The action continues to be fast and unpredictable as we enter the last level of Day 1A. It seems like the ranges have been opened up as pre-flop raises continue to draw multiple callers and heads-up pots are becoming a rarity.
With the blinds at 1K/2K, an early position raise to 4.5K from Ami Alibay drew four callers, and they saw a flop of
. Not exactly an action flop, right? Wrong. This hand blew up and left everyone at the table stunned. The first to act was Pierre Lamothe, who led out with a bet of 7K. This bet was called by Alibay and Pierre Lamothe and forced everyone else out of the hand. The turn brought the
, and Lamothe bet 20K. After taking a minute to study Lamothe, Alibay made the fold and Paradis calmly called. The river brought out the
and Lamothe made the same bet, 20K. Paradis then moved all in without much hesitation. This forced Lamothe to take a minute to consider the situation before making the call. Paradis showed
for a flopped full house. A stunned Lamothe showed
