On a board showing , Haykel Cherif was sat in the big blind and made it 3,700 with around 12,000 in the pot. Undeterred, Alessandro Surini was in middle position and made it 13,400. that bet scared Cherif off and elicited the fold.
Surini is well above the average in the room of 44,000 but Cherif drops below starting stack.
Harcharan Dogra Dogra is short-stacked but remains in the Day 1a Main Event field
Kelly Kellner opened to 1,400 from early position and was called in three places. On the flop of , he bet 7,500 and called off his stack when Harcharan Dogra Dogra moved all-in over the top.
Harcharan Dogra Dogra:
Kelly Kellner:
the turn of was followed by the river of and Kellner survived to double up at the perfect time. the average in the room is 46,000 at blinds of 400/800/100 (57.5BB) .
Alexandre Flamant was all-in and at extreme risk with the worst hand after turning over and his opponent Jani Haarala showed .
Flamant needed a lot of help, but didn't see much hope on the flop. The turn of gave him the shot of any diamond, however....but despite turning those nine outs, Flamant missed them all when the river fell . He was out of the Day 1a field, but has until the start of Day 2 to re-enter, and with two more Day 1 flights over the next two days he'll have plenty more chances to shoot for glory. Jani Haarala is now well above the average Day 1a stack after eight levels of play.
Harcharan Dogra Dogra doubled back into contention on Day 1a when he moved all-in on the turn of a board showing with and was called by an opponent with . The deuce on the river gave Dogra Dogra trips to more than double to 31,000, just over starting stack but still well behind the average of 49,354 with 62 players left on Day 1a.
Kelly Kellner in action during the High Roller. He's now second in chips in the Main Event.
Kelly Kellner and Javier Sanchez went to war in a battle of the big stacks here late on Day 1a in Level 9 of the Main Event in Barcelona.
Kellner was one of four callers to an opening bet of 2,200 pre-flop, and that came . Kellner led for 5,500 and only Sanchez made the call. On the turn of , both men checked, but on the river of , Kellner bet 11,600. Sanchez thought long and hard, but eventually made the call.
Kellner turned over for the winning hand, but while that vaults him over six figures, Sanchez still has him covered with his chip leading stack.
Ema Zajmovic pictured during yesterdays 888Live High Roller
Pre-flop, Israel Carriazo's open to 4,500 from the cut-off was only called by the player who limped from first position, Basem Davas. After the flop of , Ema Zajmovic commented how great it was that "every player is so involved in every hand!" as there was a lot of friendly table talk around the play-out of every pot. While she ordered drinks for the table ("White wine for Canada, red for me"), it was clear that Carriazo and Davas were getting involved in the latest big one.
Post-flop, Carriazo saw Davas bet 2,000 and raised it to 8,000. Davas called. The turn card of prompted an "all-in" from Carriazo, and despite checking his stack and cards several times, Davas let it go.
"Just remember, I'm short-stacked and buying drinks." quipped Ema Zajmovic before the next deal. A fun table looks set for some late Day 1a drama.
, Haykel Cherif was sat in the big blind and made it 3,700 with around 12,000 in the pot. Undeterred, Alessandro Surini was in middle position and made it 13,400. that bet scared Cherif off and elicited the fold. 
and Kellner survived to double up at the perfect time. the average in the room is 46,000 at blinds of 400/800/100 (57.5BB) .
and his opponent Jani Haarala showed 
. 
gave him the shot of any diamond, however....but despite turning those nine outs, Flamant missed them all when the river fell 
with 
and was called by an opponent with 
. The deuce on the river gave Dogra Dogra trips to more than double to 31,000, just over starting stack but still well behind the average of 49,354 with 62 players left on Day 1a.
. Kellner led for 5,500 and only Sanchez made the call. On the turn of 
for the winning hand, but while that vaults him over six figures, Sanchez still has him covered with his chip leading stack.
, Ema Zajmovic commented how great it was that "every player is so involved in every hand!" as there was a lot of friendly table talk around the play-out of every pot. While she ordered drinks for the table ("White wine for Canada, red for me"), it was clear that Carriazo and Davas were getting involved in the latest big one. 
