And that's all she wrote for Michael Tureniec, the Swede moved all-in over the top of Michael Greco's raise with 
and Simon Persson reraised all-in behind him with 
. Greco folded his 
which worked out for him with hindsight as the board came 
.
We're guessing the chips went in before the flop or on it. Either way, we can only imagine the emotional roller coaster that Italian veteran Nicolo Calia experienced before the river chopped the pot.
Calia:
Maxim Panyar: 
Board: 
where none of those X's were clubs
Calia remained on a precarious 12,000, and Panyar maintained a comfortable 60,000.
Roberto Masullo raised to 2,050 in the hijack. It folded to Derek Lerner in the big blind, and he three-bet to 7,700. While Masullo tanked, Lerner gave us a wink to let us know he had the goods. Masullo didn't try the old four-bet-the-big-blind trick, opting to muck instead. A disappointed Derek flipped up 
as the dealer pushed the pot toward him.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
Usually when Shaun Deeb shoves into aces, it's a six-bet with 
. But this time, it was just an unavoidable cold decking. He had been whittled to just 6,000 when action folded to him after an early position raise. He moved all in, and a player behind him was only too happy to call. Deeb knew it wasn't going to go well as his personal cooler walked up just in time to see him turn over 
and his opponent proudly table 
. The unhelpful board ran out 
, but Deeb was already at the elevator bank by the time the river hit the felt.
Michael Piper's exit was at the hands of Richard 'Chufty' Ashby, stating, "I couldn't get away from top pair, top kicker, he had a set..."
Piper is off to play the randomized bounty tournament with Sorel Mizzi and Matt Kay, amongst others.
Only a small pot had formed by the 
flop but there was a very large bet, suggesting a raise, in front of Lauri Rantalainen (position) when we arrived at the table. We couldn't see whether Michael Tureniec (out of position) had indeed bet out, as he was in the process of moving all in to cover Rantalainen, who called.
Tureniec: 
for a set
Rantalainen: 
for a straight flush draw
Turn: 
River: 
Either the straight or the flush would have done, but the straight flush was very pretty nonetheless. Rantalainen doubled up to around 45,000.
"Wow," said Tureniec a moment later, taking it with good grace but looking a little shocked. He was left with less than 20,000.
Andrea Benelli opened preflop to 1,675 in early position before Ben Wilinofsky reraised to 5,650 from the small blind. Then Sami Kelopuro moved all-in for what looked like just a little bit more than Wilinofsky's push, but despite this Benelli moved all-in and the Canadian sighed.
Wilinofsky stated he didn't feel he could fold and despite not feeling great about it, called off for his remaining 17,000 or so (Benelli covering).
Kelopuro: 
Benelli: 
Wilinofsky:
The board came 
and Benelli's Kings held to knock out both other players and add around 30,000 to his stack which is now over the 60,000 mark.
PokerStars Team Pro: Online member Alfio Battisti raised to 1,600 from middle position. He got one caller in Jens Kyllönen. The flop came 
, and Battisti bet out 2,100. Kyllönen craned his neck to get a look at Battisti's stack before raising to 7,000. Battisti quickly moved all in for a total of 13,250, and Kyllönen shrugged, not happy about it but priced in. He called with 
to see that he was behind Battisti's . The turn left Kyllönen drawing to a ten, but the river was the instead. Battisti doubled up to 31,000, and Kyllönen dropped to 27,000.
Yesterday we received full official chip counts during the dinner break from our friends at PokerStars but today they never happened, so please enjoy this selection of notable players for the time being.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
90,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
||
|
58,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
45,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
||
|
43,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
37,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
|
37,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,500
500
|
500 |
|
27,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
||
|
27,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
|
21,200
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
21,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
15,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
9,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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