Allan Sannier was standing on the rail talking to two of his friends and missed his big blind. With some death money in the pot, Adrian Mateos was first to act and raised to 14,000. His neighbor Davidi Kitai shoved all in for 87,500 and action folded back to Mateos. The Spanish EPT champion called. The cards remained closed till the hand at the other table was done.
"I have it." Kitai said, followed by: "I don't want to see 5-6 suited"
As the hand on the other table was done, it was time for the showdown:
Davidi Kitai:
Adrian Mateos:
Kitai's partner ran to the table and started rooting for him: "As! As! As!" ("Ace! Ace! Ace!")
The flop came and the turn was the .
"Deux! Deux! Deux!" ("Two! Two! Two!") said Kitai's partner.
The hit and Kitai doubled up. Besides 87,500 in chips times two plus the blinds and antes, he received a peck on the cheek.
After the bubble sweat not too long ago, Mikita Badziakouski has been moving steadily in the right direction. Just now, he picked up two decent-sized pots to grow his stack to 400,000.
Hand 1
Badziakouski raised to 12,000 under the gun and [Removed:17] called. At that moment, Davidi Kitai was all in for his tournament life (as written below), which meant this hand would be played out first before that one went to showdown. Ramin Hajiyev also called from the blinds.
On an flop, Badziakouski bet 12,000 and both opponents stuck around. The turn and river got checked down. Badziakouski showed and won the hand.
Hand 2
Yan raised to 14,000 from the cutoff, Ole Schemion called on the button, and Hajiyev and Badziakouski defended their blinds. It was checked to Schemion on a flop, who bet 30,000. Badziakouszi check-called that bet, and check-called 58,000 from Schemion on the turn.
The river was the and both players checked. Badziakouski tabled for two pair and Schemion mucked.
In the cutoff, Max Silver raised to 14,000 and Allan Sannier called in the small blind. On the flop, both players checked. The on the turn. After the fell on the river, Sannier check-called a bet worth 12,000 and then mucked when Silver flipped over the .
One hand later, Sannier raised from under the gun and Oleksii Khoroshenin defended the big blind. Khoroshenin check-called a bet of 14,000 on the flop and did so again for 31,000 on the turn. After Khoroshenin had checked the river, Sannier emptied the clip with a bet of what looked like 82,000, and that did the trick to force a fold.
Patrick Leonard suggested postponing the dinner break till the bubble would burst. All players seemed to agree except for Ole Schemion. Since no consensus was reached, the scheduled 90-minute break just started with still 10 players remaining. When the players return in an hour and a half, the blinds will be at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000-ante.
Mikita Badziakouski took another big pot off Ole Schemion and has suddenly become the big stack after being the shortest stack half an hour before the end of the previous level. Below are the updated counts at the end of level 16.
From the cutoff, Max Silver raised to 18,000. Oleksii Khoroshenin on the button called and small blind Allan Sannier squeezed to 56,000.
Adrian Mateos folded his big blind and action was back on Silver. The Englishman four-bet to 56,000 and Khoroshenin quickly released his cards into the muck. Sannier shoved just as fast and Silver, while not over enthusiastic, called for 265,000 total.
Allan Sannier:
Max Silver:
Despite the French rail asking for an ace, the board came and Silver doubled.
Allan Sannier raised his button to 18,000 and small blind Adrian Mateos shoved all in for 168,000. The big blind got out of the way but Sannier called.
Allan Sannier:
Adrian Mateos:
Mateos was at risk but got lucky on the flop: . The on the turn and on the river were inconsequential cards and Mateos got his double-up.
End of Day 1 chipleader Patrick Leonard has dwindled down to one of the shortest stacks in the room. It was time for some moves, and Leonard found spots by open-shoving from the small blind and the button.
He picked up the blinds and antes, triumphantly showing an ace each time.
Action folded to Adrian Mateos in the small blind and he pushed all in to put the decision on Davidi Kitai. The Belgian all time moneyleader (for now, Kenny Hallaert could surpass him if he does well at the WSOP Main Event Final Table next week) called.
Davidi Kitai:
Adrian Mateos:
The board ran out and Kitai doubled his 122,000 stack.
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and the turn was the 
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hit and Kitai doubled up. Besides 87,500 in chips times two plus the blinds and antes, he received a peck on the cheek.
flop, Badziakouski bet 12,000 and both opponents stuck around. The 
turn and 
and won the hand.
flop, who bet 30,000. Badziakouszi check-called that bet, and check-called 58,000 from Schemion on the 
turn.
and both players checked. Badziakouski tabled 
for two pair and Schemion mucked.
flop, both players checked. The 
fell on the river, Sannier check-called a bet worth 12,000 and then mucked when Silver flipped over the 
flop and did so again for 31,000 on the 
river, Sannier emptied the clip with a bet of what looked like 82,000, and that did the trick to force a fold.
and Silver doubled.
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