Kfir Ivgi raised to 80,000 from mid-position and Andy Hills shoved on the button for around 600,000. The blinds folded and Ivgi called.
Andy Hills:
Kfir Ivgi:
The flop came to give Ivgi two pair on the flop immediately and improve to a full house as the rest of the board was filled with the on the turn and the on the river to eliminate Hills from Day 1a.
Andy Hills raised to 55,000 from under the gun and was called Ioannis Angelou-Konstas in the cutoff and Kfir Ivgi in the small blind.
The dealer spread out on the flop and Ivgi checked. Hills continued with a bet of 75,000 which only Angelou-Konstas called.
Hills now checked the on the turn so Angelou-Konstas could now open for 135,000. Hills considered his options and made the call.
The river completed the board with the , Hills checked for the last time. Angelou-Konstas took some time to contemplate and then decided to barrel a bet of 600,000 over the line. Hills tanked. After some careful consideration, Hills called. Angelou-Konstas tabled for the flopped full house and Hills quickly mucked his own hand.
Grant JKinnear raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and Morris Naaman three-bet to 175,000 in the small blind. Action folded back to Kinnear who shoved having Naaman covered. Naaman called for the 880,000 he had in front of him.
Morris Naaman:
Grant Kinnear:
The board ran out for Naaman's higher hole cards to hold for the double-up.
The 2017 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event winner, Maria Lampropulos, has taken her seat amongst the players in Day 1a.
With the registration now closed, there were 127 unique entrants of which 15 of them have had to reenter in this flight, bringing the total amount of entries up to 142 with 97 of them still seated at the tables right now.
The 102 remaining players have been sent for their second 15-minute break of the day. The late registration and reentry period will be closed after this break.
Terrance Green just lost a chunk of his stack when his pocket aces got cracked by the pocket queens of Nathan Watson who managed to hit quads to double up.
Green shoved for 145,000 from under the gun. Paul McTaggart called in the hijack. Albert Sapiano did the same on the button. Watson raised to 500,000 in the small blind. Anthony Napolitano also shoved for 487,000 in total in the big blind. McThaggart folded and Sapiano called.
After the dealer and the floor counted out the stacks and pots, Green was playing for a pot of 745,000. After the 145,000 was taken out of Napolitano's stack, Napolitano could triple up for the remainder of his stack which was 342,000 so his side pot was 1,026,000. Watson and Sapiano played for the third pot which now contained 26,000 and could still become more.
Both Watson and Sapiano checked through the whole board.
Terrance Green:
Anthony Napolitano:
Albert Sapiano:
Nathan Watson:
Green quintupled up with the nut-flush. Napolitano tripled up for most of his stack with the pocket kings. And Sapiano and Watson split the side pot of 26,000.
Morris Naaman completed his small blind and Kfir Ivgi opted to check his big blind while he was trying to enjoy his lunch.
The flop came and they both checked through to the on the turn. They both checked again to see the on the river. Naaman checked and Ivgi bet 75,000. Naaman quickly folded and Ivgi tabled to show his quds treys to rake the small pot in.