Sam Razavi has entered the fray at the start of level three, as the antes kicked in, and got chatting to Max Silver on his table explaining that he didn’t bring enough money with him to buy in but had managed to raise the scratch and was ready to play. He had been thinking of playing tomorrow instead but by entering today, as Silver pointed out, he has the option to play Day 1b if he happened to bust today.
Razavi looks determined not to waste a single hand, opening for 300 and getting called by small blind Gabi Livshitz. They checked it down to the river of a board reading where a bet of 400 from Livshitz won the pot.
On the next hand Razavi called an early position raise of 300 from Nicholas Newport and again called when Livshitz three-bet to 825 from the button. The three players checked the flop of and on the turn card Razavi folded to a bet of 1,200 from the Newport. Livshitz elected to call but check folded to a 3,325 bet on the river .
Razavi was to have more luck on the next hand though as he opened for 300 and it folded round to Silver in the big blind. A quick look at his cards saw them in the muck and a quick chuckle from Razavi.
"Can he criticise my play every hand?" Sam Grafton asked the dealer. He was talking about former EPT London finalist Ludovic Geilich. "Can I get a ruling?" Grafton continued, "why couldn't I be on Mickey Petersen's table instead?"
Geilich told us jokingly, "Sam's doing my nut in."
Blazej Przygonewski, who finished 3rd at the PokerStars Eureka event in Vienna earlier this year, just won a sizeable pot involving SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo.
The big blind had led out for 1,425 on an flop, Przygonewski made the call and then de Melo made an overcall. The came on the turn and the big blind fired a second time, the bullet was worth 3,100 and Przygonewski called again but de Melo folded. The river was the and the big blind quickly checked, Przygonewski cut out a bet of 6,700 from his stack but was quickly called.
The Polish player turned over - it was good and Przygonewski moved up to 38,000.
More players have arrived including the PokerStars Team Pros Christophe and Matthias De Meulder, UK poker stalwart Joe Grech, the always entertaining Sam Grafton and finalist here last year Jamie O'Connor.
Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Martins Adeniya lasted less than one level today and he is the first player to be eliminated from the Main Event. He headed for the exit shortly after most of the damage had been done when his was out flopped by his opponent’s hitting a set. All the money went in on the flop and with just a few chips left Adeniya was out shortly after.
Fatima de Melo is one of the chattiest players on the circuit and was answering a question from a player at her table about her recent poker playing exploits, saying that she had played the Main Event at EPT Barcelona but had failed to cash. While she was there though she played in the upcoming TV show Shark Cage.
De Melo said she had a great time playing the hotly anticipated show describing it as, “Awesome. Lots of banter.” Explaining that if you were caught bluffing you had to spend a penalty time in a cage the other players were eager to know more asking if there was lots of bluffing going on? De Melo said you were more likely to get called down light in the format.
“Would you like to tell us how many times you were in the shark cage?” The dealer asked. “No.” De Melo replied. No spoilers here.
Christin Maschmann and Paul Quirk, both Rational Group staff, are sat next to each other on PokerStars Team Online Pro Mickey Petersen’s table. They had been chatting away amiably between hands until an open from Maschmann saw Quirk fall quiet and throw out a raise. It folded back round to Maschmann who threw her hand away.
“Is that what you’re doing? Chatting someone up and the three betting them?” Petersen said with a smile on his face. Quirk laughed and protested, “No, no. That was only my second three-bet.”
“I’m sure. What a coincidence.” Petersen replied, nothing escaping his attention.
where a bet of 400 from Livshitz won the pot.
and on the turn card 
Razavi folded to a bet of 1,200 from the Newport. Livshitz elected to call but check folded to a 3,325 bet on the river 
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came on the turn and the big blind fired a second time, the bullet was worth 3,100 and Przygonewski called again but de Melo folded. The river was the 
and the big blind quickly checked, Przygonewski cut out a bet of 6,700 from his stack but was quickly called.
- it was good and Przygonewski moved up to 38,000.
