On a flop of 
, Sofia Lövgren check called a 1,200 bet from Simon Trumper. She did the same on the 
-turn, check calling 2,150 this time. She checked for a third time once the 
hit the river. Trumper checked behind, and mucked his ace-four as Lövgren showed 
.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Sam Trickett busted in the last hand yesterday, and we kind of expected him to buy back in today. If we understand his twitter correctly, he isn't going to. At least not today.
He just tweeted he went flyboarding earlier today, and is now getting ready for the party. The World Poker Tour party in North Cyprus is kind of a big happening, with fire throwers, free drinks, and Miami based dj SUB ZERO on the beach.
Trickett can still buy back in tomorrow in the first level of Day 2. He just has to make sure the hangover isn't too big so he can still crawl to the registration desk before the first level ends.
Just had a blast on this! Felt like iron man.Incredible ! Party time now ###! http://t.co/ux4HtvpxcxFollow @Samtrickett1
Reigning champion, and late Day 1a casualty, Alexey Rybin has bought back in. Also back in is Davidi Kitai who has a crispy 30,000 stack to work with again.
New (to us at least), is Toni Judet. We saw him walking around with a buy in receipt, looking to get a seat card to join the action.
There's not a whole lot of dust around the Merit Crystal Cove resort, it's mostly carefully watered lawns and the occasional swimming pool, but Kitai did just take a bite of it.
According to the World Poker Tour bloggers, Kitai found himself with 
in a five way pot on 
with two diamonds. Kitai was the first one to bet, and received a single caller.
The turn brought the 
to the table, making for three diamonds now, and it went check (opponent), bet (Kitai), raise (opponent), all in (Kitait), and call (opponent).
Well, the wasn't any good, he was in fact stone dead as the Belgian turned out to be up against 
. The river wasn't able to change a thing and Kitai made his way to the rail.
Will the Belgian two-time bracelet winner buy back in? We suspect so, but only time will tell (or his twitter).
Update: he will, but later:
Destination improvisée au dernier moment : Chypre pour le WPT. Déjà perdu ma 1ère entrée, vais rentry plus tard! @WinamaxFollow @KitBul
Does that look like hocus pocus to you? Let us explain.
It's not even dinner break yet (still 90 minutes till the players can attack the fantastic buffet), and the clock is already showing comparable numbers to yesterday.
On Day 1a a total of 150 unique players entered, and 22 players re entered to make for a combined 172 entries.
Today on Day 1b right now 151 players entered, and 19 players made a re entry already making for 170 total.
Buying back in if you bust is possible till the end of tomorrows first level. So far, the total amount of entries reads 342, far and beyond the 262 players that played here last year, though it was a single re entry tournament in 2013 and not a single re entry per day like this year.
We missed the pre flop action, but we imagine Paul Tedeschi in the hijack was the pre flop raiser, and the small blind the sole caller.
On a flop of 
, the small blind checked to the Frenchman. Tudeschi answered with a 1,500 bet, and the small blind check raised to 3,500. Tedeschi took back his 1,500, added a 5,000 chips, and threw in the three chips for a total of 6,500. The dealer mistakenly thought the raise needed to be double (3,500 times two), but Albert Daher quickly corrected him and the 6,500 stood.
The small blind called.
The turn came the 
and the small blind checked. Tedeschi bet out 8,200 and the call followed after some thinking.
The 
fell on the river and the small blind once again checked. Tedeschi fired 10,200 with just 6,200 behind. The small blind thought about it for some ten seconds, and then raised to 16,500.
Tedeschi seemed a bit agitated, and folded his hand rather quickly.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
15-minute break for the players.
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