Early casualties take PPT below 100 players

A new day, a new dawn it may be, but for over 25 players it didn’t even last until the first break at the Concord Card Casino.

Already some 30 players have hit the rail with an assortment of tales to tell, but the Tour League points are now within 40 places for the likes of Paulo Calado, Hugo Almeida and Toni Merivuori.

The day’s starting chip leader, Jaroslaw Sikova, also seems to be enjoying himself as he wields that six-figure stack to good effect.

Sikova was asked to ‘show the bluff’ after betting his way to one pot after calling a small raise and going to the flop three-way. It came Q♠-5♣-2♠ -4♠ before anyone dare bet, and of course it was the big stack.

Jaroslaw released a little over 4,000 chips into the 9,500 pot and got a call from the big blind, but even with an innocuous 8♦ on the turn, his rival couldn’t find the courage to put the rest of his short stack at risk.