"That's a terrible shove if I'm getting called by that," remarked Niall Farrell as his cards went into the muck. We didn't get his cards, but we saw Alexander Dmitrienko beaming from ear to ear with in front of him.
We know Dmitrienko from the Opening Event final table, and the Russian's English isn't too good, but we could tell from the hand gestures that he was pretty pleased with his call on a board.
"You're in trouble when I get dealt some hands!" said Farrell to the table as he stacked up his chips.
Michal Mrakes raised to 24,000 from the hijack and Lars Kamphues three-bet to 66,000 from the cutoff. Leonardo Armino moved all in for just 44,000 from the button and Mrakes called.
Both Mrakes and Kamphues checked the flop. The turn brought the and Mrakes checked to Kamphues, who bet 55,000, forcing his opponent out of the pot.
Armino meanwhile turned over and was met by the site of his opponent's for a straight draw and second pair.
"Please don't do it," he said, as the river came the . "Ah he did it..."
Catalin Pop raised from early position and Oanh Bui moved all in. In the next position was Simon Hoffmann, who was sitting on a stack of approximately one big blind. He went into the tank.
He played with his chips for a short while, and then sat back in his chair and folded his arms. The dealer reminded him that action was on him and Hoffmann nodded.
In the end Almedin Imsirovic called the clock on him. With the clock ticking down William Kassouf piped up: "You've made the pay-jump," he said pointing to the clock, "There are 38 left." With that Hoffmann moved all in and the remaining players, including Pop, all folded.
Bui:
Hoffmann:
The flop came giving Hoffmann a flush draw. "Everyone loves a sweat," said Kassouf. However, the turn was the and the river the meaning Hoffmann was eliminated.
"I like those kinds of sweats," said Bui, "The ones where I can't get eliminated I mean!"