After a raise from under the gun and a three-bet by Jose Luis Ruiz Blavia, the big blind moved all in for 19,700 and the initial raiser did so, too. Ruiz Blavia looked up both opponents and the cards were tabled.
Jose Luis Ruiz Blavia:
Big Blind:
Under the gun:
Ruiz Blavia shook his head when the flop fell , but the on the turn gave him a set and left both opponents drawing dead. The meaningless on the river completed the board and the Spaniard jumped to six digits.
Four players had invested 5,100 each and among them was also Nicola Grieco in the blinds. The Italian bet the flop for 10,000 and Ionel Chelarescu moved all in to get the other two players out of the hand. Grieco called all in for 25,600 and the cards were turned over.
Nicola Grieco:
Ionel Chelarescu:
Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome of the hand anymore and the Italian doubled.
While the action at the tables has increased significantly, it was barely noticed that the total number of entries had grown as well. As it stands, there are 197 entries of which 120 remain, and that means the attendance of yesterday's first flight is already eclipsed with close to 400 entries in total already.
While the €220 Opening Event Day 1b nears the end of level 10, there are less than 100 players remaining. The current chip leader appears to be Philippe Noble followed by Jhen Siang Jian over on table four, and both are well on track to advance to Day 2 with above-average stacks.
One last hand was still going and there were some 28,000 in the middle with the flop showing . Ramy Hadid checked in the big blind and Nicola Grieco moved all in for massive 99,600. Hadid had almost as much behind and started some table chat.
"I think you have something like ace queen suited." After several minutes in the think tank, Hadid folded his with the words "Okay I fold, and you show." Grieco offered to flip over one of his two cards, but then changed his mind and smashed both right onto the table, it was a stone cold bluff with .
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez and Alejandro Espinosa Gutierrez were sat next to each other at their first table today and are now back together over on table one. The same table also features Laura Gallardo Ribot, Sally Stephens and Douglas Wheatland, and the latter just won a limped pot to boost his short stack slightly.
Wheatland limped from early position and the small blind filled up, Espinosa Gutierrez checked in the big blind. The flop of was checked to Wheatland, and his bet of 6,500 forced two folds.
Joan Fabregas Capellas raised to 5,000 and Susana Bonastre Rodriguez three-bet all in for 29,200 from the hijack. The cutoff went over the top and Fabregas Capellas folded face up.
Bonastre Rodriguez had and the cutoff the dominated . The board ran out and Bonastre Rodriguez doubled, while Fabregas Capellas made the right fold with an unlucky outcome. The very next hand, the Spaniard had two short stacks at risk with versus and , and the board came to cut down the stack of Fabregas Capellas further.
After the series of beats to his stack, Joan Fabregas Capellas then three-bet shoved his last 21,000 into the raise of table big stack Philippe Noble and the Frenchman called to put Fabregas Capellas at risk.
Joan Fabregas Capellas:
Philippe Noble:
In a battle of first chip leader versus second chip leader on table 10, the board ran out and Noble paired his jack on the turn to eliminate Fabregas Capellas.
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on the turn gave him a set and left both opponents drawing dead. The meaningless 
on the river completed the board and the Spaniard jumped to six digits.
flop for 10,000 and Ionel Chelarescu moved all in to get the other two players out of the hand. Grieco called all in for 25,600 and the cards were turned over.
turn nor the 
river changed the outcome of the hand anymore and the Italian doubled.
. Ramy Hadid checked in the big blind and Nicola Grieco moved all in for massive 99,600. Hadid had almost as much behind and started some table chat.
with the words "Okay I fold, and you show." Grieco offered to flip over one of his two cards, but then changed his mind and smashed both right onto the table, it was a stone cold bluff with 
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