Carteau Rises To the Top; 54 Remain

Within quick succession, several players were eliminated including Sergio Castelluccio, Eder Takashi Murata, Parham Ahoor and Masato Yokosawa. Also on the rail is Giovanni Rosadoni, who fell victim to the hot run of Baptiste Carteau.

The latter raised with and called the shove of Rosadoni, who only held . The board came and Rosadoni was done for the night.

Julien Martini sent Ahoor to the rail when the latter defended out of the big blind and flopped trips aces with only for Martini to look him up on a turn. with for the superior kicker. A blank river sent Ahoor out.

Then, Masato Yokosawa busted to Carteau, who jumped into the chip lead and set up the bubble for Day 1a.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Baptiste Carteau	590,000	290,000
Julien Martini	530,000	190,000
Giuseppe Zarbo	440,000	440,000
Sergio Castelluccio	Eliminado
Giovanni Rosadoni	Eliminado
Eder Takashi Murata	Eliminado
Masato Yokosawa	Eliminado
Parham Ahoor	Eliminado