PokerStars Pro Juan Maceiras dishes to Sarah Grant about his status at the break.
PokerStars Pro Juan Maceiras dishes to Sarah Grant about his status at the break.
Players are now a 75 minute dinner break, we've off to the Mall nearby to purchase some of their delightfully cheap food and drink.
Andrey Danilyuk raised to 90,000 in the cutoff and faced a reraise to 240,000 from Eugene Yanayt on the button. It folded back around to Yanayt who reraised to 580,000, and after a little while Yanayt folded.
Eugene Yanayt opened to 90,000 preflop and Torsten Brinkmann made the call in the big blind to see a 

. Brinkmann check-called a bet of 90,000 on the flop and then a further 225,000 on the
turn before leading out for 350,000 on the
river.
Yanayt thought for about 30 seconds before folding - this outer table is still playing very tightly.
Small blind Eugene Yanayt raised to 100,000 preflop, but passed when Thomas Pettersson upped it to 540,000 from the big blind.
Under the gun Torsten Brinkmann raised to 90,000, only to find his neighbour Andrey Danilyuk reraising him to 235,000 - again, no call.
These hands were mere half-minute wonders compared to the river dwell of Thomas Pettersson on the third hand we have to report from the outer table - Pettersson had called Torsten Brinkmann's preflop raise in the big blind, checked the 

flop, and checked the
turn. Brinkmann now bet 85,000, and Pettersson called. The river brought the
and another check from Pettersson. When Brinkmann bet 155,000, Pettersson's timebank ran down until it made imagined beeping sounds, and he passed.
Andrey Danilyuk has really upped the aggression since busting Ankush Mandavia - he raised three hands in a row, although he didn't win all of them.
Hand 1
Danilyuk made it 90,000 from the cutoff; everyone folded.
Hand 2
Danilyuk made it 90,000 from the hijack and this time both Eugene Yanayt (cutoff) and Alessandro Limblici (big blind) called. The saw a 

flop and it checked around to Yanayt who picked up the pot with a 140,000 bet.
Hand 3
Undeterred, Danilyuk raised to 90,000 again, this time from under the gun. The table went back to folding, and he picked up another set of blinds and antes.
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Torsten Brinkmann raised to 90,000 preflop and Eugene Yanayt flat-called from the cutoff but then Thomas Pettersson moved all and Brinkmann quickly called. Yanayt scratched his head, thought for a minute or two before folding 
face up.
Brinkmann: 

Pettersson: 

Flop: 


Great fold by Yanayt.
Turn: 
Terrible fold by Yanayt.
River: 
Awesome fold by Yanayt, Pettersson doubles over the 1 million mark.
What a dramatic reversal of fortune for Simon Higgins - chip leader to out in just a few hands! His final all-in preflop confrontation was against Ivan Freitez, newly back in the running, who picked up 
at the same time as Higgins was ready to commit with 
. The board ran out 



and a shell-shocked Brit headed for the rail.
Ankush Mandavia moved all in from the small blind and Andrey Danilyuk instantly called in the big blind.
Mandavia: 

Danilyuk: 

The flop came 

and Mandavia took the lead but the turn
gave Danilyuk a flush draw and a number of better two pair draws. The
came on the river and Daniluk counterfeited Mandavia's two pair and eliminated the American in 13th position.
Inexplicably, Alessandro Limblici decided to celebrate this exit loudly with his friends on the rail despite having nothing to do with the hand.