Luca Pagano opened for 1,700 and Heinz Kamutzki to his immediate left called, before sole-woman-playing-who-is-not- Annette-Obrestad-or-Vanessa-Se lbst Nelli Nufer made it 4,300 to go. Call, call.
They saw a flop and the two gentlemen checked to Nufer, who took a very long time about checking behind.
The turn was the and again it checked around to Nufer. This time she bet 5,000, leaving herself 9,000 behind. Pagano folded, but Kamutzki raised to 20,700, more than enough to cover Nufer. She squinted at the board for a while, but ultimately folded. Kamutzki thereby increased his stack to around 40,000.
The board read when Alex Kravchenko fired 6,600 at the sizable pot. Tomer Berda made the call to see the on the river. Kravchenko kept up his story, betting 13,600 this time. Berda spent a few minutes in the tank, finally deciding to fold. With the hand, Kravchenko moved up to 77,000 while Berda fell to 35,500.
Javed Abrahams had called a raise from former chip leader but still big stack Matvey Linov to see a flop. Linov bet 2,125 and Abrahams replied with a raise to 6,125.
After checking his opponent's stack (who had about just over 30,000 behind) Linov flat-called and the came on the turn. Linov now checked to his opponent, the latter proceeding to bet 10,500 and Linov check-raised all-in. Abrahams called instantly with and Linov could only bemoan his luck and hope for a two, five or ace to save himself.
The river was a and Abrahams has doubled to around 85,000. Linov drops to about 80,000.
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Steven van Zadelhoff is the new chip leader after winning the biggest pot of the day with ace-high. The massive donation came from big-stack Thomas Mühlöcker. After a preflop raise and a call, Mühlöcker three-bet. Van Zadelhoff four-bet, and Mühlöcker tried to intimidate Steven with a five-bet shove. But the move didn't work, and van Zadelhoff called all in with . Mühlöcker could only turn up .
The board ran out , and van Zadelhoff's big slick held up. When he counted out his full stack, it was worth 61,925. More than doubling that to 127,000 puts him in the lead, leaving an unhappy Mühlöcker with around 45,000.
We arrived just in time to see the short-stacked Walid Bou-Habib get his last in with which failed to hit a thing against Jeff Sarwer's on the board while Sarwer's hand improved to a straight. Bou-Habib took his leave, while the Canadian chess prodigy moved up to 50,000.
The flop read when Vanessa Selbst bet out in mid position, only to face a raise from former NBA star Martin Muursepp. Selbst thought about it for some time, staring hard at the felt, before reraising to cover him. Muursepp called all in in a flash, and they were on their backs.
Selbst: for top pair
Muursepp: for a set
Turn:
River: making Muursepp some academic but nevertheless pretty quads.
"A few more chips, I could have folded," lamented Selbst with a bit of a scowl. Nevertheless the newly signed Team PokerStars Pro is in no particular trouble - she is on a roughly average 40,000 after that. Muursepp doubled to around 50,000.
Sadly, there are very few Estonians actually playing today. Imre Leibold from our Estonian sister site pokernews.ee told us there were actually three playing today but as many as fifteen in tomorrow.
One of those playing today is Alexsandr Kuperman, was just involved in a hand against Heinz Kamutzki. On a board Kuperman had attempted to raise a 1,600 flop bet of Kamutzki by throwing out a 5,000 yellow chip but the dealer had either not heard him declare the raise or thought she heard him say call. Thomas Kremser came by to declare that it had counted as a call and play continued on to the turn.
Kamutzki now checked and Kuperman fired 4,600 eliciting a fairly speedy fold from his opponent. Kuperman is on about 36,000.
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flop and the two gentlemen checked to Nufer, who took a very long time about checking behind.
and again it checked around to Nufer. This time she bet 5,000, leaving herself 9,000 behind. Pagano folded, but Kamutzki raised to 20,700, more than enough to cover Nufer. She squinted at the board for a while, but ultimately folded. Kamutzki thereby increased his stack to around 40,000.
when Alex Kravchenko fired 6,600 at the sizable pot. Tomer Berda made the call to see the 
on the river. Kravchenko kept up his story, betting 13,600 this time. Berda spent a few minutes in the tank, finally deciding to fold. With the hand, Kravchenko moved up to 77,000 while Berda fell to 35,500.
flop. Linov bet 2,125 and Abrahams replied with a raise to 6,125.
came on the turn. Linov now checked to his opponent, the latter proceeding to bet 10,500 and Linov check-raised all-in. Abrahams called instantly with 
and Linov could only bemoan his luck and hope for a two, five or ace to save himself.
and Abrahams has doubled to around 85,000. Linov drops to about 80,000.
. Mühlöcker could only turn up 
.
, and van Zadelhoff's big slick held up. When he counted out his full stack, it was worth 61,925. More than doubling that to 127,000 puts him in the lead, leaving an unhappy Mühlöcker with around 45,000.
which failed to hit a thing against Jeff Sarwer's 
on the 
board while Sarwer's hand improved to a straight. Bou-Habib took his leave, while the Canadian chess prodigy moved up to 50,000.
when Vanessa Selbst bet out in mid position, only to face a raise from former NBA star Martin Muursepp. Selbst thought about it for some time, staring hard at the felt, before reraising to cover him. Muursepp called all in in a flash, and they were on their backs.
turn.
