Kirill Zapletin has just won a decent sized pot off Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby with a baby flush. Hruby opened in late position with a raise and Zapletin called from the Big Blind. The flop was and Zapletin to the betting lead firing 50,000 into the pot. Hruby three-bet to 150,000 and Zapletin called. The turn was and both players checked. The river was the which completed the flush. Both players checked again.
Zapletin:
Hruby:
Zapletin winning with a baby flush. Was he inducing a bet from Hruby we will never know.
Giacomo Maisto did not seem to be shy about taking on the larger stacks at the TV table today, and earlier took a pot calling Daniel Negreanu's preflop raise and c-bet with a rag Ace which turned a full house (the flop being all Queens). Nicking a little here and there, Maisto still had only 350k or so at the start of his final hand, which he opened and then called when Negreanu on the button reraised to 80k.
On the flop, Maisto check-called Negreanu's bet of 42k, possibly remembering the earlier give-up and hoping that there was room to manoeuvre on the turn. In fact when he pushed all in for 270k he was called immediately by Negreanu with and was now reliant on hitting his turned up-and-down straight draw with . A came on the river instead, sending him out in 20th and necessitating a shift for Kirill Zapletin to the TV table to fill in one of the empty seats.
Ramin Hajiyev got his last in with from the small blind and was called by Tonio Röder in the big blind holding . Some tense moments passed while the TV crew arranged themselves, during which time Hajiyev announced to the table, "We need some ladies. On the flop." Eventually the board was dealt.
Board:
With much handshaking, our sole Azerbaijani is out of the running.
Surinder Sunar had already more than doubled, after flat-calling Michael Eiler's under-the-gun 47,000 raise from the small blind with just 50,000 behind. Anestis Pantazidis called in the big blind as well and called Sunar's shove on the raggy flop - Eiler folded. Surinder turned over pocket queens which stayed ahead of Pantazidis' pocket eight all the way.
We actually lost count of how many times Sunar doubled up today, but his admirable grinding could not last. He got it in ahead the last time - to Kirill Zapletin's - but the board came down to send the old-school UK legend to the rail.
We reported right at the beginning of this tournament how Antonio Buonanno had his hopes dashed early doors when his trip Queens were busted by Botonds straight. We then reported his fabulous comeback and now we once again have to report that Buonanno is again in a whole world of hurt with only 144,000 left.
Buonanno raised to 45,000 and Konstantinos Nanos called from the blinds. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was and Nanos bet 45,000 and Buonanno made the call. The river was the and Nanos bet 145,000. "Do you bluff?" asked Buonanno before making the call. "Sorry," said Nanos as he turned over for a flopped full house and Bounanno mucked.
Then in the next hand Buonanno shoved for his remaining 144,000 and Nanos called from the Blinds. They shook hands and Buonanno was in a dominating position with his against the Nanos . The flop got Buonanno agitated as it was to give Nanos the nut flush draw. Nanos started laughing but the Italian did not see the funny side. The turn was and the river . At first Buonanno thought he had won the pot before it was pointed out that it was a split pot because they had both hit the straight. Nanos thought this was hilarious but Buonanno did not. Eventually after the heat had died down both players enjoyed a joke.
Tonio Röder opened from late position with a raise of 45,000 and Matthias Lotze made the call to his direct left. Then that was pretty much it as the two of them checked it down all the way leaving Lotze to scoop the uncontested pot and add the chips to his stack.
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and Zapletin to the betting lead firing 50,000 into the pot. Hruby three-bet to 150,000 and Zapletin called. The turn was 
and both players checked. The river was the 
which completed the flush. Both players checked again.
flop, Maisto check-called Negreanu's bet of 42k, possibly remembering the earlier give-up and hoping that there was room to manoeuvre on the 
and was now reliant on hitting his turned up-and-down straight draw with 
. A 
from the small blind and was called by Tonio Röder in the big blind holding 
to Kirill Zapletin's 
- but the board came down 
and both players checked. The turn was 
and Nanos bet 45,000 and Buonanno made the call. The river was the 
and Nanos bet 145,000. "Do you bluff?" asked Buonanno before making the call. "Sorry," said Nanos as he turned over 
for a flopped full house and Bounanno mucked.
. The flop got Buonanno agitated as it was 
and the river 
. At first Buonanno thought he had won the pot before it was pointed out that it was a split pot because they had both hit the straight. Nanos thought this was hilarious but Buonanno did not. Eventually after the heat had died down both players enjoyed a joke.
. Morten Erlandsen had moved all-in for 143,000 and Team Pokerstars Pro Toni Judet had made the call.
and the river confirmed his victory 
