Jack Powell finds himself with 185,000 chips after winning a large pot that was contested three ways.
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano got matters under way with a raise to 6,000 from under the gun. After one player folded, Tanel Padar made the call followed by Powell on the button.
Flop: - All three players chose to check
Turn: - Pagano had enough of checking and bet 9,500, a bet that the other two players called.
River: - Pagano now checked, as did Padar but Powell spoiled the party and bet 32,000 chips. Pagano now folded but Padar was seriously thinking about calling.
After a minute of deliberating with himself Padar made the call, which put him all in, and he was eliminated as Powell showed
Herbert Kern raised preflop, only to find himself being reraised by Vladimir Geshkenbein. Kern called, and they saw a flop.
Said flop came down rainbow, and Geshkenbein bet out 15,000. Kern made it 33,000 - but Geshkenbein now set him in, leaving Kern with a serious decision to make for his remaining 60,000. Eventually he folded - and Geshkenbein showed him .
"Was I ahead?" he grinned, to no response from Kern.
Heinz Traut raised all-in from the button for his final 27,800 and Michael Tureniec quickly called in the big blind with flipping against the of Traut.
The board came and Traut banged his hand on the table to celebrate his double up from a micro-stack to a mini-stack. He's up to about 60,000 now. Tureniec still has over 300,000
Cristian Tardea managed to lure Jonathan Vanfleet into making a call on the river by offering him great odds to call.
Vanfleet started the betting with a raise from the cutoff to 4,600. Tardea, seated on the button, made the call as did Artur Wasek in the big blind. The flop came down Wasek checked, Vanfleet bet 6,500 and Tardea called.
The dealer put the on the turn, Vanfleet bet 17,000 and after one minute thinking time Tardea made the call. The on the river completed a possible flush and straight which slowed Vanfleet right down and he checked. Tardea now bet 20,000 which sent Vanfleet into the tank.
"You could have queen-jack," Vanfleet said to himself, before trying to figure out the odds the pot was offering him. Two minutes after facing the bet he called it but slipped his cards into the muck when Tardea turned over for the nut flush
The micro-stacked Daniel Drescher is now merely a very small stack after doubling up with against Peter Nordin's , the board coming down . Drescher is at 40,000 now, while Nordin is at 35,000.
The gentleman under the gun opened to 4,600 and Russell Carson flat-called behind. The gentleman in the small blind called as well, as did Wojciech Soltys in the big blind, and they all four of them saw a flop.
Flop:
The blinds both checked and Mr. UTG continuation-bet 8,000. Carson raised to 23,000 and the small blind got out of the way, but Soltys now went all in. Mr. UTG folded, Carson called, and they were on their backs.
Soltys: for top pair
Carson: for middle set
Turn:
River:
With that, last year's runner up Carson was up to 275,000.
- All three players chose to check
- Pagano had enough of checking and bet 9,500, a bet that the other two players called.
- Pagano now checked, as did Padar but Powell spoiled the party and bet 32,000 chips. Pagano now folded but Padar was seriously thinking about calling.
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rainbow, and Geshkenbein bet out 15,000. Kern made it 33,000 - but Geshkenbein now set him in, leaving Kern with a serious decision to make for his remaining 60,000. Eventually he folded - and Geshkenbein showed him 
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flipping against the 
of Traut.
and Traut banged his hand on the table to celebrate his double up from a micro-stack to a mini-stack. He's up to about 60,000 now. Tureniec still has over 300,000
Wasek checked, Vanfleet bet 6,500 and Tardea called.
on the turn, Vanfleet bet 17,000 and after one minute thinking time Tardea made the call. The 
. Drescher is at 40,000 now, while Nordin is at 35,000.
for top pair
