We haven't heard much from Fabian Quoss nor Eric Liu here in the early goings, but the two did just play a decent-sized pot together.
It happened when Quoss opened for 2,500 from under the gun and cleared the field to Liu, who three-bet to 7,500 from the button. The blinds folded, the appeared on the flop, and Quoss check-called a bet of 8,000. The German then checked for a second time on the turn, but he ended up snap-folding when Liu came out firing 18,000.
With 18,000 in the pot and a flop of , Tobias Reinkemeier bet 9,000 from the small blind only to have Igor Kurganov raises to 23,000 from the button. Reinkemeier thought for a long time before releasing his hand, and Kurganov continued to roll as he is now up to 200,000.
Martin Finger opened for 2,500 from the button and received calls from Andrew Robl and John Juanda in the small and big blind respectively. Two checks on the flop put action on Finger and he continued for 3,500. Robl, who is featured prominently in the new book Ship It Holla Ballas!, then woke up with a check-raise to 8,000, Juanda folded, and Finger made the call, bringing about the turn.
Robl took a few moments before tossing out 12,000, and a resigned Finger wasted little time in send his cards to the muck.
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As players prepare to take their seats in the 2013 Aussie Millions $100k Challenge, Lynn Gilmartin finds out what these players would buy, should they have that money to freely spend off the felt.
The last hand before the break was a long one that ran several minutes into the break. It all started when Andrew Robl raised to 3,000 from under the gun, and Masa Kagawa called from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, Dan Shak announced that he was all in, having forgotten that the action preflop is only pot-limit. The dealer informed Shak he could only raise the pot to 13,000. Shak was corrected and made it 13,000 to go.
Action got back to Robl, and he took a minute before calling. Kagawa folded.
The flop came down , and Shak announced that he was all in for a little under 100,000. Robl had slightly less than Shak, but the stacks were very close to even. After several long minutes in the tank, Robl made the call.
Shak tabled the for just ace-king high. Robl had the best of it, flopping two pair with the .
The turn delivered the to put Shak in front. The river completed the board with the , and that was it. Shak had won the hand and eliminated Robl as the first to go.
appeared on the flop, and Quoss check-called a bet of 8,000. The German then checked for a second time on the 
turn, but he ended up snap-folding when Liu came out firing 18,000.
, and both players checked.
turn and 
river. Mercier showed the 
and Kurganov the 
. Mercier won the pot.
flop put action on Finger and he continued for 3,500. Robl, who is featured prominently in 
turn.
for just ace-king high. Robl had the best of it, flopping two pair with the 
, and that was it. Shak had won the hand and eliminated Robl as the first to go.
