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We did not, so Mattern explained to us what happened. It turns out that he raised to 250 in early position with
offsuit. He'd been raising a lot, and so was not surprised when he got action. A gentleman in mid position made it 750 to go, one Armenio Massimo called in the big blind, and Mattern called too.Mattern was delighted when the flop came down
, giving him top two pair. Then everything went mad.Massimo bet out 2,400. Mattern made it 7,500. The gentleman in mid position flat-called with 17,000 behind. Massimo then went all in for 17,500, Mattern also went all in to cover them both, and Mr. Mid Position called all in.
When the cards were flipped, Mattern was ahead - Massimo was holding
for top pair and a gutshot, while Mr. Mid Position had just the nut flush draw. A blank on the turn didn't do anything for anyone, but the river came down the 
to make Massimo a straight and Mr. Mid Position a flush. Massimo is therefore bust, Mr. Mid Position took the whole pot, and Mattern is back down to 30,000 after a very good start to the day. German Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer was listening in as Mattern retold the story. "French fish," he chuckled as Mattern headed back to the felt.
and then the next player checked. The third player in the hand fired 925. Kapalas called and the other player folded, leaving them heads up to the turn.
and Kapalas checked. His opponent fired 1,625 and Kapalas called.
and Kapalas checked again. His opponent fired 2,550 and Kapalas made the call. His opponent turned over two aces with the 
, but Kapalas held the winning hand with his 
. Kapalas is up to about 48,000 chips now.
to Sam Chartier, the young Canadian fired a pot-sized bet of 5,000. Kastle tanked for about a minute or so before a player at the table grew uneasy and called the clock on him. After about half the allotted time passed, Kastle mucked his hand and Chartier picked up the pot to move back to 22,000 chips.
flop, and the lady in the small blind checked. Maxim Lykov in the big blind bet 1,700 and the third player in the hand folded. Ms. Small Blind made the call.
turn and Ms. Small Blind bet out 3,000 on the 
river. Lykov called, and found that his 
to the pot.
. Iversen bet out 500, but Neuville made it 1,100 and then gazed innocently around the room while Iversen stared him down suspiciously. Eventually he folded, and a decent-sized Level 1 pot went to Neuville.
against an opponent holding the 
. Sarwer made the call on the river with pocket fours and added a few thousand chips to his stack. He's up to 36,000 here in the early goings.
