The First Five Hands
Hand #1: Lodden raised to 60,000 under the gun. El Asmar called from the button. Both checked down the board of and Lodden showed for the winner, El Asmar mucked .
Hand #2: Garcia opened to 70,000 from early position and he picked up the blinds and antes as there was no resistance.
Hand #3: Garcia made it 30,000 to go under the gun, raising the second hand in a row. Again nobody wanted to play, and the man from Poland picked up the blinds and antes again.
Hand #4: Fares made it 65,000 from early position and Garcia in the big blind made the call. on the flop and Garcia check-folded to Fares' 110,000 bet.
Hand #5: Action folded to Adrian Mateos on the button. The Spaniard made it 60,000 to go and Garcia in the small blind made the call. This invited Markus Ross to join as well. on the flop and Garcia and Ross checked to Mateos. Mateos made a bet of 90,000 into the 212,000 pot and Garcia and Ross both folded.