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Ben Wilinofsky did not have the greatest time at San Remo but he's started a lot better here in Madrid, the board was reading 
and PokerStars Qualifier James Kilarjian was facing an all in from the EPT Berlin champion.
With about 20,000 already in the middle Kilarjian did not look entire keen on making the call and indeed mucked, Wilinofsky moved up to 50,000.
An UTG player limped (apparently blind) and Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker made it 600 on the button, Michael Tureniec made it 1,900 from the big blind. The UTG player now looked at his cards and flat-called and Moneymaker came along for the ride.
The flop was 
and Tureniec fired out 3,600 which was called by both the other players. An 
on the turn seemed to kill the action as it was checked around but the 
river suddenly brought back the aggression. Tureniec checked for a third time and the UTG player bet 5,000, Moneymaker quickly called and Tureniec tanked for about a minute before moving all in for 23,850. UTG folded and Moneymaker sighed, "Nice bet," also mucking his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
|
28,000 | |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
28,000 | |
|
16,500
-13,500
|
-13,500 |
|
15,500
-14,500
|
-14,500 |
|
14,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
There was around 5,000 in the pot by the river of the 
board when Tom Dwan bet 4,125. The hapless gentleman in the one seat, we believe one Bernhard Braumandl, sighed. Pretty much every time we've walked by their table today, we've spotted Braumandl being bullied by Dwan, more often than not laying down his hand to a bet from his more famous opponent. This time though Braumandl called and was soon sighing again, this time with relief - they both turned over 
and chopped it up.
EPT Copenhagen champion Michael Tureniec now has over 56,000 chips - he was describing this hand sotto voce in what was probably Swedish and though I tried to eavesdrop haven't got that story, yet. However now that he's armed with a big stack, he's continuing the accumulation trend, just winning a few thousand from Ignacio Palau, who led 2,200 on an 
flop but gave up when Tureniec called and then bet the 
turn.
"Wow, Benny Spindler has the world," said my colleague Homer this morning - and that was while Galen Hall was still chip leader in the High Roller event.
Spindler now has a whole solar system by that reasoning - with four players left (and Hall long gone) Spindler has an absurd chip lead and is currently serious favourite to take the €525,000 top prize. Many thanks to our friends over at PokerStars Blog for the chip counts.
Benny Spindler - 1,700,000
Juha Helppi - 420,000
ElkY - 400,000
David Sands - 250,000
Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern opened to 725 from UTG and fellow Team Pro Lex Veldhuis called next to him. The player to his left then 3-bet to 2,600 and it was passed all the way back to Mattern, who folded. Veldhuis made the call though to see a flop of 
. Veldhuis check-called a bet of 3,500 before both checked the 
turn. A river saw Veldhuis bet 8,300 but he was snap-called, the Dutchman confidently turned over 
but pipped by his opponent's 
.
Veldhuis dropped to 21,000
Dag Palovic opened to 750 preflop and Michel Abecassis raised to 2,000 behind him but then Liv Boeree cold 4-bet to 4,500 and Palovic got out of the way. Abecassis then moved all in for 17,000 and Boeree snapped with 
- Of course Abecassis had the and couldn't hit the board.
Boeree is up to 76,000.
As tables break, our start-of-day Tables Of Doom are becoming even doomier.
The table that already boasted Nicolas Chouity (46,000) and [Removed:197] (23,000) now also has Gavin Cochrane (16,000) and Tobias Reinkemeier (30,000) on it. And across the way, the table that already boasted Tomer Berda (25,000), Casey Kastle (38,500), Tom Dwan (32,000) and Joe Cada (22,000) now also features UKIPT Dublin champion Max Silver (33,000). The other players at his table may not know who Mr. Silver is, but he's one of the UK's finest young players - as well as winning UKIPT Dublin, Silver finalled UKIPT Edinburgh as well in the same season, and took down the £1,500 NLH side event at EPT London last year. Definitely one to watch.
