Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,935,000
Entries
587
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Gonzalez Slow
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A decision which could have ended Victorino Torres' seesaw day took upwards of five minutes and ended up giving him a big pot without the extra stress of having necessarily to have the best hand.
Tores had raised preflop to 23k and been threebet by small blind Fabrizio Gonzalez (to 50,500). He made the call and they saw a flop of 
. Out bet Gonzalez - 46k - and after a brief dwell Torres moved all in. Gonzalez asked for a count, and then stared at the 177,500, the impassive Torres and the chips in the pot for a long time. He finally opted to fold, but didn't look delighted about it.
Torres, and his stunningly bright orange baseball cap (see previous picture) remain in the tournament with 375k.
Oliveira-ise
Pierre-Elie De Oliveira picked up 
and a 215k pot to keep him in contention when Sergey Rybachenko paid his preflop nuts off with 
. The board ran out 
giving him a new lease of tournament life, as just barely having six figures at this point signals danger.
Ahary Moment For Daniel
Even the best in the world cannot win every hand. Team Pokerstars Pro and EPT Vienna Chip Leader Daniel Negreanu just lost a few of his chips in a pot to Nima Ahary.
Ahary opened under the gun to 22,200 and Negreanu defended his Big Blind by making the call. The flop was 
and Negreanu check-called a bet of 26,000 from Ahary. The turn was 
and the board started to look a little connected. Negreanu folded and Ahary took down the pot.
Wiese Move
Mihai Manole, who's already had a fantastic October, taking down the Poker EM €4,000 event in Baden just a few weeks ago for €160,800, is doing rather less well here now than he was.
We found him check-calling a 65,000 bet from Andreas Wiese on the 
flop, before both players checked down the turn and 
river. Wiese turned over 
and Manole just mucked, looking somewhat dejected, so we can't say whether he ahead until the river or not.
Wiese - 690,000
Manole - 345,000
Double Take
Tomer Berda has had one hell of a year including a WSOP bracelet but right now he is fighting for his life on the floor of the Kursalon Palace.
Berda was in the Big Blind with only 31,000 behind him when the action folded around to Antonio Buonanno in the Small Blind. It wasn't a difficult decision for Buonanno considering he has 900,000 chips and he put Berda all-in. Berda called and showed 
and Buonanno turned . The board ran out kindly for Berda 
and he doubled up to 62,000 chips.
Then a little while later Berda did it again when he raised to 25,000 from the cut off and Pokerstars Qualifier Victorino Torres put him all-in and Berda made the call. Berda had 
and Torres [ah . The board went one way and then the next before Berda doubled up with a straight.
Board - 
Yazbeck Gets Things Straight
Emile Jad Yazbeck got his very last in from the small blind with , and found himself dominated by Jose Severino's . However, by the turn of the 
board Yazbeck had made a straight, and doubled to 165,000. Severino looked most unhappy as he dipped to 340,000.
Good Call by Hruby
We joined the action on a flop of 
and the two opponents who were locked in a staring contest were Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby and Pokerstars Qualifier Peter Gavril. Gavril made a bet and Hruby raised to 95,000 and the bandana wearing Gavril called. The turn was the 
and the action went check-check. The river was the and Gavril bet 100,000 leaving 100,000 behind. Hruby thought for a while before making the call.
"Good call." Said Gavril.
Hruby: 
Gavril:
Hruby ~ 1,000,060
Ramin Uses Noodle
Sometimes this game is more about mind games than cards, and Ramin Hajiyev's aggression and timing combined with a little post-match needle have taken their toll on Claudio Simaldoni. During this hand two were played on every other table (three on one) as Simaldoni made a bid for the Timebank Trophy. It started preflop when Hajiyev had raised, the button had called and Simaldoni threebet out of the big blind. Now the bet stood at 65k and Hajiyev gave it another bump, to 130k. The button was no longer interested but Simaldoni, after a long, long time, flat called.
The flop: . Another pause from Simaldoni before he checked and Hajiyev immediately announced, "All in."
Another pause, this time, to be fair, over a bet of nearly 200k. A frowning Simaldoni decided to fold and was rewarded with another speedy action from Hajiyev - turning over his 
and saying, "Don't threebet me when you're not sure!"
Lucky Sevens Victorinious
After Tomer Berda's extraordinary comeback to well over 300,000, he has dropped back down to 150,000.
Berda opened for 25,000 before Victorino Torres reraised to 155,000 with just three yellow T5,000 chips back, protecting his cards. Berda, thinking that Torres was all in, announced a call and turned over his cards - .
TD Thomas Kremser was called over and ruled that Berda's hand was still live, and as it was an honest mistake and Torres clearly wasn't going anywhere anyway, he didn't give him a penalty. Duly they saw a 
flop and Berda bet out 15,000; Torres called all in, and promptly flipped 
for a flopped set.
Nothing changed on the turn or river, and Torres doubled up to 360,000. Berda couldn't help but be amused, even though he's back down to 15 big blinds.