Action folded around to partypoker Sponsored Pro Anatoly Filatov on the button and he raised to 125,000. The small blind jammed for 850,000 and the big blind tanked for about 30 seconds before he folded. Filatov quickly called to put his opponent at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Filatov:
Small blind:
Filatov had the preflop advantage and his opponent needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out to give Filatov sixes full, so he took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.
Partypoker Sponsored Pro Marcel Luske was in the big blind and got all the chips in before the flop against the player in the hijack. Luske had his opponent covered by a wide margin.
Luske:
Hijack:
Luske had the preflop advantage with the better ace and his opponent needed help from the deck in order to survive. The board ran out and Luske took the pot with top pair, top kicker to eliminate his opponent.
There were about 700,000 chips already in the pot when we got to the table and the board read . Partypoker Sponsored Pro Kristen Bicknell bet 375,000 from late middle position into her lone opponent who was in the hijack. He slid 1,300,000 forward, putting Bicknell to a decision for her stack. She called and the two players tabled their hands.
Bicknell:
Opponent:
Bicknell had the lead with two pair and her opponent needed help on the river in order to win the pot. The last card was the which changed nothing, so Bicknell took the pot to double up.
The player under the gun opened with a raise to 80,000, Natalia Breviglieri called from middle position, Carlos Da Silva was next to act and called, the button called, as did the small blind and Donnacha O'Dea from the big blind.
The six players saw a flop of . Action checked to Da Silva and he bet 225,000. The button, the small blind and O'Dea all folded. The preflop raiser jammed, Breviglieri folded, and Da Silva called to put his opponent at risk.
Da Silva:
Opponent:
Da Silva flopped the nut-flush draw but needed to improve against his opponent's pair of kings. The on the turn changed nothing but the river paired Da Silva's ace to give him the pot.
The completed board read and there was a massive pile of chips in the middle when we got to the table. Thomas Scholze's opponent had check-raised all-in on the river, Scholze had called with the larger of the two stacks, and the cards were on their backs.
Scholze held for the nut boat, but it was no good as his opponent held for flopped quads. The cooler cost Scholze a significant portion of his stack.