Luca Pagano raised to 850 from early position, and on the button, Erik van Dijk min-raised him to 1,400. Pagano called, and they went heads up to a flop. Pagano checked, and van Dijk bet 2,500. Luca just called, then checked again when the turn paired the board with the . Van Dijk checked behind. Pagano tried the check a third time after the river, but van Dijk didn't fall for the trick. He checked as well, tabling for tens full of nines. Pagano grumbled, flipping over for quads. He couldn't have been pleased with the size of the pot, but winning it put him up to 54,000.
Arnaud Mattern is heading back in the right direction after picking up a decent-sized pot.
The board was reading with Igor Ivashkiv firing out 1,000 from the big blind. Attilo Donato made the call before Mattern raised to 3,200 on the button.
Ivashkiv thought for a minute before folding while Donato quickly folded behind. Although he was scooping up the pot, Mattern was more interested in finding someone who was qualified to give him an injection during the break due to his injured leg. So, errr...If you're in the Swissotel at the break and able to do this then come up to the cardroom.
The board was reading and Jukka Ylitalo fired out 1,200 on the river from the big blind. Vanessa Selbst responded with a raise to 6,200 which, after a dwell, the Finn called.
"You have the flush?" asked Selbst, slightly concerned as she turned over but Ylitalo flipped over .
"No-one ever folds the straight," she continued glumly. Selbst is on 42,000
Well over 10,000 in chips had amassed in the middle of the table by the river of the board when we joined the action. PokerStars Sponsored Player Martin Muursepp, one of only two Estonians playing today, and by the by a former NBA basketball player, bet 2,500. Young British up-and-comer Javed Abrahams thought about it before raising to 10,000 - and thus elicited an almost instantaneous fold from Muursepp, who dropped below his starting stack to 27,000. Abrahams conversely edged back above his starting stack, on a shade over 30,000.
Our lesson in Estonian numbers continues with the second break of the day. After this 15-minute pause and another two levels, it will be time for a 90-minute dinner break. Then players are only two short levels away from surviving Day 1.
Our roving reporter Gloria Balding spent some quality time with Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern at the break, and ascertained that as far as cards go, he's had an excellent first half of the day - having been dealt aces twice and queens three times in just four levels, he can't really complain.
Cards on their own are no good though, and as far as action goes, Mattern has been rather less fortunate - he told Ms. Balding that he had not been paid off even once, not even a little bit.
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There are only two women playing today, Annette Obrestad is, of course one, but the other is Pokerstars Qualifier Nelli Nufer. She's just picked up a big pot off Luca Pagano.
There looked to have been almost 9,000 already in the pot so it looked as though Pagano had 4-bet it preflop. The flop read and Nufer led for 7,000 to which Pagano slowly made the call. On the turn, Nufer now bet 10,000 and Pagano tanked for several minutes before eventually folding face up. Nufer reciprocated by showing him for the turned top set.
Pagano drops to around 42,000 while Nufer sits with about 38,000
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flop. Pagano checked, and van Dijk bet 2,500. Luca just called, then checked again when the turn paired the board with the 
. Van Dijk checked behind. Pagano tried the check a third time after the 
river, but van Dijk didn't fall for the trick. He checked as well, tabling 
for tens full of nines. Pagano grumbled, flipping over 
for quads. He couldn't have been pleased with the size of the pot, but winning it put him up to 54,000.
with Igor Ivashkiv firing out 1,000 from the big blind. Attilo Donato made the call before Mattern raised to 3,200 on the button.
and Jukka Ylitalo fired out 1,200 on the river from the big blind. Vanessa Selbst responded with a raise to 6,200 which, after a dwell, the Finn called.
board when we joined the action. PokerStars Sponsored Player Martin Muursepp, one of only two Estonians playing today, and by the by a former NBA basketball player, bet 2,500. Young British up-and-comer Javed Abrahams thought about it before raising to 10,000 - and thus elicited an almost instantaneous fold from Muursepp, who dropped below his starting stack to 27,000. Abrahams conversely edged back above his starting stack, on a shade over 30,000.
and Nufer led for 7,000 to which Pagano slowly made the call. On the 
face up. Nufer reciprocated by showing him 
for the turned top set.