The chips went in preflop, Peter Gavril's tournament life on the line.
Gavril:
[Removed:40]: dominating with
Board: ...
"YES!" cried Gavril as he made a Broadway straight, "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" and added a fist pump for emphasis.
Vitagliano did not see the funny side. "You are the worst player ever. 200k with ace queen. The worst player ever. I swear." Vitagliano was left with just 110,000, while the happy Gavril doubled to 415,000. Vitagliano was still lamenting his poor luck long after the hand was over. "Ahhh! 5,300 buy in. Worst player ever."
The flop read when we arrived, and Franz Markus Popetschnig had bet out around 45,000 from the small blind. In the cutoff, Tonio Röder called.
They proceeded to the turn and this time Popetschnig bet out 70,000, leaving himself 115,000 behind - only for Röder to raise all in to cover him. Popetschnig sighed and sat back in his chair, preparing himself for a long period in the tank. He squirmed, and huffed and puffed, and eventually he folded pocket aces. Röder showed only the , and increased his stack to 625,000.
Andrew Gulyy, who earlier in the day hit a rivered set to help cause the downfall of Luke Schwartz, has run out of luck and has been eliminated from EPT Vienna.
All the chips went in pre flop and the victor was Franz Markus Popetschnig.
Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu continue to try and bridge a gap between him and the other opponents at EPT Vienna. We caught his latest victory when the action had reached the flop. We assume Negreanu opened from early position and Balazs Csermely defended in the Big Blind. The flop was monotone and the Pokerstars Online Qualifier Balazs Csermely checked. Negreanu bet 27,500 and Csermely called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and again both players checked. Negreanu showed for the straight and Csermely mucked.
During the break, a large number of people in the Kursalon were still playing tournament poker. Multiple side events are now running all day long, with a wide variety of game and buy-in. Today is especially stocked with alternative events, as a 3,000 Heads Up tournament is now running alongside the second day of the €2,000 No Limit Hold'em and the €1,000 Pot Limit Omaha.
Coming up later will be another stab at a €1,000 NL and also a €1,000 8-game tournament. The evening will be finished off with a €300 Turbo event for those who can't bear to be off the felt for more than a couple of hours.
Players in that category include Fatima Moreira de Melo, Roberto Romanello, John Eames, ElkY and Jan Skampa (all still in the €2k) and Markus Golser, Pieter de Korver and Marcel Luske (going deep in the Omaha).
The heads up first round seems to be over already but we'll try to keep an eye open for the one-on-one winner later today.
Markus Herbel made a move with on a flop but Illia Kainov was holding . Herbel didn't improve on the turn or river and was left with just 35,000, or three big blinds. Kainov doubled to 260,000.
Hot Team PokerStars Pro on Team PokerStars Pro action, as Angel Guillen open-shoved for 117,000 and it folded right around to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, who made the call.
Guillen:
Negreanu:
Negreanu had been dominating anyway, but the board could not have been more decisive. The Team PokerStars Pro: Mexico headed for the rail, while the Canadian is now at 1.2 million, with no-one else even near the million mark.
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when we arrived, and Franz Markus Popetschnig had bet out around 45,000 from the small blind. In the cutoff, Tonio Röder called.
turn and this time Popetschnig bet out 70,000, leaving himself 115,000 behind - only for Röder to raise all in to cover him. Popetschnig sighed and sat back in his chair, preparing himself for a long period in the tank. He squirmed, and huffed and puffed, and eventually he folded pocket aces. Röder showed only the 
and the Pokerstars Online Qualifier Balazs Csermely checked. Negreanu bet 27,500 and Csermely called. The turn was the 
for the straight and Csermely mucked.
on a 
flop but Illia Kainov was holding 
. Herbel didn't improve on the 
river and was left with just 35,000, or three big blinds. Kainov doubled to 260,000.
