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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.
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
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
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.
The Russian steamroller is up to 325,000.
Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 200
Thanks to Mad Harper of PokerStars.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
598,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
415,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
370,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
340,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
325,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
301,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
300,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
286,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
277,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
270,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
270,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
253,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
240,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
230,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
223,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
220,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
220,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
214,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
189,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
188,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
|
187,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
184,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
184,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
180,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Toni Ojala who as Finns go is not as crazy as the average one, has just been eliminated at the start of the level.
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 
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 
.
