Our Chip Leader continues to maintain his steady pace at the top of the Leaderboard here at EPT Vienna. His latest new additions to his stack have come from Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby in this interesting Button v Big Blind hand.
Hruby opened from the Button with a raise of 86,000 and Nanos called in the Big Blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Nanos bet 130,000 and Hruby called. The river was and Nanos again bet, this time a bit quicker than the turn, making it 190,000. Hruby took a very long time but eventually called. Nanos flipped over for flopped trips and Hruby mucked his cards.
A few hands later, and Kirill Zapletin's stack was further depleted. He opened for 95,000, but was met with a reraise all in for 765,000 from Luca Cainelli in the small blind. Zapletin folded, and more of his chips headed out of his stack and across the table.
Michael Eiler raised and got himself called by both Daniel Negreanu in the small blind and Kirill Zapletin in the big. Onwards and flopwards.
Flop:
All three players checked. They got to see a turn card for free.
Turn:
Negreanu checked, but this time Zapletin bet 240,000. Over to original raiser Eiler - who now raised all in. Negreanu quickly got out of the way, but there commenced a long tank from Zapletin. He massaged his temples for some time. Perhaps he could do with borrowing Negreanu's masseuse for a while.
Eventually he folded, and told Eiler, "Nice bluff," ("Naiz blerf," it sounded like in his rather good Russian accent). The expression on his face was sourer than a lemon floating in a tub of yoghurt.
"It was no bluff," Eiler told him, after a pause. "You'll see on TV."
Zapletin, still looking most unhappy, told him that he'd folded pocket jacks.
Martin Hruby raised to 82k preflop, and big blind Bruno Launais made the call. He check-called a second time (65k) on the flop before both players checked the turn and saw a free river. At this point Launais checked once again, and Hruby bet 116k. Launais was already stacking the call by the time Hruby's hand left his stack, and realising what was up, Hruby threw his cards facedown into the muck, conceding a pure bluff with no hope of a win at showdown. Annoyingly, Launais then accepted the pot without having to show down his own hand, so the mystery is doubled.
Bruno Launais made it 86,000 form the button, and Andreas Wiese, on 448,000 our official short stack, pushed from the small blind. Big blind Martin Hruby thoguht about it for a while but ultimately decided to fold; Launais got as far as asking for a count but declined to call.
Wiese picked up the much-needed pot and is back up to 600,000.
Welcome back to the EPT Vienna and in the very first hand on our feature table [Removed:40] is eliminated by Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu.
Negreanu raised from early position making it 92,000 to play and Vitagliano shoved all-in to his direct left for 462,000. It folded around to Negreanu who had a decision to make. "Just for my brain as I am old pull in 92,00 each - you could have AK?" How right he was when he made the call.
Negreanu:
Vitigliano:
Board: giving Negreanu the lead. Turn and Vitagliano was drawing dead and the river irrelevant.
button in Safari
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Nanos bet 130,000 and Hruby called. The river was 
and Nanos again bet, this time a bit quicker than the turn, making it 190,000. Hruby took a very long time but eventually called. Nanos flipped over 
for flopped trips and Hruby mucked his cards.
flop before both players checked the 
turn and saw a free 
river. At this point Launais checked once again, and Hruby bet 116k. Launais was already stacking the call by the time Hruby's hand left his stack, and realising what was up, Hruby threw his cards facedown into the muck, conceding a pure bluff with no hope of a win at showdown. Annoyingly, Launais then accepted the pot without having to show down his own hand, so the mystery is doubled.![[Removed:40] eliminated](https://s.pnimg.net/cAetyBTRrzQpAprwQxSsWne7wyUi6Y7wnaKkd_DE26k/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/Nzg5Lzg3L3g2NjUw/MDk2MTliLmpwZw.webp)
giving Negreanu the lead. Turn 
