Robert Genoud opened to 800 in middle position, David Boyaciyan called on his direct left, and Natalia Nikitina moved all in for 6,400 from the blinds. Genoud four-bet, isolating Nikitina, and Boyaciyan indeed folded.
Genoud:
Nikitina:
The flop launched Nikitina into the lead, and the on the turn slammed the door on the hand. A meaningless fell on the river, and Nikitina more than doubled to around 14,000 chips.
Chris Brammer looked at Nick Abou Risk and exhaled in a show of relief after a river shove got through against two opponents.
The pot had swelled to about 12,000 by the turn and Brammer - out of position to Tomas Junek and Elie El Feghali - bet 6,500. Both players called and the board was complete as .
The talented Brit, who makes a living playing the French online, shoved for 20,725 and both opponents released their hands.
When we reached Table 17, Georgios Kapalas, a PokerStars Greek Challenger, had a three-bet of 1,900 sitting in front of him. Russian Nikita Nikolaev, who we assumed opened, put in a four-bet to 5,600. Kapalas responded with a five-bet to 10,900, but Nikolaev wasn't going anywhere - he six-bet to 37,600.
The bet was actually worth 33,000 - the remainder of Kapalas' stack - and he opted to wait for another hand. He folded, and Nikolaev raked in the pot.
Earlier this year, Mohsin Charania took down The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final for €1,350,000 and etched his name in EPT history. Charania is in action today, but he's had trouble getting anything going.
In a recent hand, action folded to Charania in the cutoff and he raised to 600, which Mikita Badziakouski called from the small blind. The inspired Badziakouski to lead out for 1,900, Charania called, and the appeared on the turn. This time Badziakouski slowed down a check, but he called when Charania bet 3,300. Both players then checked the river, and Charania tabled . Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Badziakouski held .
Nick Abou Risk is now up back the half century mark thanks to winning a pot against local player Tomas Junek.
Tomas Junek was the player to open the betting, raising to 700 from under the gun. Three players folded and the action was on Risk. After a brief pause, Risk three-bet to 2,350 and that thinned out the field dramatically with only Junek calling.
Junek then checked to Risk on a flop and Risk tried his luck with a continuation bet of 2,825. His luck was in because Junek quickly folded.
British pro Christopher Brammer started the betting with a raise to 700 from the hijack and Olgun Ercan (cutoff), Tomas Junek (button) and rapper Bruno Lopes (big blind) all called.
The flop saw the active players check around to Ercan, who set the price to play at 1,400. Only Lopes called, meaning it was heads-up as the dealer put the turn onto the felt.
Lopes checked again and Ercan checked behind. The was the river card and Lopes checked again, but when Ercan value-bet 2,700 Lopes check-raised to 6,300. Ercan went into the tank for over a minute and when he emerged he did so with a call.
Lopes: for a pair of tens
Ercan: for a pair of kings
Lopes did not look happy at all as he watched the pot being pushed towards Ercan. Maybe he'll rap about it later?
Konstantin Russkih checked, Peter Dragar bet, and Calvin Anderson raised to 4,575. Russkih cold-called, and Dragar re-raised to 12,300. Anderson, who only had about 16,000 behind, tanked for close to 30 seconds before checking his cards one last time and folding.
Russkih grabbed all of his blue T5,000 chips, and slid them forward to signify that he was all in. Dragar instantly called.
Russkih:
Dragar:
"I folded ace-queen," Anderson announced.
The turn card was the , giving Russkih a straight, but Dragar could still double if the board paired. The on the river was a big red brick however, and the Hungarian was eliminated.
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flop launched Nikitina into the lead, and the 
on the turn slammed the door on the hand. A meaningless 
fell on the river, and Nikitina more than doubled to around 14,000 chips.
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inspired Badziakouski to lead out for 1,900, Charania called, and the 
appeared on the turn. This time Badziakouski slowed down a check, but he called when Charania bet 3,300. Both players then checked the 
river, and Charania tabled 
. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Badziakouski held 
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to beat Van Til's 
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flop saw the active players check around to Ercan, who set the price to play at 1,400. Only Lopes called, meaning it was heads-up as the dealer put the 
for a pair of tens
