Steve O’Dwyer was in the big blind in a pot against Ivan Soshnikov who was under-the-gun. The flop was and O’Dwyer bet 11,100. Soshnikov thought for a while and made the call. Turn card and O’Dwyer continued for 20,000. There was a slightly longer pause from Soshnikov before he made the call. River card and O’Dwyer went for the lot, an all-in of 52,000. Soshnikov was flummoxed and took his time. The break was called and players from other tables streamed out of the tournament area for their twenty minutes freedom. The players at this table however stayed to see the result, including Isaac Haxton and Eugene Katchalov. Soshnikov smiled ruefully and looked a bit deflated. O’Dwyer didn’t move a muscle. A couple of minutes ticked by before Soshnikov mucked his cards. “Got him.” Said Haxton.
Andreas Eiler raised before the flop, was called in position by Vanessa Selbst and big blind Max Heinzelmann. They saw a flop of and all three players checked to see a turn card . Heinzelmann checked and a bet of 16,000 from Eiler won him the pot.
We noticed Dan Shak was no longer in his seat, and a quick check with officials revealed that he had been eliminated. We missed the details, but b\Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst did the deed as she and is now sitting with a massive stack of approximately 550,000. She took to Twitter to tell how it happened:
A short-stacked Mickey Petersen got his last 32,400 all in preflop holding the only to run into the of EPT7 Barcelona champ Kent Lundmark.
The flop delivered the Team Online pro a pair of tens, but he'd need some more help to keep his high roller hopes alive.
The turn was close, but one pip too short. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , which would be the last card Petersen would see in the tournament.
The pre-flop raising got to 15,000 between Max Greenwood and Anirudh Seth. They saw a flop of . Greenwood was first to act and checked. Seth on the button bet 16,000 and Greenwood made the call. Turn card and another check from Greenwood. Seth reached for his stack of red 25,000 chips and plonked them down, enough to put Greenwood all in. Greenwood took a couple of minutes and went to muck his cards, accidentally exposing them in the process. He quickly flipped them back over. “What was that?” asked Seth. “Nothing.” replied Greenwood. The dealer turned over the mucked cards for all to see . “Well that’s awkward.” Said Greenwood.