Another small loss for Joe Cada and another nice little boost for Max Heinzelmann as they saw a flop and Heinzelmann check-called a bet from Cada. They both checked the turn and Heinzelmann bet out on the river. It was enough to make Cada give it up, and the World Champion is down to 1.5 million.
Next hand, Cada raised under the gun but faced a reraise from Heinzelmann. Before Cada could fold his hand (he did), Roberto Spada called in the big blind. Spada then check-folded to a continuation bet on the flop, further boosting the already monstrous Heinzelmann stack.
In only the second hand of Level 27 Antonino Venneri has enacted sweet revenge on Xuan Liu. He moved his last 425,000 across the line from under the gun and it nearly got through before Xuan Liu called in the big blind.
Liu
Venneri
Venneri almost became our 13th place finisher until the river came to his rescue on a board of
There were rumours of a three-bet shove (it's rather difficult to work out what's going on on our live feed screen sometimes) but we only caught the showdown bit.
Joe Cada:
Max Heinzelmann:
Board:
It was another exciting flop, but it ultimately came to nothing for Cada. The 2009 World Champion is going to have to wait a little longer for an EPT title, as he is busto in 13th place. Heinzelmann meanwhile is up to around 6 million - chip leader, by our reckoning.
Massimiliano Manigrasso raised to 130,000 and Francesco De Vivo made it a suspicious 280,000 with just 600,000 back. Much to our surprise (and Xuan Liu's - who raised an eyebrow) Manigrasso flat-called to see a flop of . Manigrasso checked and De Vivo fired out 350,000 with barely 250,000 behind - the former folded and got shown for his efforts.
A short-stack Xuan Liu just moved all in preflop from the cutoff, managing to pick up the blinds and the antes. The Canadian is still probably our shortest stack at the moment though.
The action on the outer table has been stifled somewhat due to the stack sizes of Xuan Liu and Antonino Venneri. Both of them have between 10-15 big blinds and are in push or fold mode. in the past seven hands Venneri has moved all-in three times without receiving a call.
In fact we have only seen one flop after Costantino Russo completed in the small blind, Elder checked in the big blind before firing out a bet on the flop to take it down.
Another small pot for Max Heinzelmann has put him up to around 8 million. Massimiliano Manigrasso raised to 135,000 and Heinzelmann called on the button. Max Lykov in the small blind counted out a potential reraise, but in the end opted to fold.
It was all over very swiftly on the flop. Manigrasso checked, Heinzelmann bet, and the Italian decided that he did not want to mess with the chip leader at this time.
flop and Heinzelmann check-called a bet from Cada. They both checked the 
turn and Heinzelmann bet out on the 
river. It was enough to make Cada give it up, and the World Champion is down to 1.5 million.
flop, further boosting the already monstrous Heinzelmann stack.
. Manigrasso checked and De Vivo fired out 350,000 with barely 250,000 behind - the former folded and got shown 
for his efforts.
bringing in Heinzelmann's flsuh and leaving Teng drawing dead. He got up, grinning, and left.
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flop. Manigrasso checked, Heinzelmann bet, and the Italian decided that he did not want to mess with the chip leader at this time.
