Sebastiano Giudice Eliminated by Sotirios Koutoupas

Sebastiano Giudice has the dubious honor of becoming the first player eliminated from our premier event.

Giudice made it 700 from early position, Sotirios Koutoupas made it 1,700 from the button before Giudice made it 7,000 to play.

"What is the minumum raise?" Koutoupas asked the dealer.

"12,300." Came the reply.

"12,300 then" Said Koutoupas.

Giudice moved all-in, Koutoupas made the call and we had a showdown.

Showdown

Koutoupas: [Ad] [Ac]
Giudice: [Ah] [Ks]

Board: [Qh] [5c] [3c] [2s] [8h]

Despite a little scare on the turn, when a split pot became a possibility, Giudice was eliminated and Koutoupas vaulted into the top spot with 65,000 chips.