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.
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.
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.
The chips went in preflop, Peter Gavril's tournament life on the line.
Gavril:
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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."
Sergii Baranov has had his share of life-risk today as his short stack has gradually become 310,000 through a sequence of double-ups. The latest saw his spike two further Kings avoiding his opponent's straight draw with and gives him a taste of his former stack glory.
The short stacks all over the room seem to be indestructable this level - four players with <100k doubled in the last 15 minutes meaning the field is staying resolutely at six tables. Fabrizio Gonzalez took a 100k hit running into one of them - this particular short stack only had .
Ever wondered if it is worth trying to qualify online for the EPT? We caught some action with two of the Pokerstars Online Qualifiers still battling it out deep and in the money.
The action was already at the river when Konstantinos Nanos made a bet of 79,000 from the cut off and the decision was over to Balazs Csermely and it was a tough one as the cards later revealed. Csermely had a set of threes and Nanos had hit the broadway straight. Csermely did make the call.
Kirill Ratsov has been eliminated at the hands of Team Pokerstars Pro Toni Judet. All the chips went into the middle pre flop and Judet was holding a pair of sevens while Ratsov held .
Birthday boy Anthony Roux was all in for less than 90,000 from the cutoff, his well behind button Angel Guillen's . No help from the board, and he was gone.
The Mexican Team PokerStars Pro was up to 240,000 after that, still below average.
Emile Jad Yazbeck has eliminated Santiago Terrazas, hitting a flop harder with his than Terrazas with . The turn and river were unhelpful to the Spaniard, who headed off to the rail.
Meanwhile Tim Ulrich got it in decidedly ahead with vs. Ville Mattila's . Somehow fingers had been caught in the preflop cookie jar (we missed the preflop action) and Mattila had had to face off for all five cards.
They were, however, bringing a flush for the lucky Finn and busting Ulrich. Mattila is up to 850,000.
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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.
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 
... 
spike two further Kings avoiding his opponent's straight draw with 
and gives him a taste of his former stack glory.
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. No help from the 
bringing a flush for the lucky Finn and busting Ulrich. Mattila is up to 850,000.
