{"id":26850,"date":"2013-03-18T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=26850"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:25:33","slug":"early-wpt-confrontations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/early-wpt-confrontations.html","title":{"rendered":"Early WPT Confrontations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/8568618688_6a04314d78_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/8568618688_6a04314d78_z.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/8568618688_6a04314d78_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The players are now back in their seats and, thanks to the redraw, they are trying to figure out their new foes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Salter<\/strong> started the day as one of the shortest stacks and now he is the shortest stack because he has busted out. We saw Salter heading back to his former seat looking for something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI busted out and now I have no cup of tea. It\u2019s been a bad day,\u201d Salter told us.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <strong>Giacomo Fundaro<\/strong> opened to 11,500 from early position and the action passed around to the chip leader <strong>Elior Sion<\/strong> in the hijack. The young spectacle-wearing Londoner three-bet to 24,000. The other active players folded but Fundaro thought long and hard \u2013 read that as nearly two minutes \u2013 before relinquishing his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Over on Table 1, Lithuanian <strong>Zydrunas Lukosiunas<\/strong> opened from the button, Tudor Purice three-bet from the small blind and then folded when Lukosiunas insta-shoved. Purice raised his eyebrows, sighed and mucked, but didn\u2019t look too please about having to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, on a <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop, <strong>Rasmus Larson<\/strong> checked in the big blind seat, which put the action on <strong>Sebastian Muller<\/strong>. A brief pause and Muller set the price to play at 15,500. Larson responded with a check-raise to 35,500 but Muller was going nowhere and he called.<\/p>\n<p>The turn was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> nd Larson led for 45,500. Muller called. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river saw Larson check and Muller instantly checked behind.<\/p>\n<p>Muller won the pot with his <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, beating the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> of his opponent.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch All The Action and Join The Conversation!<\/h3>\n<p>The PartyPoker.com Premier League VI continues with daily Live Streaming coverage here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/plpstream\">bit.ly\/plpstream<\/a><\/strong> So who do you think is going to win? 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