Arriving at the river of a board, Max Silver bet 5,500 into a pot of 2,500 on a short-handed table. His opponent, Jussi Nevanlinna from Finland, was sent into the think-tank and eventually called. Silver turned over his for king-high and Nevanlinna's won the pot.
The full list of players is not available yet, but Alexander Lakhov was apparently playing against a fellow Russian as they talked in their native language once the hand was over. Lakhov was trying to steal the pot with on a board of but his opponent didn't go anywhere and looked him up with the superior .
The clock now tells us there are 398 players registered for Day 1b. All 398 are still in, no one has busted yet. It's mainly small pots we're seeing on the tournament floor, as might be expected from a deep stack live tournament with 90-minute levels.
Kate the Dealer, who's now Kate the floor person, had to show her stern side with a lady friend of a player just now.
The lady in question was grinding solitaire on her mobile phone, sat on one of the small side tables, while her man played the Main Event. Kate, doing her job, had to get her to leave the room.
It's nice to see Jason Wheeler playing today. The jovial American had a journey from hell, taking three days to get here, but he has a smile on his face still. Look out for a feature piece on his journey in the coverage later on.
Steve Watts was just seen raising it up under the gun to 250 on his five-handed table. He got a call from the cutoff and the big blind.
All three of them checked the flop and the hit the turn. The big blind lead out for 450 and just Watts made the call, the cutoff folded. The hit the river and both players checked.
The big blind tabled and Watts said his ace-queen was indeed never ever good there. It's, like we said, small pots at the start of the day.
Daniel Pidun, who took down EPT 9 Berlin for €880,000, just enforced a fold from his opponent and then showed king-high. Arriving on the river of a turn, the player in the big blind as well as Pidun checked and the pot was already around 3,500 in chips.
Then, the river saw a bet of 1,400 by the opponent of the German and Pidun raised to 3,600. The opponent mucked his and was greeted with a "you were good" with Pidun flashing his .
Yann "yadio" Dion raised to 300 and received two callers in the blinds, heading to a flop of . The continuation bet of the Canadian for 550 was check-called by the player in the small blind and the opponent from one seat over then check-raised to 1,500. Only Dion called and the turn was checked down.
As the fell on the river, the player in the big blind bet 1,075 and that was too much for Dion.
Nikolaus Teichert is squeezed in between Mike "Timex" McDonald and Dany Parlafes whereas Fraser MacIntyre is looking for yet another deep run on Malta after finishing 42nd in the record-breaking IPT Main Event yesterday. The Scottish finished runner-up to Frederik Jensen at the EPT 8 Madrid Main Event.
On a board of we just saw Craig McCorkell check call a bet of 450.
McCorkell, seated in the hijack, checked again when the dealer put the on the table. His opponent seated on the button, made a bet of 2,200. McCorkell thought for just a bit before calling. The button showed and McCorkell mucked.
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board, Max Silver bet 5,500 into a pot of 2,500 on a short-handed table. His opponent, Jussi Nevanlinna from Finland, was sent into the think-tank and eventually called. Silver turned over his 
for king-high and Nevanlinna's 
won the pot.
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flop and the 
hit the turn. The big blind lead out for 450 and just Watts made the call, the cutoff folded. The 
and Watts said his ace-queen was indeed never ever good there. It's, like we said, small pots at the start of the day.
turn, the player in the big blind as well as Pidun checked and the pot was already around 3,500 in chips.
river saw a bet of 1,400 by the opponent of the German and Pidun raised to 3,600. The opponent mucked his 
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. The continuation bet of the Canadian for 550 was check-called by the player in the small blind and the opponent from one seat over then check-raised to 1,500. Only Dion called and the 
we just saw Craig McCorkell check call a bet of 450.
