Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Stefano Garbarino made a deep run in the WPT UK in Nottingham last November and finished 14th. If he wants to repeat this, he will have to re-enter as the Italian is the first player out on Day 1a.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Grudi Grudev from Bulgaria and former EPT player of the year, Jan Bendik, are now among the participants of Day 1a. Bendik in fact had just received the 30,000 stack when getting involved in a hand. The Slovakian checked the
turn in a heads-up hand and then bet 600 on the
river. His opponent called and Bendik's
was enough to scoop the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,000 | |
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30,000 |
Half an hour has been played and Dimitar Danchev has been reduced to almost one third of the starting stack. He first folded after a five-bet pot that cost him about 8,000 chips and then dropped some more against Igor Dubinsky's set of fours. Furthermore, Danchev was involved in a three-way pot with pocket queens including the .
On a
turn, the Bulgarian check-called a bet of 3,800 into 9,000 and the blank river got checked through. His opponent showed
for two pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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11,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Joining the action on a flop of
, Atanas Kavrakov called a bet of 450 in a four-way pot and the two other opponents including Barny Boatman folded. On the
turn, the opponent of the Bulgarian fired 1,100 and was called before both then checked down the
river. The opponent showed
for a bluff and Kavrakov raked in the pot with
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
The screens now show 42 players and among the most notable entries that showed up slightly late were World Series of Poker bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov as well as Serhat Cetiner, who finished second in yesterday's LEI Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
After unknown preflop action, the
flop saw a bet of 300 with calls from one opponent as well as Roman Pavliuk before the
got checked through by all three players. The flop aggressor then bet 500 and faced a raise to 1,600, Pavliuk folded and the other player called with
for trips sixes. It was no good versus
though.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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29,500 |
Quite a few familiar faces already made it to the tournament area and especially the Bulgarians seem to favor Cyprus as perfect destination. Among them is 2013 PCA champion Dimitar Danchev with an impressive $3,556,966 in cashes according to his Hendon Mob profile.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Tournament director Christian Scalzi has informed all the players about the rules and the cards are about to go in the air. The button was drawn on table seven and is in seat six.