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So after the first two levels of the day who do we think is having a nice break? Leonid Zezik with ~63,000, Igor Kurganov with ~ 60,000, Daniel Drescher with ~100,000, Constantin Friedrich Meyer with ~68,000 & Peter Bosen with ~110,000.
And who is not enjoying the break? Denys Drobyna who was sprawled fast asleep on his table! That or the longest reaction to a bad beat we have ever witnessed.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The tournament area has turned freezing cold as everyone is right now heading out on to the balcony to smoke.
We, and the heating, will be back in 15 minutes.
Daniel Negreanu (pictured) is down to under half his stack (around 13k) after a turn card which saw Javier Garcia practically move at lightning speed to threebet all in.
The flop of 
was threeway with Elky involved as well, but after he bet 1k and Negreanu called on the button, Garcia check-raised out of the big blind. Elky folded but after a brief ponder Negreanu called. The turn paired the board with the 
. Out bet Garcia, 4,050 this time. Negreanu wordlessly raised to 10,150. This was the point where Garcia's whole stack (more than his opponent's) moved so fast across the line there were burn marks on the felt. Shaking his head Negreanu let the hand go after a short think and is now down to a stack which, to be fair, a couple of years ago would have been more than the starting stack for this event.
Four players had made it to the turn of the 
board; two of them checked but when the action moved around to Rob Hollink, he bet 1,150. The fourth player called behind, the two checkers gave it up, and they were heads up to the river.
The river came down the 
and Hollink nonchalantly bet out 5,000 this time. His opponent just flat-called and Hollink turned over 
for a turned king-high straight. His opponent, however, turned over 
for a rivered Broadway straight.
Hollink shook his head in muted disgust. He's down to 19,700.
Yesterday was a very quiet tournament when it came to table chitter-chatter. So today it was a refreshing change to find a table boasting Team Pokerstars Pro Marcel Luske sat next to Luke Schwartz. Some interesting chatter there then?
It seems a very friendly table as well. Luske won a few pots on the flop and then showed top pair Jacks each time. Schwartz stack is dirty and resembles a rainbow. Then the table chatter turned to tournaments around the world.
"The Masters Classic in Amsterdam in the best tournament in Europe." Said one of the players.
"I wouldn't know. My wife won't let me go to Amsterdam." Said an American guy.
"Mine either." Said Schwartz.
Saar Wilf has just doubled up (albeit only to about 45k) courtesy of a strange hand and a pure bluff which went wrong on the river...
The board was standing 
and a pot of around 10,000 had already formed heads up. Wilf led out for 6k and faced an all-in move from a gent who has to be identified at this minute (pre full list) as Shamrock Headphones. This threw Wilf offbalance and deep into the tank. It was all-in for him to call and he talked to himself about it.
"I don't think King-Queen is good here. You have Kings? You always have Kings."
He paused to reposition himself kneeling on a chair.
"Sorry guys, gonna take a minute." A minute was all it took, as he eventually made the call. Not turning over K-Q exactly, he showed 
which would have indeed also lost to a set of Kings but received an instant muck from his opponent instead.
There was a pause while the dealer insisted that Shamrock Headphones show his losing hand, as it was an all-in situation. Urged gently to comply by John Juanda, he showed 
as reluctantly as a cat heading for the carrier.
We found EPT Monte Carlo High Roller champion Tobias Reinkemeier facing a check from his opponent on the river of a 
board, and he thought long and hard before checking behind. His opponent turned over 
for a full house which he had rather sneakily checked as it turned out, and Reinkemeier chuckled as he mucked his hand.
The muckling Reinkemeier's early grinding had earned him a small chip profit, but after that hand he was right back where he started - at exactly 30,000.
Still they come, and a few particularly interesting tables are beginning to emerge. The table already featuring ElkY, Ramzi Jelassi and Daniel Negreanu now also boasts Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton. And over in the other room, we've now got John Juanda, John Eames, Saar Wilf and Pieter de Korver sitting together. Could be fun.
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Domantas Klimciauskas just lost around half his stack after wearing the aggressor's trousers from the turn onwards...
This pot started out four-handed with Alexia Portal the preflop raiser. Both blinds called as well as Mr. Seat Eight in position. The flop of 
was checked round and Mr. Seat Eight fired 850. He only lost the small blind here, but on the 
turn he bet 2,500, prompting a check-raise to 5,500 from Klimciauskas and a fold from Portal. Mr. Seat Eight made the call and the river fell 
. Out bet Klimciauskas - 8,000 now - and he received a very swift call. Mr. Seat Eight showed for the flopped nut flush, ostensibly unconcerned by the pairing board (Klimciauskas tossed his hand into the muck). No fuss, just a 30k pot.
