"Big" Roger Hairabedian has been eliminated from the EPT Prague Main Event in cruel circumstances.
Ben Warrington opened from the small blind, then called when Hairabedian three-bet all in from the big blind. Warrington turned over and he ws up against Hairabedian's dominating .
The flop missed both players, but the turn and river completed a runner-runner straight for Warrington and Hairabedian was eliminated.
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden opened to 20,000 from the cutoff seat, Robert Kokoska three-bet to 48,000 on the button, and after the blinds released, Lodden called.
The flop fell , and Lodden checked. Kokoska continued for 40,000, and Lodden check-min-raised to 80,000. Kokoska mulled the decision over for a bit, then announced all in.
Lodden tanked for 30 seconds or so, then made the call.
Kokoska:
Lodden:
It was all over when the turned, and the on the river gave Lodden a full house for kicks and giggles. Kokoska was eliminated, while Lodden rocketed up to 1.275 million chips.
"Table change," Fabrice Soulier said after the hand, grinning.
Roberto Romanello turned up for Day 4 slightly late due to him being stuck in traffic, but it has not caused him many problems; in fact quite the opposite is true.
"All in and a call on Table 2" informed the dealer.
We sped over to Table 2 to find Romanello all in with against the of Jonathan Khalifa. By the river the board ran out and Romanello doubled up.
Australian Nicholas Galtos open-shoved for his last 120,000 from under the gun, and the action folded all the way to Danilo Donnini, who called from the big blind.
Martin Hanowski scored more than a double up after big action when four players saw a flop.
Enrico Tau was the pre flop aggressor and he continued for 53,000 from the hijack. Hanowski was next to act and he raised to 120,000. That was enough to force out Johnny Lodden in the small blind but not Jorma Nuutinen in the big blind who moved all in. Tau moved out of the way to leave Hanowski to call all in for 277,000.
Hanowski: for a pair and a flush draw.
Nuutinen: for top two pair.
The German got instant service as the board ran out to make him his flush.