Sore Mizzi limped and then three-bet shoved all in for 170,000 with . Martin Kabrhel had raised and called the all in with [Ac[ to win the flip with the final community card on a board of .
We missed what happened, and just saw Juha Helppi stacking chips while Dan Shak was leaving the tournament area. Helppi was in a hand, so we asked Mustapha Kanit what had happened.
Shak, who had just lost a sizable pot to Schemion, opened to 20,000 under the gun. Juha Helppi three bet to about 55,000 from the big blind and Shak four bet to 200,000 with 100,000 behind. Helppi then jammed and Shak called holding . Helppi had and the board bricked out.
As the buy-ins go up the fields get smaller so it's no surprise that there are a number of rivalries being resumed here in Prague in this Super High Roller. Check the PokerStars Blog for the full story.
The Czech Republic’s fidgety young star Martin Kabrhel lines up alongside Martin Jacobson, the newly-crowned World Champion, to drive the early action on Day 2 of EPT Prague High Roller. PokerStars Blog loiters for the opening exchanges.
In the very hand of the previous level, Leonid Markin bet 50,000 on the turn of a board and then folded to a raise of Timothy Adams to 145,000.
Over on the other table, Steve O'Dwyer and Olivier Busquet were involved in another bigger pot. Busquet bet the flop for 55,000 and O'Dwyer check-called before check-folding the on the turn when Busquet moved all in with the slightly superior stack (230,000 chips).
The hand started with Jean-Noel Thorel raising to 30,000 from the hijack. Martin Kabrhel made the call from the cut off as did Leonid Markin on the big blind.
The flop came down and Markin checked. Thorel didn’t hesitate, moving all in for his remaining 201,000 in chips. Kabrhel went into the tank for several minutes before finally making the call as Markin got out of the way.
Thorel:
Kabrhel:
Kabrhel had many outs to trump Thorel but couldn’t catch any as the board ran out the and .