We mentioned earlier that Peter Aristidou has encountered much resistance today. As Day 1a winds down, it's more of the same for Aristidou. He bet 2,500 on the turn of a board, then called after Antonis "Toothpick Tony" Kambouris raised to 6,000. The river was the . Aristidou thought it over before firing out for 9,000.
Kambouris made the call, then mucked his hand when Aristidou turned over for the rivered straight. It was a nice pot for Arisitidou, moving him to 70,000. Almost all of the work Toothpick Tony has done to accumulate chips today is practically wiped out; he's down to 23,000.