We came across Team PokerStars Pro Florian Langmann's table and saw a board of and roughly 12,000 chips in the middle. Langmann's opponent had a bet of 7,300 laid out in front of him. Langmann had a bet as well in front of him, but his was for 20,000, signifying a raise.
Action was back on Langmann's opponent, who was acting out of position. He was in the tank for about a minute before reraising all in. After a minute passed, Langmann asked for an exact count. The dealer broke down the chips to 66,800. Langmann took another minute and then mucked his hand. He slipped back to 108,000.
Sebastian Ruthenberg owns an EPT title from 2008 in Barcelona and a WSOP gold bracelet from the same year. In total, he has six cashes at EPT events and is looking to go for his seventh.
With about 6,000 chips in the pot, Ruthenberg had action checked to him on a flop of . He checked behind. The turn was the and the first player checked again. Ruthenberg checked once more.
After the river of the , the player checked to Ruthenberg one more time. This time, Ruthenberg fired a bet of 2,800. His opponent called rather quickly and watch Ruthenberg turn up pocket eights. The player then tabled pocket tens and the pot was pushed his way instead of over to Ruthenberg, who dropped back to 27,000 chips.
Moments ago, we talked about how Sebastian Ruthenberg's pocket eights failed to win him a rather small pot. Well, this time they won him a big one.
Ruthenberg found himself all in with two others players. One player held , the other held and Ruthenberg .
The flop came down ace high and put Ruthenberg in third place overall. But just like that, an eight binked off on the turn and then the case eight fell on the river. Can anyone say "one time"?
Ruthenberg's now got triple the chips he had a minute ago at about 84,000.
With the final board reading , German PokerStars Pro Johannes Strassmann hd a big bet of 40,000 laid out in front of him. His opponent was in the tank for a few minutes before making the call. Strassmann tabled, oh, just the nuts, with the and won a big pot to move up to 170,000 chips.
Action folded over to Sam Chartier in the hijack seat and he raised it up to 2,800. Tu Tuan To was on the button and called. The two players took a flop of and Chartier fired a continuation bet of 4,000. Tuan To made the call.
The turn was the and Chartier hesitated and then checked. Tuan To saw this as an opportunity and fired a bet of 11,100. A minute went by before Chartier mucked his hand and dropped down to 91,000 chips. That's still above average though. Tuan To started the day with 212,600, but now has just 175,000 chips.
After that last hit, things got even worse for Florian Langmann - he was terribly worked up and therefore a bit sketchy about the details, but it sounds as though he smacked a set into a flush and has now hit the rail.
It's that time of the tournament when no one is safe. Time to make a run for the top of the leaderboard or hit the rail. Tables are breaking like crazy, so no one gets to park for long.
Michael Lampel hopes he'll be surging forward rather than driving elsewhere, but he's only got about 30,000 to work with. Lampel made a bet with a friend before he played in a super satellite for the Main Event. If Lampel won his seat and made Day 2, his friend would pay him €1,000 to wear his "No Parking" hat. If he won a seat but didn't make Day 2, he'd have to pay his friend €1,000. Lampel bought the traffic-stopping hat in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day two years ago and hopes it brings him good luck today in addition to the €1,000 he's already owed.
A raising war between Noah Boeken (mid position) and Kevin Macphee (cutoff) culminated in Macphee putting Boeken in. With over 40,000 in the pot by this time, Boeken was left with a decision for his last 28,000 or so. Eventually he folded, and his head dropped into his hands like his stack dropped below his comfort zone.
With the board reading , Thierry van den Berg bet out, and then called all in to a raise from his opponent. Said opponent flipped . "That is the sickest turn ever!" said van den Berg, and flipped pocket for a set.