Jonathan Schroer opened to 51,000 from middle position, and Johannes Holstege three-bet to 119,000 next door. When it came back to the twitchy Schroer, he went into the tank for several long minutes, long enough for someone at the table to call the clock for the first time today. After another few seconds, Schroer moved all in for 803,000 total, and Holstege shrugged and said, "I have to call." He had close to 2 million in front of him, so it was Schroer who was now at risk for his tournament life. And racing:
Showdown
Schroer:
Holstege:
Both men seemed content to flip for this big pot, wishing each other luck with a shake of the hands. "Whatever happens," Schroer said. Holstege repeated, "Whatever happens."
Well, here's what happens: The board ran out , and Schroer had locked up his double by the time the turn card came around. He's all the way up to about 1.55 million, while Holstege slips to 1.22 million.
Alexander Debus opened to 45,000 in early position and was re-raised to 110,000 by Allan Baekke in the cutoff. Debus four-bet, making it 245,000. Baekke called and the flop came down .
Both players opted to check, delivering the on the turn. Debus checked again and Baekke took control with a bet of 180,000. Debus thought for a few moments but gave it up, sending the pot to Baekke. He's back over 3,000,000.
Florian Döhnert shoved for about 270,000 in early position and Brent "bdubs3737" Wheeler re-raised all in on the button. The blinds folded and the hands were revealed:
Wheeler:
Döhnert:
The flop was juicy, rolling out . Both players hit a piece of it, but Wheeler's set of tens was ahead. The turn card left Döhnert just eight outs to make a straight. It did not come as the river card made trips for Döhnert, but a full house for Wheeler.
Florian Döhnert finished in 16th place while Wheeler increases his stack to 1.53 million.
Johannes Holstege opened to 42,000 only for Huub Verdonschot to shove behind. Holstege folded.
And so it was that next hand Richard Toth raised and Verdonschot shoved again. This time he got a call, the two of them with very similar stacks.
Verdonschot:
Toth: dominating with
"Let's see king-ten-jack-ace," said garrulous tablemate Jonathan Schroer, "That way nobody gets knocked out."
Board:
As soon as Verdonschot had flopped the straight, Toth understandably kicked a chair and wandered off. When he came back, he went to shake Verdonschot's hand, but was informed that he had change - his stack had been 460,000 at the start of the hand while Verdonschot's all in had been for 449,000.
Toth's 9,000 remaining chips (2,000 went in as the ante) were pushed in blind the next hand, and he didn't even look at his cards until Jonathan Schroer had raised and everyone else had folded.
Brent Wheeler called in the small blind and Lukas Baumann checked his option.
The flop came down and Wheeler bet 28,000. Baumann shoved for 320,000 and Wheeler called with , up against Baumann's . The turn card kept Wheeler in the lead, but the river brought the and Baumann made a straight to stay alive, up to 650,000.
Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy open-shoved and Maxim Lykov considered it from the button but folded - he said afterwards he'd had pocket threes. Big blind Brent Wheeler, however, made the call.
Collopy:
Wheeler:
"He keeps getting QUEEEEEEENS!" complained a giggling Collopy. "I want ace-ace-ace-ace-deuce."
Board:
With that, we are down one cheesy young American, and with him went a large chunk of the rail - we presume they are now in the bar...
Johannes Strassmann made it 45,000 in the cutoff but Luca Cainelli made it All In from the small blind for a total of 308,000. Strassmann looked interested, but after a little while he folded and Cainelli took the pot.