We walked up to this pot on the turn with the board showing and a pot of about 45,000 already heaped in the middle of the table. Joining the action live, we saw Marine Labernardie move all in for 60,200 total. Her opponent was Janko Medja, and he instantly called with the covering stack, putting a huge pot up for grabs.
Showdown
Labernardie:
Medja:
It was a disastrous turn card for the lady as her opponent had filled up, leaving her dead to two outs.
Oh, but two outs are just plenty sometimes. The ripped right off on the river, giving Labernardie the bigger full house and the sizable double up. She's all the way up to about 165,000 after that timely nine ball saved her tournament life.
Dominik Grafl raised in mid position and Mario Puccini called on the button, only for Zach Hall, sadly without his umbrella hat today, to shove for a little under 30,000 from the small blind. Grafl got out of the way but Puccini called and they were on their backs.
Hall:
Puccini:
Board: a no-messing
Hall doubled up to around 60,000; Puccini was left with shrapnel.
Well you don't see this everyday. Thomas Holm was all in preflop with against Jeff "jeff710" Hakim's , standard so far.
The flop was even worse for Holm as it ran out , leaving him just one out to keep his tournament life alive. Alas, the unlikely hit the turn and the table erupted in shock. Miraculously, the fell on the river and everyone around the table let out a collective "Oh My God!" in various languages.
Hakim took the pot with quad aces and upped his stack to 144,000.
Lex Veldhuis is up to a shade over 100,000 after knocking out Klemens Roiter. Must be the good-luck influence of his buddy Fatima de Melo hovering around his shoulder...
Birthday boy Jim Collopy (21 today!) raised to 2,700 in early position and Eric Friedmann called in the cutoff. Small blind Frank Dieter made it 7,500 to go, Collopy made it All In for 34,600, Friedmann decided against, and Dieter made the call.
Dieter:
Collopy:
Board:
Birthday boy is back up to 75,000, around what he started the day with.
It was a quick day for Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu.
He moved all in from middle position for roughly 13,000 with . Next to act, Jochum Weenink called and the rest of the table got out of the way.
It could not be any worse for Negreanu, as Weenink tabled . The board ran out and Negreanu was sent to the slopes just before the first break of the day.
Andre Dato has doubled up to 50,000, his holding up against Joni Jouhkimainen's on the board. Dato is up to 50,000 - while the hapless Jouhkimainen is down to just 2,000.