Fabrizio Gonzalez, who has been crushing online as "SixthSenSe19", has taken a seat in the event. He lost most of his stack early on but hasn't let that slow him down. In one recent pot, he three-bet after an under-the-gun open to 450, making it 1,125. The small blind called, the opener folded, and 
flopped. Gonzalez took it down with a small postflop bet.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
12,600 |
Patrick Serda, also known to others as SuperSerda, and even better known as the player who made piles of money after chopping the last ever EPT Prague High Roller with William Kassouf several months ago, has heaps.
Serda sits on about 82,000 and explained how he busted a couple of players and severely crippled another to get to almost triple the starting stack today.
A key hand happened when he raised to 400 from the cutoff with 
and was three-bet to 1,600 by the small blind. Serda put in a four bet to 4,200 and his opponent called.
The flop came 
and both players checked to the turn, which was the 
. The small blind led out for 6,100 and Serda called.
The river was the 
. With only about 16,000 behind, the small blind led out for 11,000. Serda called with ace high and it was miles ahead of his opponent's queen-ten suited.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
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Andrei Streltsou had a raise to 3,500 in front of him in middle position, and his neighbor, Valentin Apostol, had 1,500 out. He then announced all in, causing Streltsou to sigh.
"I can't fold this," he said with a shrug, tossing in a chip after about 15 seconds.
Streltsou: 
Apostol: 
The kings had been coolered, and the board ran out a harmless 
.
At another table, Stefan Schillhabel sat in.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
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|
Eliminé | |
Caufman Talley bet 4,500 from the small blind on a flop of 
, and Canadian qualifier James Gauthier made it 11,000 to go from early position. Talley seemed to shrug a bit before moving all in for 25,550, and Gauthier called a little bit after getting the count.
Gauthier: 
Talley:
Bullets were good for the American, and they stayed that way through the 
turn and river.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
More and more runners continue to show up, as the Day 1b field looks like it will far outpace Day 1a's 104 runners. There's already more than 170 in the field, with Erik Cajelais, Jan Bendik and Adam Owen among recent entries.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
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|
30,000 | |
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|
30,000 | |
With about 5,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, Jiachen Gong checked from under the gun.
Gong's opponent was in the cutoff and bet 2,100. Gong called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the river, which was the .
Gong thought about it for a moment and eventually checked again, and his opponent decided to give up and check back.
Gong tabled and his opponent laughed and looked back at his cards before sending them into the muck.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
PokerStars player and two-time WSOP bracelet winner, Kristen Bicknell, has entered the field.
Bicknell recently slid into the top ten on Canada's GPI leaderboard after recent deep runs on her home turf and is the first woman to do so.
At the end of 2016, Bicknell final-tabled the WPT Deepstacks Championship Main Event, coming in third for just over $130,000. That ended up being a great lead into 2017, as she has gotten off to a blazing start with four final tables and a win, spread out between Australia, Panama and her hometown in Niagara Falls, Canada at WPT Fallsview.
Another goal of Bicknell's was to lock up an infamous 'spadie' trophy and she did just that after taking down Event #7 $1,100 Win the Button here in Panama.
Look for Bicknell to continue to make waves as she enters her second year of playing live events after transitioning from the world of online poker.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Niveau: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Rasmus Glaesel, in the small blind, and Ariel Celestino, in late position, built a large pot of nearly 20,000 on the river. The 
was on the felt, and Glaesel thought awhile before betting just 4,000 on the end. Celestino tanked a bit then folded with a sigh. Glaesel showed him the for a straight.
At other tables, Mark Radoja and Anton Astapau took seats.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
45,400
15,400
|
15,400 |
|
30,000 | |
|
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|
30,000 | |
|
15,800
-14,200
|
-14,200 |
Lawrence Bayley bet 2,900 from middle position in a pot that saw a few preflop raises and 
flop. A small blind opponent called and then checked the 
turn. Bayley bet again, this time 8,000. After taking some time to try to get a read, the small blind folded.
"You fold queens?" Bayley asked.
"Lower," his opponent said.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 |
