Daniel Chocron moved all in for 18,000 in the big blind and Iaron Lightbourne put him at risk under the gun.
Daniel Chocron: A♥8♦
Iaron Lightbourne: 7♣5♠
The two players shook hands as they awaited the flop, which came K♥9♠8♠ to give Chocron a pair. "Dead. At least put a black card. Black is beauty," Lightbourne pleaded with the dealer, but he saw the K♣ fall on the turn that left him drawing dead. The Q♦ river sealed Chocron's double up.
"I had to call, there was too much money in there. Nobody wanted to raise? Free money," Lightbourne said to his tablemates.
Adrian Teodoreanu mmoved all in for 16,500 in the cutoff, Claudio Di Giacomo reshoved on the button, and the small blind called for his last 35,000.
Adrian Teodoreanu: 6♦5♣
Small Blind: A♦Q♠
Claudio Di Giacomo: K♣J♣
"You can still rebuy tomorrow?" Teodoreanu asked as the flop came Q♥6♥4♥ to give the small blind top pair. The turn was the 6♠ and Teodoreanu improved to trips, securing the triple up once the A♣ completed the board on the river.
Day 1c promised to be the biggest flight yet of the €888 888poker Live Madrid Main Event, and it certainly lived up to the hype.
The Casino Gran Via poker room was packed throughout the day with hopefuls trying to make it through and secure a spot into Day 2. A total of 201 players entered the flight, nearly 60 more than the first two flights combined, with 107 players bagging up at the end of the night.
Francisco Togores flopped a flush to beat an opponent’s trip aces and score a knockout on his way to building a massive chip stack, taking the overall chip lead with 383,000. Iaron Lightbourne kept his table entertained with non-stop banter on his way to also cracking 300,000.
Iaron Lightbourne
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Francisco Togores
Spain
383,000
192
2
Iztio Petrytsiu
334,000
167
3
Iaron Lightbourne
United Kingdom
300,000
150
4
Adrian Rivero
Spain
285,500
143
5
Haodi Shi
261,000
131
6
David Sayago
Spain
248,000
124
7
Vali Gasparyan
Ukraine
245,000
123
8
Soufiane Saada
France
244,500
122
9
Marco Fidelli
Italy
230,000
115
10
Martin Gavasci
Argentina
197,500
99
Soufiane Saada turned two pair to crack an opponent’s ace-king and Josh Manley’s queens for a massive double knockout in the early stages of Day 1c. He remained near the top of the leaderboard the rest of the day, ending up with 244,500. Other players returning tomorrow include Asif Warris (194,000), Carlos Diaz (179,500), David Algarra (88,500), popular YouTuber Inaki Angulo (77,500), and Jonas ten Cate (50,500).
The 201 entries on Day 1c boosted the combined field up to 346, with 173 securing a seat for Day 2 There is still a turbo Day 1d flight to come tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. Late registration also remains open until the start of Day 2 at 5 p.m., so there is plenty of chances for the field to grow even larger by the time the prize pool is confirmed.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow as the race to the money and the journey to the final table begins.
