Next hand, Darren Kramer lost a few chips back. He raised to 210,000 under the gun but faced a shove for 1.175 million from Martin Jacobson in the small blind. Kramer sighed and tanked up for a bit, but in the end he folded and Jacobson took the pot.
A few hands later and Jacobson shoved again, this time to a 200,000 raise from chip monster Ben Wilinofsky. Again, Jacobson got the respect of a fold, and he's at around 1.9 million.
Vadzim Kursevich opened the next two hands after his double up, the second one saw Darren Kramer reraising all-in for about 830,000 over the top of a 210,000 raise, Kursevich nodded and quickly made the call.
Kramer:
Kursevich:
The door card was the , being joined by the and on the flop, Kursevich already drawing to just the two red nines in the deck. The changed nothing and the river meant Kramer doubled up to 1.89 million while Kursevich lost some of those chips he just gained from his own double up.
After four hands taken preflop, an all-in grew out of Vadzim Kursevich's initial raise to 210,000. Big blind Ben Wilinofsky checked out his opponent's stack (over two million) and then re-raised to 465,000.
Quickly Kursevich moved in and Wilinofsky called.
It was a big race - Kursevich's vs. the chip leader's .
The flop saw the jacks hold - but Kursevich spiked a on the turn. This left just the jacks to help Wilinofsky, but the river was the and he handed over a pot worth 4,660,000.
Martin Jacobson raised to 160,000 from UTG and Max Heinzelmann flat-called in the big blind to see a flop.
Heinzelmann checked and Jacobson bet 165,000, Heinzelmann then check raised to 470,000 - over a third of his remaining chips but Jacobson moved all-in. Call.
Jacobson: for top two pair
Heinzelmann: for top pair and a flush draw
Jacobson was ahead but it was basically a coinflip at this point for a 3 million chip pot. The turn improved Heinzelmann to a flush and now the Swede needed a jack or ten on the river to knock his opponent out. With the way Jacobson has been running at the EPT's, everyone was almost expecting him to somehow make his full house but instead the - the ultimate blank - came on the river.
Heinzelmann doubled to 3.1 million while Jacobson dropped to 1.48 million.
Max Heinzelmann opened to 165,000 and our official short stack Darren Kramer shoved for just 620,000. It wasn't much, but it was too much for Heinzelmann. Kramer took the pot, and is now back up to 940,000 - almost 12 big blinds.
Five out of the last nine hands have been opened preflop under the gun. This has met with mixed success. Ben Wilinofsky and Darren Kramer got their raises through with no contest, but Wilinofsky three-bet Armin Mette (410,000 from 160,000) making him fold.
Then Mette took his turn three-betting all in over the top of a Max Heinzelmann raise to 165,000.
As you can see pretty much everyone is getting involved now, with the exception of short stack Joep van den Bijgaart who has little wiggle room.
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, being joined by the 
and 
on the flop, Kursevich already drawing to just the two red nines in the deck. The 
changed nothing and the 
river meant Kramer doubled up to 1.89 million while Kursevich lost some of those chips he just gained from his own double up.
vs. the chip leader's 
.
but Kursevich spiked a 
and he handed over a pot worth 4,660,000.
flop.
for top pair and a flush draw
turn improved Heinzelmann to a flush and now the Swede needed a jack or ten on the river to knock his opponent out. With the way Jacobson has been running at the EPT's, everyone was almost expecting him to somehow make his full house but instead the 
- the ultimate blank - came on the river.