Martin Schleich hadn't won a hand so far today but that just changed as he took one off Tomeu Gomila.
Gomila raised from the button and once more the German defended his big blind before a was revealed. Gomila continued with a 120,000 bet and Schleich checked called. Both players checked the dangerous looking to head straight to the river.
A nervous looking Schleich went to bet but fumbled his chips so he took the easier option of checking. Gomila checked behind and Schleich tabled . Gomila looked annoyed and folded
From under the gun plus one, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov raised to 110,000. Isabel Baltazar reraised from the next seat to 275,000 and then play folded all the way back to Katchalov. He paused for a little bit and then moved all in. Baltazar called holding the . Despite holding one of the biggest pairs possible, Katchalov tabled the for the mother of all pocket pairs.
The flop came down and gave both players a full house as the rolled off. The turn was the and then the river completed the board with the .
Baltazar failed to improve and Katchalov had her covered. That meant she was out in eighth place and took home a prize of €73,000.
Martin Schleich and Raul Mestre battled in another small pot and once again the Spaniard came out best.
Schleich raised to 105,000 from mid position and Mestre peeled to see a flop. He took over the betting initiative and donk-led for 90,000. It was too much for Schleich and he slid his cards towards the muck.
Eugene Katchalov has just gotten himself out of the basement.
The pot began with Saar Wilf opening to 125,000, and Katchalov three-bet shoved for about 650,000 total. When it folded back to Wilf, he spent a long while considering, probably not really wanting to grant the dangerous Ukrainian an easy double. After a quick conversation with himself, though, Wilf put in the call, and Katchalov was at risk of elimination. He was in fine shape, though.
Showdown
Wilf:
Katchalov:
The board ran out safe for Katchalov, and he faded the gutterball as the board came running . No longer the shortest stack now, the Team PokerStars Pro has found his double to climb back to about 1.4 million.
Isabel Baltazar raised to 125,000 and new chip leader Saar Wilf called from the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Wilf bet 150,000 and Baltazar called.
The river was the to pair the board and Baltazar bet 275,000. Baltazar mulled things over for a bit and then called again.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov was just all-in. He shoved for around 650,000 from the hijack but got no takers. The American-Ukrainian, as the short stack, will have to do a lot of this today if he's going to get back in the hunt.
True to the quite from his bio interview yesterday, Saar Wilf is not shying away from Tomeu Gomila here in the early going.
The second hand of the day began with Gomila opening to 110,000, and Wilf three-bet to 275,000 in position. Gomila quickly called, and the two men took a flop heads-up. Gomila checked and called a bet of 300,000, and he called another 550,000 after the turn. On the river, Gomila's last check signaled it was safe for Wilf to bet again, and he announced, "One million," the first time we've heard that bet this tournament. Gomila called rather quickly again, and those were chips he'd not get back.
Wilf tabled , and Gomila appeared to flash two jacks as he spun his cards onto the felt.
It only took two hands for a 3-million-chip pot to break out, and Wilf has taken the chip lead courtesy of it.
was revealed. Gomila continued with a 120,000 bet and Schleich checked called. Both players checked the dangerous looking 
to head straight to the 
river.
. Gomila looked annoyed and folded
. Despite holding one of the biggest pairs possible, Katchalov tabled the 
for the mother of all pocket pairs.
and then the river completed the board with the 
.
flop. He took over the betting initiative and donk-led for 90,000. It was too much for Schleich and he slid his cards towards the muck.
. No longer the shortest stack now, the Team PokerStars Pro has found his double to climb back to about 1.4 million.
and both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. Wilf bet 150,000 and Baltazar called.
to pair the board and Baltazar bet 275,000. Baltazar mulled things over for a bit and then called again.
and Baltazar mucked her hand.
turn. On the 
river, Gomila's last check signaled it was safe for Wilf to bet again, and he announced, "One million," the first time we've heard that bet this tournament. Gomila called rather quickly again, and those were chips he'd not get back.
