At the end of the previous level, Kristen Bicknell was the initial raiser from early position for 600 and she picked up three callers in Salvatore Camarda, Adolf Kern and Muhamet Perati in the cutoff. The button raised to 2,600 and still all four of his opponents called. On the flop the action checked to Kern in the hijack and he moved all in. Perati called all in for around 9,500 and all other opponents including Bicknell and Camarda folded.
Adolf Kern:
Muhamet Perati:
The turn was a blank, and Kern even improved to a flush thanks to the river. "I had pocket jacks," the button said and Bicknell mentioned in table chat she had ace-king.
Roberto Romanello highlights the latest group of players arriving on Day 1A. Romanello has over $3.4 million in live tournament earnings and will be looking to improve that number throughout the WSOP Europe. Daniele Primerano and Viktor Kovachev also made deep runs in the WSOP Circuit Main Event earlier in the week.
New faces in the field include Vlado Sevo, Georgios Zisimopoulos, Muhamet Perati and Erik Cajelais.
Anatoly Korochenskiy moved all in three hands in a row. Twice it was against an open raise including one by James Akenhead and the third time it was on a flop of . Neither push picked up a call and Korochenskiy bumped his short stack slightly.
Fahredin Mustafov raised to 525 from late position and Marc MacDonnell three-bet from the cutoff to 2,000. Mustafov called and the flop fell , after which a simple continuation bet by MacDonnell claimed the pot without further resistance. The roller coaster ride of MacDonnell points upwards once again while he faces some serious competition in Jeff Lisandro, Alexander Lakhov, Chris Ferguson and John Racener.
Kristen Bicknell raised to 600 from under the gun and was called by the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
The big blind led out for 1,600 and Bicknell made the call. The river was the and the big blind checked. Bicknell made a small bet of 1,500 and her opponent called. Bicknell tabled and her opponent flashed before folding.
The flop read and Viliyan Petleshkov checked from the small blind to Georgios Koliofotis in the hijack. Koliofotis bet 1,200 and Petleshkov check-raised to 3,200. Koliofotis made the call and the landed on the turn.
Petleshkov led out for 5,000 and Koliofotis still called. The completed the board and Petleshkov pushed all-in, forcing Koliofotis to quickly muck his hand.
Among the notables to take their seat after the first break were Usman Siddique, Ayar Lie, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell and Ismael Bojang. Mixed game specialist Bojang already has 50 cashes to his name and aims for the first bracelet here in Rozvadov.