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Day1 G also ended, the first in the last series of flights that will lead the qualifiers to play Day 2 C scheduled for Sunday afternoon, right after the midday Turbo.
The entry counter stopped at 113, of which 65 were physical players and 48 re-entries, while 19 went through after the canonical 13 levels of play.
The best was Frenchman Slimane Mameche, who made a crazy hand that allowed him to fly to the top of the count. In summary, Slimane decided to play the hand in the dark and found a call from most of the table.
On the board A-K-8, everyone checks, and he, consistent with the line, bets 40% pot without having seen the cards yet: two calls. The turn is a Q, Slimane checks, the player to his left bets, and the other goes directly all-in for about 400,000 (we are at 5,000 blinds).
At this point, Slimane decides to look at his cards and, much to his surprise, discovers that they are two Aces. There is a chance that one of them is holding J-T (closed straight), but the decision is now made call.
His opponent shows J-T, as in the worst-case scenario. Only this evening did Lady Fortune decide to smile at him. The last Ace of the deck materialized on the river, giving him nice Quads and making him jump over 900,000 chips.
At the end of the evening, we couldn't help but ask the protagonist of this crazy hand his impressions at the end of the day and why he decided to play in the dark:
"It went pretty well," Slimane said, "Yes, I usually play all the EPTs, and I also go to Vegas for the WSOP, but I don't play buy-ins over 10,000. It's my first time here. I tried to make Day1 yesterday but got eliminated towards the end, so I tried again today...
Often, when I'm at the table, and there's a big pot in play on the following hand, I always open it in the dark because whoever wins the big hand is happy and will tend not to waste his chips. He'll take care of them like he adopted a child and only play the top of his range. How many times have I won a hand this way? Several!"
The Top 5
And having told you about this cinematic hit, let's review the top positions: second in chips today is Slovak Julius Legen with 707,500, followed by Franco Pugliese at 612,500 after leading the tournament for long stretches.
Completing the Top 5 are two Germans, Simon Fabian Ernst Feistle (548,500) and Action Flo (477,000). Here is the complete list of the 19 qualifiers from Day1 G.
Unofficial Chipcount
SLIMANE MAMECHE FR 980.000
JULIUS LEGEN SK 707.500
FRANCO PUGLIESE IT 612.500
SIMON FABIAN ERNST FEISTLE DE 548.500
ACTION FLO DE 477.000
CASKO DE 425.500
SALVATORE GRECO CH 423.500
TANES TANASOMBOON CH 400.000
ILARIA DIVELLA CH 369.000
MARKUS RATZER CH 343.500
LUDOVIC JEROME MARCHAL FR 308.000
OLIVER LUTZ CH 284.000
ARABIATI CH 279.000
RENE KISTLER CH 194.000
KROKO123 CH 182.000
JUKA8111 LI 131.000
OGNJEN SAITOVIC RS 107.000
CHRISTOPHER ANICIC HR 89.000
YANA CH 49.000
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