Bakir Saranovic raised to 1,400 from early position, Eugenio Bastos reraised to 2,800, then Saranovic four-bet to 9,500. Bastos moved all in for 63,000 and Saranovic quickly made the call with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.
Eugenio Bastos: Q♥J♦
Bakir Saranovic: A♥A♦
The board ran out 10♠10♥J♥7♣9♦. Bastos paired his queen and had two pair with the tens on board. Saranovic had a higher two pair with pocket aces to win the pot.
In Day 1a, Saranovic was the victim of a brutal bad beat. This time, his pocket pair held to give him a near double up.
Conan Hazard raised to 2,500, Tomasz Jerzy reraised to 6,000, then Michael Jamal Soumi moved all in with a short stack. Hazard shoved over the top and Jerzy made the call with both of his opponent's covered, wishing Hazard good luck as the cards were turned.
Michael Jamal Soumi: K♦10♠
Conan Hazard: 9♥9♠
Tomasz Jerzy: A♦K♥
The board ran out 4♠5♥7♠3♠3♦. Hazard held with his pocket nines, making two pair with the threes on board to win the pot.
Soumi, meanwhile, was eliminated, while Jerzy's stack took a serious blow.
Pere Estatuet Llorens raised to 1,500 from middle position and picked up a caller before Conan Hazard three-bet to 5,300. Llorens four-bet all in for 22,400 and Hazard called with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.
Pere Estatuet Llorens: A♠A♥
Conan Hazard: 10♠10♦
The board ran out 3♦5♥2♦7♣2♣.
"Everytime I get tens, I'm f*cked," exclaimed Hazard as Llorens scooped the pot to double up his stack with aces.
Action was on the flop on a board of 6♠8♦8♠ and a bet was already out in the middle when Carlos Gabriel Valles Pons moved all in with a relatively short stack. Hristofor Ivanov isolated with the bigger stack and Michael Soumi also called all in. Players flipped their cards.
Michael Soumi: A♠4♠
Carlos Gabriel Valles Pons: 9♦7♣
Hristofor Ivanov: 9♥8♥
Soumi had a flush draw, Pons had a straight draw, and Ivanov had a made hand with trip eights.
The turn came the 7♥ and river the 2♥. The straight and flush both missed, so Ivanov held to win the pot and chip up to around 100,000.
Both Soumi and Pons were eliminated from the tournament.
Action was on the turn on a board of 6♣10♥10♦8♥ and the pot was already inflated. Ronald Dominguez checked to his opponent and David Opdebeeck fired out a bet of 9,000, which Dominguez called.
The river was the Q♠. Dominguez pushed a stack into the middle, which was worth 15,000, putting Opdebeeck all in. Opdebeeck quickly made the call.
Opdebeeck tabled A♥A♠ for two pair, aces with the tens on board. Dominguez, however, turned over 10♣10♠ for the absolute nuts with quad tens. He won the pot and doubled his stack, sending Opdebeeck to an early exit.
After a four year hiatus, Lex Live is back in full swing. Day 1b of the Main Event kicks off today at Casino Barcelona set on the beautiful Mediterranean coast.
Following up on the 2019 editions in both Namur and London, Lex Live 3 promises to deliver fun both on and off the felt. Previous champions.
The €440 Main Event is one of the most accessible on the circuit, attracting a healthy mixture of pros and recreational players looking to play alongside their favourite Twitch streamers, with Lex Veldhuis, Sebastian Huber, Georgina James, Lasse Jagd Lauritsen, Nicholas Walsh, and Felix Schneiders all in attendence.
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Day 1a attracted a total of 143 entries. Of those, 35 players found a bag for Day 2. Jordi Granell Diaz of Spain is currently the man to beat. He finished the flight out ahead with 313,000 chips.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
1
Jordi Granell Diaz
313,000
2
Ben Miller
213,000
3
Christopher Badrian
203,000
4
Oscar Penella Olive
202,000
5
Gardar Svavarsson
185,500
6
Gabriel Catalin Parvulescu
184,000
7
Niko Wieland
183,000
8
Miquel Davitashvili Basanez
182,500
9
Michael Naughton
175,500
10
Etibar Gadzhiev
171,500
Day 1b of the Main Event starts at 3 p.m. local time. Blind levels will run for 40-minutes, with a short break after every three levels and a 45-minute dinner break following Level 9.
Blinds start at 100/100 and players will have starting stacks of 30,000 chips, worth 300 big blinds when the tournament commences.
PokerNews will be bringing you the action straight from the tournament floor.
