value betting a top pair on the river. Busquet appeared to be folding before quickly changing his mind and calling with ace-high.
Earlier, it was Elias with ace-high facing a bet from Busquet who had only king-high. Elias raised and Busquet quickly folded.
The first game of the best-of-seven series between the LA Sunset and the Sao Paulo Metropolitans is underway. Olivier Busquet is representing the LA Sunset and Darren Elias is representing the Sao Paolo Mets.
The Los Angeles Sunset and the Sao Paulo Mets are getting ready to play the second playoff series of the day on day 1 of the GPL Playoffs. The winner will face the Montreal Nationals, who just defeated the San Francisco Rush in a seven game series.
Mario Ho, Olivier Busquet, and Chance Kornuth are the players representing the Sunset. Their opponents will be Joao Bauer, Thiago Nishijima, and Darren Elias of the Sao Paolo Metropolitans.