Alessandro Longobardi Eliminated by Andrej Cintula; Day 1A Ends with 16 Players

Photo:  Alessandro Longobardi (standing, center) was the unfortunate player eliminated on the Money Bubble to end Day 1A.

In the first 16 hands of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, there were no all-in-and-call situations.

In Hand #17, Alessandro Longobardi moves all in from the small blind for about 100,000, and Andrej Cintula calls from the big blind with .

Longobardi turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and the pocket aces hold up for Cintula to win the pot and eliminate Longobardi on the Money Bubble.

Andrej Cintula  –  275,000  (46 bb)
Alessandro Longobardi  –  Eliminated

The remaining 16 players are now bagging and tagging their chips for Day 2 of WPT Prime Slovakia, which begins on Sunday at 15:00 CEST.

Stay tuned for official chip counts and a wrap-up of Day 1A. Day 1B begins tomorrow (Friday) at 13:00 CEST (7:00 am EST).