British legend Albert Sapiano, well known for his crazy playing style, was the second casualty of the day and inquired after if he could re-enter. His chips now belong to Thomas Svendgaard, and Aki Pyysing on the same table confirmed that Sapiano had been involved in pretty much every hand.
The first player to bust was Gabriele Di Giuseppe. A loud scream could be heard in the Club Room and the Italian had already walked out by then, but the board was still visible and showed . The scream of excitement came from Tamas Tomozi, who had rivered a full house with , and he had cracked the pocket aces of his table neighbor to score a full double.
Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen and UnibetPoker.fr sponsored pro Quentin Lecomte were among those to take their seats at the start of the second level, joined by 2017 Unibet Open London runner up Dejan Govedic.
With 2,100 in the pot and the turn showing , Juan Ares Gozalo bet 2,200 and his table neighbor Michael Gilbert called. The fell on the river and both players checked. Gilbert was first to show and turned over for trips aces, which was good enough to win the pot.
Ismo Syvalahde "took the chips off me and then gave it to everyone else" Peter Jaksland joked, and the Finn became the next casualty after sending his remaining chips over to Stephen Bean.
UnibetPoker.fr sponsored pro Alexandre Reard arrived at the table of Daiva Byrne, while High Roller champ Julien Sitbon took a big pot. Sitbon bet the river for 5,000 and table neighbor [Removed:402] raised to 13,000. Sitbon called and mucked when being shown for a full house.
Well that wasn't purrrdy for Mark "Valkia" Purdy, as the eSports Star has been sent to the rail. having lost most of his stack previously already, Purdy was then involved in a three-way pot and called all in for just 1,325 on the turn. The small blind had checked and Tommy Skarbo in the big blind bet 4,500 into a pot of around 13,000.
After the call of Purdy, the small blind folded and the cards were flipped over.
Mark Purdy:
Tommy Skarbo:
No card in the deck could save the eSports Star and the on the river was a formality, further improving Skarbo to a flush.
Catherine Ivgi finished 10th in yesterday's High Roller and joined not long ago, and Kfir Ivgi is also in action. Just now, he faced a raise to 525 and a call to three-bet big out of the small blind, making it 3,000 to go. Only Mehdi Violleau called and the flop fell .
Ivgi immediately bet 5,500 and Violleau was taken aback. "Why do you bet so big? Do you want to protect?" the Frenchman asked and eventually folded face up, adding "you have to have a better hand than me." Ivgi replied "Me? I had nothing," and raked in the pot.
"It's not an easy day," Henrik Tellving said when frequently walking out of the Club Room and into the main tournament area. Indeed it turned out to be a rough day for the finalist from Bucharest, as he is among the next players to bust.
In the Club Room, Charles Chattha has taken the seat that formerly belonged to Mark Purdy, while Martin Servais one table over was all in. Servais raised from 1,600 to 3,700 on the button with the flop showing . Bart Verbanck in early position was the only caller and check-folded to the shove of Servais on the turn.
The screens show 175 out of 182 players remaining and they have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day. As of level three, the table of Alexandre Reard and Daiva Byrne will be moved over to the feature table and the delayed live stream with commentary by Dara O'Kearney and David Lappin kicks off around 2 p.m. local time.
. The scream of excitement came from Tamas Tomozi, who had rivered a full house with 
, and he had cracked the pocket aces of his table neighbor to score a full double.
, Juan Ares Gozalo bet 2,200 and his table neighbor Michael Gilbert called. The 
fell on the river and both players checked. Gilbert was first to show and turned over 
for trips aces, which was good enough to win the pot.
river for 5,000 and table neighbor [Removed:402] raised to 13,000. Sitbon called and mucked when being shown 
for a full house.
on the river was a formality, further improving Skarbo to a flush.
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face up, adding "you have to have a better hand than me." Ivgi replied "Me? I had nothing," and raked in the pot.
. Bart Verbanck in early position was the only caller and check-folded to the shove of Servais on the 
