Nealon Off to a Flyer

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Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Irishman Fergal Nealon is one of those players who seemingly satellites into every PokerStars event going, apart from this one that is! But, he's here and he's off to a good start having climbed to 40,000 already.

"There were a couple of limpers and I isolated with 10-9 on the button," he told PokerNews. "The big blind (Herve Gottrand) clicked it back to 800, seat one (Danut Chisu) then threw out 500 to call my bet not having seen the re-raise and then folded for the extra 400," he explained. "The flop came 10 high he bet and I called. The turn was another 10, he bet I called and the river was an ace," he continued. "He then bet 3,000 into around 7,000, I just called and he had ace-queen."

The Irishman is not the only one at his table who's increased his stack in the opening level as Tatu Maenpaa, who's to his direct left, is up to 37,000.