Jonathan Weekes, who you may remember so narrowly missed out on a final table back at EPT Tallinn, has picked up a nice pot courtesy of Igor Tsymbal.
We caught it from the turn of the board, with 35,000 in the pot already. Weekes bet out 9,000 and Tsymbal snap-called to see the river, which both players checked. Tsymbal could only boast , and Weekes' mere for a busted straight draw that turned into two pair, sixes and eights, was good enough to win the pot. He's at 140,000 now.
Just when I was about to award Ciaran Burke the Grinder of the Day award for coming back a short stack having been a short stack most of yesterday and developing it into a starting stack of 30,000, he busted.
It can't have been that common an occurrence for Burke to raise preflop. The big blind Ørjan Skommo, looking at the 3,600 bet and at Burke's remaining chips, made the call.
On the flop, Skommo checked to Burke who bet 6,500. Returning to Skommo, he slowly counted out a raise to 13,700. Immediately Burke moved all-in. In for a penny, Skommo called having flopped a draw with . Burke showed . The turn was a safe but the river brought the and Skommo's flush. An even-tempered Burke handed his seat card to the dealer with a quiet, "What can you do?"
Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville is down to 45,000 after opening to 3,000 and getting a call from Elmar Dirnberger to his immediate left. Neuville bet out 5,100 on the flop and Dirnberger called that too to see a turn. Neuville now checked, and then folded to a 13,200 bet from Dirnberger, showing him pocket tens as an afterthought.
Juha Helppi had a spot of good fortune on the river of an board. He bet 10,000 into a 15,000 pot and his opponent Sonny Sareen made a quick call, swiftly followed by a "pfft" noise as Helppi turned over for a rivered Broadway straight.
Helppi is up to 80,000, Sareen down to just 30,000.
The two Michaels' Tureniec and Aron have been going at it quite a bit so far today and their latest battle has seen a huge pot sent the way of the American.
Tureniec had fired out 10,800 on the turn of a with Aron making the call before the Swede bet 21,400 on the river. Aron raised to 70,000 and although the size concerned Tureniec he made a fairly quick call only to be digusted to see Aron's nutty-looking . Tureniec flashed for the other end of the straight and is left with about 90,000.
Aron is the chip leader once more with about 320,000.
Irish qualifier Charles McIntyre is down to around 65,000 after an early rise and recent decline. He just played out a strange hand vs. Jannick Wrang. Three-way to a flop, McIntyre was the only player not in the blinds and checked along with them. The turn brought the and a bet from Wrang of 5,200. After a pause, scarf wrapped up to his nose, McIntyre made the call. The heads-up river was the and there was a hasty check-check.
Wrang showed for the straight and McIntyre mucked.
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board, with 35,000 in the pot already. Weekes bet out 9,000 and Tsymbal snap-called to see the 
river, which both players checked. Tsymbal could only boast 
, and Weekes' mere 
for a busted straight draw that turned into two pair, sixes and eights, was good enough to win the pot. He's at 140,000 now.
flop, Skommo checked to Burke who bet 6,500. Returning to Skommo, he slowly counted out a raise to 13,700. Immediately Burke moved all-in. In for a penny, Skommo called having flopped a draw with 
. Burke showed 
but the river brought the 
and Skommo's flush. An even-tempered Burke handed his seat card to the dealer with a quiet, "What can you do?"
.
flop and Dirnberger called that too to see a 
turn. Neuville now checked, and then folded to a 13,200 bet from Dirnberger, showing him pocket tens as an afterthought.
for a rivered Broadway straight.
into JP Kelly's 
.
with Aron making the call before the Swede bet 21,400 on the 
river. Aron raised to 70,000 and although the size concerned Tureniec he made a fairly quick call only to be digusted to see Aron's nutty-looking 
. Tureniec flashed 
for the other end of the straight and is left with about 90,000.
for the straight and McIntyre mucked.