From early position, Igor Yaroshevskyy raised to 8,000. Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano reraised to 20,000, then action folded back to Yaroshevskyy. He made it 45,000 to go, and Pagano folded.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
From under the gun, Franck Kalfon raised to 7,300. In the next seat was Benny Spindler, and he reraised to 19,500. Behind Spindler, action folded to Christophe Benzimra in the cutoff seat. Benzimra, the 2009 EPT Warsaw champion, reraised all in for 59,600. Play then folded back to Kalfon, and he moved all in for 87,400. Spindler took a minute, then called.
Spindler: 
Benzimra: 
Kalfon: 
On the flop, Kalfon took the lead when the 
fell. Benzimra had a second-best hand now with his queen kicker losing to Kalfon's king kicker, but Spindler picked up a flush draw, so both players could still very easily lose.
The turn was the 
, which left Spindler needing a spade that wasn't the king to bust both players and Benzimra needing a non-spade ten.
The river completed the board with the 
, and Spindler made his flush. He busted both players en route to shooting up over 500,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Justin Bonomo had raised from the hijack seat to an unknown amount before Igor Yaroshevskyy reraised to 15,900 on the button. When action got back to Bonomo, he moved all in for 83,700, and Yaroshevskyy folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
204,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
105,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Now that the stacks are fairly deep, action has slowed considerably. To make matter worse, the players are taking more than their fair share of time making decisions.
In a recent hand, Alexander Kopylkov opened for 6,000 under the gun only to have Brandon Barnes three-bet to 20,000 one seat over. Benn Spindler then came in with a four-bet to 42,500 from the cutoff, and Kopylkov thought for a solid two minutes before folding his hand. Barnes then thought for another two minutes before five-betting to 100,000, and it was Spindler's turn to take his time.
Several minutes passed while Spindler thought things over, and eventually Franck Kalfon had enough and called for a clock. The floor person made his way over and informed Spindler that he had one minute to act on his hand. After 50 seconds of it had passed, the floor began a ten-second countdown, and when he got to "eight," Spindler finally folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
365,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Action folded to the small blind, and that's where Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov sat. He raised to 7,500 against fellow Team Pro Luca Pagano's big blind. Pagano reraised to 16,000, and Katchalov called.
The flop came down 
, and Katchalov checked. Pagano bet 18,000, and Katchalov folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
124,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
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Joel Nordkvist was all in preflop with the 
versus the for Dan O'Brien. On the flop, Nordkvist picked up two pair, and he held from there as the board ran out 
to give him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
120,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy checked on the 
flop, then Igor Kurganov bet 13,000. Behind Kurganov was Justin Bonomo, and he folded. Yaroshevskyy then check-raised to 28,500, and Kurganov called.
The turn was the , and Yaroshevskyy bet 33,500. After making the call, Kurganov had 85,900 behind, and the dealer dealt the 
on the river. Yaroshevskyy checked, and Kurganov bet 21,200. Yaroshevskyy tanked for a bit, then folded, and Kurganov won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
197,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
85,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
On the 
flop, Govert Metaal checked before Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano bet 11,000. Kristijonas Andrulis folded, then Metaal called.
The turn paired the board with the , and Metaal checked. Pagano bet 18,500, and Metaal quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
142,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
|
100,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
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Benny Spindler checked the flop of 
, and Andrey Bondar fired 13,000. Alexander Kopylkov then called before action fell on Brandon Barnes. Barnes raised and made it 53,200. Spindler folded, and Bondar reraised all in. Kopylkov folded, and Barnes quickly called with the 
. Bondar held the for top pair and a flush draw, while Kopylkov showed that he laid down 
.
The turn gave Barnes all he needed when the 
landed and he smacked quads. Bondar was drawing dead and already out of his chair when the 
landed on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
Busted |
