We caught the action on the turn, the board reading . It looked as though the action had been checked around to Richard Gryko in the hijack, who bet. Now the gentleman in the small blind check-raised to around 5,000 - and the gent in early position, one Felix Bleiker, now went all in for 13,175.
Gryko and the small blind gentleman both called, and then both checked the river. Bleiker cheerfully announced, "Nuts," and turned over that had rivered a straight. He tripled up to around 45,000 and looked immensely pleased with himself.
Maria Maceiras picked up a pot from Omri Sason, raising to 5,000 on a flop and keeping Sason's interest if not the other player in the pot preflop. He checked to her on the turn and she calmly checked behind. On the river he checked once more and she bet 1,500 only. He looked at this bet and made a "couldn't resist" face as he mucked his hand, seeing her for two pair.
Bjorn Paulsen has just doubled up from 2010 EPT Berlin Champion Kevin MacPhee.
MacPhee opened the betting with a 725 raise from the hijack and found some resistance in the shape of Paulsen in the big blind. He checked his cards and made it 2,200 to play only to see MacPhee come back over the top with a raise totalling 4,250. This was met with an all-in shove from Paulsen and an insta-call from MacPhee.
Paulsen:
MacPhee:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
The dealer counted Paulsen's stack, 26,250 was the number, which when subtracted from MacPhee's stack leaves him with 42,900. Although all was not lost as the delectable Team PokerStars pro Liv Boeree came to talk to him as he re-stacked his chips.
Hugo Lemaire has enjoyed a rather nice bump up the chip counts - he's at around 70,000 now.
Lemaire opened from the cutoff and found himself facing a reraise from the gentleman in the big blind. After a short pause for consideration, Lemaire made the call.
They saw a flop and the big blind bet out 2,825. Lemaire called, though, and Mr. Big Blind merely check-called Lemaire's suspiciously small 1,575 bet on the turn, and then rather more pot-appropriate 7,000 on the river. However, Mr. Big Blind would soon be pulling faces and mucking his hand, reduced to just 6,000, as Lemaire flipped for the Broadway straight.
Small blind Sebastien Leclerq and big blind Thorsten Schäfer just faced off preflop, and while it looked like this could have been a huge all-in firework, it was an uncalled sparkler. But still good to watch the fur fly as small Leclerq made it 2,500, Schäfer made it 6,200 and then after a long pause Leclerq moved all-in. Schäfer passed as soon as this final bet was made and a pretty chunky pot went down without a card face-up.
It may be minus five outside and rather chilly in this vast, air conditioned room, but that has not stopped one man wondering around in some knee length shorts!
He has just clashed with Marc Inizan and come off best to propel himself to above his starting stack amount. In the hand he raised from the hijack to 800 and only Inizan in the big blind made the call.
Flop: - Neither player fancied this flop and both checked
Turn: - Inizan lead out with an 800 bet and was immediately called by the man in shorts!
River: - A second nine on the board saw Inizan up his bet amount to 2,200 but his opponent was going nowhere and instantly made the call.
Inizan:
Bare-legged chap:
Fabrice Soulier wasted no time in letting his table know that he folded that would have made a winning straight. Woulda, coulda, shoulda!
Inizan slips to a not-too-shabby 62,200 whilst his opponent climbs to 32,125
Local player Pavel Prekop has just doubled up after moving all in preflop for his last 1,850 chips. If looked as if he was only going to pick up the blinds and antes until the button made the call to put Prekop at risk.
Prekop:
Button:
The flop kept the pocket queens of Prekop in front but made the risk of a split pot a real possibility but any fears of that happening were soon ended as the peeled off on the turn and the followed shortly on the river.
Mr Prekop will need to get his chips in the middle again and sooner rather than later as he only has around 12 big blinds.
Sole remaining Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki has had an up and down sort of day. Most recently we witnessed an up moment, as he he called Guillaume Darcourt's 6,000 bet on the turn of an board, before checking behind on the river. Darcourt turned over for a little something on the river, but it still wasn't enough to beat Horecki's . A short discussion ensued at the table about the merits of maybe shoving the river, but either way the Polish pro is back up to his starting stack.
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. It looked as though the action had been checked around to Richard Gryko in the hijack, who bet. Now the gentleman in the small blind check-raised to around 5,000 - and the gent in early position, one Felix Bleiker, now went all in for 13,175.
river. Bleiker cheerfully announced, "Nuts," and turned over 
that had rivered a straight. He tripled up to around 45,000 and looked immensely pleased with himself.
flop and keeping Sason's interest if not the other player in the pot preflop. He checked to her on the 
turn and she calmly checked behind. On the 
river he checked once more and she bet 1,500 only. He looked at this bet and made a "couldn't resist" face as he mucked his hand, seeing her 
for two pair.
river. However, Mr. Big Blind would soon be pulling faces and mucking his hand, reduced to just 6,000, as Lemaire flipped 
for the Broadway straight.
- Neither player fancied this flop and both checked
- Inizan lead out with an 800 bet and was immediately called by the man in shorts!
followed shortly on the river.
board, before checking behind on the 
for a little something on the river, but it still wasn't enough to beat Horecki's 
. A short discussion ensued at the table about the merits of maybe shoving the river, but either way the Polish pro is back up to his starting stack.