Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen, the Team PokerStars Online Pro started off the preflop betting round by raising to 250 from early position. Nobody wanted to tangle with the baby-faced assassin until the action reached Jens Lauritzen on the button. Marius Pospiech called in the big blind and it was three-handed to the flop.
Flop: - Pospiech checked, Petersen continued with a 350 bet and when Lauritzen snap-called Pospiech folded.
Turn: - Petersen tapped the table and checked and Lauritzen checked behind.
River: - Petersen checked again and Lauritzen followed suit.
David Sonelin is looking quite dapper at Table 24. The Swede looks quite the quintessential English gent with his cap and blazer, and we just caught him taking down a pot as we crept over the Level 2 starting line.
When we arrived at the table there was 2,100 in the pot and three people waiting for a flop. They were Henrik Jeppson, Borge Dypvik and finally David Sonelin. Sonelin had position in the hand, and judging by the size of the pot we assume he squeezed out a three-bet that was called in two spots. The dealer gave us a flop of and the trio all checked. On the turn we saw the and Jeppson led for 1,1000, Dypvik folded and Sonelin made the call. Finally, we saw the and Jeppson checked to Sonelin who bet 4,400 and it was enough to win the pot.
Rasmus Nielsen is your typically uber aggressive Scandi player, and he's used this style to make make two final tables here in the past. He's down on chips today but was helped when he flopped the nut straight against Stig Farholt in a battle of blinds.
Henrik Juncker has Will Molson and Juha Helppi to his left. They defended their blinds against his button raise. His c-bet on a flop got rid of Helppi, and his second barrel on the turn ousted Molson.
Omar Odel tried to bluff a certain Viktor Blom. The Swede raised from early position and Odel defended his big blind. The board ran out and Blom checked behind every street tuntil Odel bet 400 on the river. Blom called and his opponent mucked.
The action folded to Jesper Hougaard in the hijack seat and he made it 250 to play. His only customer was Jacob Rasmussen in the big blind. When Rasmussen called Hougaard rechecked his hole cards.
After burning a card the dealer set out the flop. Rasmussen looked rather disinterested with matters and checked. Hougaard fired a bet of 325 and Rasmussen quickly called. The turn was the and Rasmussen checked for a second time but when Hougaard increased his bet to 750 Rasmussen got out of the way.
EPT Season 8 started fantastically for Grzegorz Cichocki as he secured a 2nd place spot behind Ronny Kaiser at EPT Tallinn. The Polish pro, with a tongue twister of a name, has started EPT Copenhagen with the same swagger that propelled him to that $259,030 Estonian prize.
Martin Riseng raised to 300 in early position, Cichocki three-bet to 750, Eva Bouckova called one seat to his left as did the original raiser Riseng. The flop that the three of them shared was and Cichocki bet 900 when checked to. Bouckova made the call from position, Riseng folded and the pair shared a turn of . This time Cichocki checked and Bouckova bet 1,800. Just moments after her chips clattered into the pot Cichocki check-raised to 4,000. Bouckova took at least three-minutes to think, before making the call, and the dealer gave us our final card of . The action went very swiftly with a quick check-call for 3,500. Bouckova turned over for ace high and Cichocki turned over for the turned set.
Emil Gunnarsson opened to 450 from middle position but little did we know that this would be his last action in the hand. The next player to act folded but Nick Bogaert called. Mick Graydon also called from the cutoff but Christian Lenz spoiled the party and bumped up the price to play to 2,100 from the button. This folded everyone except Graydon who decided to make the call.
The first three community cards came out and when Graydon checked Lenz checked behind. The turn was the and the action went check / check, but there was some betting on the arrival of the . Graydon bet 1,100 and Lenz quickly called.
There are not that many Belgians who travel the poker circuit, and why would there be? It's a small country and they have a smaller pool of players to choose from.
Kenny Hallaert and Kevin Vandersmissen are two that we do see often and they have been drawn together today, and just battled in a hand.
The latter raised from the hijack and the former defended his big blind to see flop. Vadersmissen continued for 475 and Hallaert check-called. The turn came and Hallaert check-called a 975 bet. Both players checked the river.
Vandermissen sheepishly opened , and lost out to Hallaert's .
It was only yesterday when Martin Jacobson posted a status update on his Facebook page that he was here in Copenhagen for the Swedish Championships. Unfortunately for Jacobson he is going to have to pull some special magic out of his top hat if he is going to be the Swede that wins this championship after an appalling start.
Igor Pihela limped into the pot and John Eames did the same before Jacobson raised to 550 from the cutoff. Both Pihela and Eames made the call and the three of them found themselves staring at a flop of which was checked through. On the turn the dealer handed them the and Jacobson bet 900 when checked to. Pihela made the call, Eames got out of the way and we saw the final card of .
There was around 3,300 in the pot when Pihela bet 10,000! Jacobson made the call and Pihela showed down for the flush and Jacobson mucked his hand.
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden has been busy reading a book on the Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic but it was not doing him any favours it seems because the moment he put it down he would a pot that sees him back up past his starting stack.
Ciorabai Ferdi opens to 400 from the hijack and both Deres Gerasimos (button) and Lodden in the big blind make the call. The flop came down , Lodden checked, Ferdi checked, Gerasimos bet 800 and only Lodden called.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Lodden lead out with a bet of 1,125 and Gerasimos instantly called.
Lodden turned over and it was enough to win the pot because Gerasimos mucked his hand.
- Pospiech checked, Petersen continued with a 350 bet and when Lauritzen snap-called Pospiech folded.
- Petersen tapped the table and checked and Lauritzen checked behind.
- Petersen checked again and Lauritzen followed suit.
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and Blom checked behind every street tuntil Odel bet 400 on the river. Blom called and his opponent mucked.
flop. Rasmussen looked rather disinterested with matters and checked. Hougaard fired a bet of 325 and Rasmussen quickly called. The turn was the 
and Cichocki bet 900 when checked to. Bouckova made the call from position, Riseng folded and the pair shared a turn of 
. This time Cichocki checked and Bouckova bet 1,800. Just moments after her chips clattered into the pot Cichocki check-raised to 4,000. Bouckova took at least three-minutes to think, before making the call, and the dealer gave us our final card of 
for ace high and Cichocki turned over 
and the action went check / check, but there was some betting on the arrival of the 
. Graydon bet 1,100 and Lenz quickly called.
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