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Michael Mizrachi has been eliminated by an opponent who flopped a set of eights on an eight-high board. Mizrachi was all in and at risk holding two queens, and was unable to catch a third lady on either the turn or the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Guillaume Rivet opened to 400 from late position, and Will Failla called out of the small blind. The flop fell 
, and Failla checked. Rivet continued for 475, and Failla called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Failla flicked out a yellow T1,000 chip, and Rivet quickly called.
"You get there on the river?" Failla asked.
Rivet nodded, tabling 
, and Failla flashed 
before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,100
100
|
100 |
|
21,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
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Dan Smith was down to less than a thousand chips when he moved all in preflop. Andrew Lichtenberger called, and the hands were tabled.
Showdown:
Smith: 
Lichtenberger: 
The board ran out 
, and Smith was eliminated with a worse two pair.
"Just not your year," Dan O'Brien joked from an adjacent table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The Aviation Club de France is a very classy place. In order to enter, you need to have a specific card and your fingerprints on file.
Along with the high security, the club also enforces a dress code. According to the website: "Sport shoes (sneakers), t-shirts, and torn jeans are not allowed. Collared shirts and smart shoes are compulsory."
The rules can be bent a little bit, and some of the players here are in violation of the dress code, but Scott Seiver isn't one of them. Seiver is wearing a nice pair of slacks, a button-up shirt, and a pair of dress shoes.
"You actually listened to the rules?" Dan O'Brien jokingly asked.
"Yes," Seiver said confidently.
"You look really sharp," Kara Scott interjected, defending Seiver.
"You're right," Seiver agreed. "I do look sharp."
WPT Champion Roberto Romanello has been eliminated in Level 2 here on Day 1a, and was kind enough to let us in on the details. According to Romanello, he lost the majority of his chips in a three-bet pot with 
against an opponent's 
on a board of 
. Romanello was eliminated soon after.
Minutes after Romanello's elimination, the pink-haired Frenchman Guillaume Darcourt exited stage left as well. Darcourt was all in holding 
on a flop of 
, and Casey Kastle had him at risk holding 
. The 
spiked on the turn, giving Kastle the lead, and the 
completed the board.
Darcourt and Romanello are both eliminated, but we're certain we'll see them tomorrow for Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
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|
51,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
51,000 | |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
49,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
45,000 | |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
36,000 | |
|
|
||
|
34,000 | |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
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|
27,000 | |
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
26,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
24,000 | |
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