Mertzanis On a Wild Ride
Greek PokerStars online qualifier Dimitrios Mertzanis has been a wild ride today. He's been down, he's been up, he's bluffed and he's sucked out. He's done it all.
Just recently, Mertzanis opened to 2,500 preflop (yes, 2,500) and was called in one spot. After a flop of 
, Mertzanis fired 3,000. His opponent moved all in for 16,000 and Mertzanis made the call, tabling the 
. His opponent held the 
. The turn brought the 
and then the river completed the board with the 
, also completing the high club flush for Mertzanis. With that pot and elimination of his opponent, Mertzanis moved up to 97,000 chips.
On the next hand, Mertzanis raised before an opponent went all in. Mertzanis called with the 
, but was dominated by the 
of his opponent. This time, there was no suckout glory for Mertzanis after a board of 
and he dropped back to 85,000 chips.
On the very next hand, a pot developed between Eric Assadourian, Mertzanis and one other player. The flop was 
and the unknown player checked. Assadourian fired 2,000 and then Mertzanis raised to 12,000. The unknown player called all in for 10,200 and then Assadourian ducked out of the way. Mertzanis revealed pocket fives against his opponent's .
The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Mertzanis couldn't find luck this time either and lost the pot to drop back to 72,000.
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when we caught up with the three-handed action. Jukka Juvonen checked, and Roger Spets bet 6,000 into a similarly-sized pot. Matthew Kirk moved all in from the button, an effective raise of about 10,000. It took Juvonen a minute to fold, and Spets mucked as well. As Kirk raked in the pot, he flashed the frustrating 
against Gijs Verheijen's 
, sending Bos on his way.
added to the board on the turn. The woman checked once more and then Steicke fired 5,025. Another minute ticked off the clock before the woman folded and gave Steicke another pot.
to Eric Assadourian. He checked behind. The turn was the 
and Steicke checked. Assadourian fired 1,725 and Steicke made the call. The river completed the board with the 
for trip queens and raked in the chips. It wasn't a big clash, but this was the first time these two butted heads since occupying seats at the same table.
, and that's when Neilson made his move. He bet all of his last 8,000, enough to cover Swannack. Swannack quickly folded, and this one went to the Aussie.
up against Chen's 
. An ace on the flop was all she wrote for Tang, who's day is done.