Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden just raised to 50,000 and Steve O'Dwyer called from the button. Jason Mercier tanked for a while from the small blind and folded, as did short stack Vasili Firsau from the big blind.
The flop brought out and Lodden checked to O'Dwyer who bet 65,000. The Norwegian pro called and on the turn the popped up. Lodden checked again and O'Dwyer bet 150,000. Lodden called once again and on the river the hit.
For the third time Lodden checked and O'Dwyer kept betting, this time he threw out 235,000. Lodden snap-called and mucked when O'Dwyer turned over his . Lodden is now one of the short stacks while O'Dwyer is our new chip leader.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 55,000 under the gun and John Juanda called from the small blind. The flop brought out and Juanda check-called 70,000. On the turn the hit and Juanda check-folded to a 175,000-chip bet.
On the very next hand Juanda raised to 55,000 from the button and O'Dwyer called from the big blind. The flop rolled out and O'Dwyer check-called 94,000.
The turn brought the and this time O'Dwyer check-called 182,000. The river brought the and O'Dwyer checked again. Juanda put together a hefty bet and put it 332,000. That was too rich for O'Dwyer who decided to fold his cards.
For the past few weeks at the EPT tables, Mateusz Moolhuizen has found himself on the television table pretty much every day. That's more than Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier OR Johnny Lodden. But as the Dutchman explains to PokerStars Blog, he is happy enough as the new, inadvertent, star of the game.
Victor Ramdin open-shoved for 384,000 from early position, Noah Schwartz re-shoved for 702,000 from the small blind, and the hands were opened.
Ramdin:
Schwartz:
Ramdin was crushed, and Schwartz ended up making quads when the board rolled out , eliminating Ramdin in 13th place. He'll earn €60,000 for his efforts.
Andrew Pantling opened to 53,000 from under the gun, Noah Schwartz called on his direct left, and Clyde Tjauw Foe moved all in for 330,000 on Schwartz's left. The action folded back to Pantling, who folded as well, and Schwartz tanked for nearly two minutes before folding as well.
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 52,000 from the cutoff, Grant Levy defended from the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Levy checked, O'Dwyer continued for 85,000, and Levy called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Levy led out for 114,000, and O'Dwyer tanked for a minute or so before raising to 330,000. Levy immediately folded, and O'Dwyer picked up the pot.
A Few hands later, O'Dwyer opened to 52,000 on the button, and Jason Mercier three-bet to 138,000 from the small blind. O'Dwyer four-bet to 330,000, and Mercier quickly folded.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody raised from the button to 50,000 and Freddy Deeb called from the small blind. Andrew Pantling three-bet from the big blind to 175,000 and Cody folded immediately. Deeb made the call.
The flop showed and both players checked. On the turn, the , both players checked again.
The river brought the and Deeb fired out 120,000. Pantling called and Deeb announced he had a five. Deeb turned over and that's when Pantling showed . Deeb was frustrated that Pantling didn't show his cards right away but it was Pantling's right to wait for Deeb to turn over his cards. Pantling added to his stack and his chip lead grew some more.
Jake Cody had the work to do, Negreanu wanted to talk work, Ramdin talks shop, while working man Freddy Deeb hangs on. Click the link and read all about it on the PokerStars Blog.
Because of a Q&A with Team PokerStars Pros Lex Veldhuis and Eugene Katchalov we missed a few hands. Andrew Pantling seemed to have won a big one off Freddy Deeb but no player has been knocked out.