It's taken a while to lose our second player but lose him we did.
Tomeu Gomila raised to 135,000 from mid position before Juan Manuel Perez three-bet to 335,000 from the button. The blinds folded and when the action was back on Gomila he four-bet jammed. Perez took little time in calling all-in to create a showdown.
Perez:
Gomila:
The flop came to reduce the number of outs for the Spaniard and it only got worse as the board ran out .
A mixture of congratulatory applause and cheers from Gomila's rail were heard as Perez left the stage. We're estimating that Gomila is back up ti 4.6 million chips.
Tomeu Gomila raised to open the pot, and he found calls from Saar Wilf and Eugene Katchalov, the latter coming along out of position from the big blind to a three-handed flop.
The dealer spread out , and Gomila continued out with another 115,000. That bet got called in both places as well, and the appeared on the turn. Now Gomila upped the pressure with a second bet of 500,000 only to see Wilf check-raise to 1.3 million total. That got Katchalov out of the way quickly, but Gomila found the chips to call.
The filled out the board, and Gomila checked it over. Wilf considered carefully before settling on a bet of 2 million straight, sliding the tall technicolor stacks out into the pot with both hands. Gomila would spend then next two or three minutes deliberating, but he eventually surrendered with a flick of his cards into the muck.
Wilf has extended his chip lead significantly, but we don't dare guess what he has without getting closer to eyeball it, which we can't do.
...All right then, we'll guess. He's got about 6.9 million now.
Dragan Kostic opened to 160,000 from late position, and Tomeu Gomila gave him action from the button to go heads up to the flop. It came , and Gomila called a 250,000-chip continuation bet. That'd be the only bullet he'd need to fend off as they'd check-check through the turn and river.
At showdown, Kostic's was second-best to Gomila's , and that pot moves the start-of-day chip leader back up to about 5 million.
Raul Mestre just lost two small pots on the bounce.
First of all he raised to 120,000 from under-the-gun but tank folded when Tomeu Gomila three-bet to 285,000.
The very next hand he faced a 135,000 raise from Eugene Katchalov. It was into his big blind and he defended but check-folded to a 150,000 c-bet on the flop.
Tomeu Gomila raised from the hijack seat to 130,000 and Juan Manuel Perez moved all in from the small blind for around one million. Gomila folded and Perez won the pot.
From the cutoff seat, Tomeu Gomila rasied to 125,000 and Saar Wilf flatted on the button. Everyone else folded and the flop came down . Gomila bet 125,000 and Wilf made the call to see the land on the turn. Gomila slowed down with a check and Wilf checked behind.
The river completed the board with the . With the board paired, Gomila fired 400,000. Wilf tanked and then made the call. Gomila tabled the for trip aces and Wilf mucked his hand.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov is back up to around the two million mark after maneuvering Tomeu Gomila off a hand with some savage pre-flop aggression.
He raised to 135,000 only to face three-bet from Gomila from the button. Katchalov showed little emotion and shoved for around 1.7 million. His Spanish opponent tank-folded.
First in from middle position, Eugene Katchalov raised to 135,000, and he was called in four places. Dragan Kostic (cutoff), Raul Mestre (button), Tomeu Gomila (small blind), and Saar Wilf (big blind) all came along for the first (and likely only) five-way flop of the day.
The dealer spread out a suited for the first three cards, and it checked to the raiser. Katchalov continued out with another 225,000. That folded everyone around to Wilf, but he snuck in a check-raise to 625,000 total. It worked; Katchalov didn't waste much of their time as he frowned, uncapped his cards, and slid them into the muck.
to reduce the number of outs for the Spaniard and it only got worse as the board ran out 
.
, and Gomila continued out with another 115,000. That bet got called in both places as well, and the 
appeared on the turn. Now Gomila upped the pressure with a second bet of 500,000 only to see Wilf check-raise to 1.3 million total. That got Katchalov out of the way quickly, but Gomila found the chips to call.
filled out the board, and Gomila checked it over. Wilf considered carefully before settling on a bet of 2 million straight, sliding the tall technicolor stacks out into the pot with both hands. Gomila would spend then next two or three minutes deliberating, but he eventually surrendered with a flick of his cards into the muck.
, and Gomila called a 250,000-chip continuation bet. That'd be the only bullet he'd need to fend off as they'd check-check through the 
turn and 
river.
, and that pot moves the start-of-day chip leader back up to about 5 million.
flop.
. With the board paired, Gomila fired 400,000. Wilf tanked and then made the call. Gomila tabled the 
for trip aces and Wilf mucked his hand.
for the first three cards, and it checked to the raiser. Katchalov continued out with another 225,000. That folded everyone around to Wilf, but he snuck in a check-raise to 625,000 total. It worked; Katchalov didn't waste much of their time as he frowned, uncapped his cards, and slid them into the muck.
