WPT: Festa al Lago Day 1A

With the premiere of The Real Deal! show at the Venetian scheduled to take place on Tuesday, many of the best in the game made sure they played on Monday in order to free up their schedule. The result was a ridiculously stacked field of 153, where upwards of 80 percent of the players were notables, leaving few dead-money resources.

After a year-long absence from the tournament trail, the WPT Festa al Lago returned, bringing a total of four WPT stops to Bellagio and its famous Fontana Lounge, which overlooks the fountain show.

Here are the major highlights of the day, as they appeared in Card Player’s live updates page:

On a board of A-6-2-K-2, Anna Wroblewski gets it all in against Jonathan Tare.

Wroblewski showed pocket sixes for the boat, but Tare held pocket deuces for quads.

Looking a little guilty, Tare said, "To be fair, 90 percent of the chips went in on the river, when I was ahead."

Stacked Satellite Table?

After walking by Antonio Esfandiari's table,  we noticed more than 265,000 in chips stacked up in front of him and asked how it happened.

Apparently, former chip leader Scott Montgomery doubled up Esfandiari, and was then later eliminated by him. That's about 160,000 in chips that were shipped across the table to The Magician, who is undoubtedly the chip leader.

Play Ends For the Evening

The remaining 105 players will combine with tommorow's field on Wednesday. Join us tommorow as we continue to bring you all the action live from the Fontana Lounge at Bellagio.

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