The board read when we arrived and Alex Kravchenko in the small blind was betting out 21,500. Dominique Franchi made the call, and they saw the turn.
The turn was a fourth heart, the . Kravchenko checked this time, and soon faced a bet of around 35,000 from Franchi. This proved too much for Al Krav, who folded. Franchi showed him a relatively nothing-y for third pair and took the pot. Amazingly, Kravchenko laughed and looked genuinely cheerful about all of this.
Bernhard Haider pushed to a raise from Rudolf Koster, and was most unhappy to see that he smacked his into Koster's . The rockets duly held on the board and Haider had his hide tanned - he exited the tournament area, and Koster moved on up to 205,000.
Jonathan Van Fleet has been knocked out after understandably getting his stack in with against Cristian Tardea's on a flop of . No miracle king on the turn or river and Tardea stack now approaches the 420,000 mark.
Francisco Torres was one of the shorter stacks anyway, returning from dinner on 44,000. But when we found him, he was calling all in for just 600 to a 5,500 raise from Andreas Wiese, stacking his one T500 chip and one T100 chip on top of his tiny toy train and pushing them across the line. A few seats to his left, Jan Wilken reshoved for around 48,000. Wiese folded and Torres was looking to quintuple up, when you factor in the blinds and antes.
Torres:
Wilken:
Flop: ! Torres cheered as he hit two pair.
Turn:
River: making Wilken a straight and dashing Torres' comeback hopes.
James Keys has switched tables once again but maybe using that to his advantage as his opponents will not know his playing style thoroughly yet.
He decided to raise to 5,200 from under the gun with and only Konstantin Puchkov in the hijack seat made the call. A flop of saw both players check but Keys came out betting 7,200 on the arrival of the on the turn.
Neither player seemed too impressed to see the on the river and they both checked their option. When Keys revealed his hand Puchkov smiled, nodded and mucked his cards. The man who finished third at EPT Barcelona last year needs to stop calling off chips if he is to put in a repeat performance.
We found Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo betting out 20,000 on the turn of a board. On the button, Cristian Tardea made the call.
The river was a dangerous-looking , making a straight for anyone with an ace or indeed a six, and a flush for anyone holding two spades. This time they both checked, and de Melo turned over for top set. Tardea shrugged and showed her pocket , dropping to 250,000 in the process. De Melo's new stack comprises around 270,000 in chips.
The board read when we arrived; Michael Tureniec was betting out 16,200. To his immediate left Bodo Sbrzesny raised, prompting Tureniec to quietly enquire in a monotone, "How much is it?" It was 41,700 total, and after a little bit of a tank, Tureniec called. Sbrzesny checked his hole cards and they saw the river.
The river was the and after another little tank, Tureniec bet out what looked like 80,000. Sbrzesny had what looked like 80,000 left to his name, meaning that he had to make a decision for his tournament life. After a while he folded, giving Tureniec an "I don't think you have it but I'm folding anyway" smile.
Cristian Dragomir opened to 5,100 preflop from the hijack before Wim Bos made it 15,000 next to him from the cutoff then Johann Leiter flat-called the 3-bet on button.
"I don't know what to do!" said Dragomir honestly, but then he decided to just fold.
Bos fired out 14,000 on the flop and then 25,000 on the turn but Leiter called both these bets to see river. Bos thought about firing the river as well, but checked and gave up as Leiter checked behind.
Bos turned over but it was no good as his opponent flipped .
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when we arrived and Alex Kravchenko in the small blind was betting out 21,500. Dominique Franchi made the call, and they saw the turn.
. Kravchenko checked this time, and soon faced a bet of around 35,000 from Franchi. This proved too much for Al Krav, who folded. Franchi showed him a relatively nothing-y 
for third pair and took the pot. Amazingly, Kravchenko laughed and looked genuinely cheerful about all of this.
into Koster's 
. The rockets duly held on the 
board and Haider had his hide tanned - he exited the tournament area, and Koster moved on up to 205,000.
on a 
board which was very much no good when Calia turned over 
against Cristian Tardea's 
. No miracle king on the 
turn or 
river and Tardea stack now approaches the 420,000 mark.
making Wilken a straight and dashing Torres' comeback hopes.
saw both players check but Keys came out betting 7,200 on the arrival of the 
on the turn.
on the river and they both checked their option. When Keys revealed his hand Puchkov smiled, nodded and mucked his cards. The man who finished third at EPT Barcelona last year needs to stop calling off chips if he is to put in a repeat performance.
, making a straight for anyone with an ace or indeed a six, and a flush for anyone holding two spades. This time they both checked, and de Melo turned over 
and after another little tank, Tureniec bet out what looked like 80,000. Sbrzesny had what looked like 80,000 left to his name, meaning that he had to make a decision for his tournament life. After a while he folded, giving Tureniec an "I don't think you have it but I'm folding anyway" smile.
river. Bos thought about firing the river as well, but checked and gave up as Leiter checked behind.
but it was no good as his opponent flipped 
