Florin Ionut Pandilica raised to 20,000 from the cutoff seat and, fresh of his elimination of Samuel Lindberg, Mikel Allende Diaz called from the big blind after asking to see how much Pandilica had behind.
The flop came down and Diaz checked. Pandilica fired 20,000 with about 90,000 behind and Diaz check-raised all in immediately. Pandilica immediately called and just like that we had another all-in situation.
Pandilica tabled the for an overpair of ladies, but he was severely out-flopped by the for Diaz, who had flopped the joint.
The turn brought a sweat with the to give Pandilica a flush draw, but the on the river was not what Pandilica was looking for. Even though he rivered a set of queens, he was still well behind the flopped straight of Diaz and hit the rail.
Mario Adinolfi got his last 110,000 chips into the pot preflop in bad shape, running his into the of Robert Firestone. Things would improve for Adinolfi, however.
The looked like a darn good one for the Italian at first, but a second glance sees the Royal Flush draw Firestone had flopped.
"I folded the king of spades," Tome Moreira announced.
No matter. The case dropped right on fourth street, and that robbed nearly all of Firestone's outs. He needed to find the and only the to make the winning hand, but the river was not it.
That blank river marks a much-needed double for Adinolfi, while the loss knocks Firestone back to about 345,000.
Spain's Mikel Allende Diaz raised to 23,000 from under the gun with a little over 400,000 behind to start off the action on this hand. After he opened, play folded to Swede Samuel Lindberg in the cutoff seat. Lindberg reraised all in for 138,000. Play folded back to Diaz and he made the call after a minute in the tank. He held the and found he was ahead of the for Lindberg.
The flop came down and Lindberg picked up a few more outs with an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn was a blank and then the river landed with the -- also a blank. Lindberg couldn't find the help he needed and was sent out the door.
From the hijack seat, Ivan Starostin from Russia moved all in for the second hand in a row. This time his shove was for 122,000. On the last hand, he shoved and no one called, but that would all be different this time.
After he moved in, action folded to Florin Ionut Pandilica in the small blind and he reshoved for approximately 275,000. Eugene Katchalov folded from the big blind and the hands were tabled.
Starostin:
Pandilica:
Starostin had to wait until the river as the board ran out . He found a king on the river and doubled through Pandilica.
Anthony Picault was back to his silent fist pumping ways after doubling-up through Craig Hopkins.
The PokerStars qualifier raised to 23,000 from mid position before Picault three-bet all-in for 169,000 from the next seat (hijack). The action was folded back to Hopkins who thought for a few minutes and made a reluctant looking call.
Hopkins:
Picault:
The board ran to see the Frenchman's advantage hold. Hopkins dropped to 180,000.
Samuel Lindberg opened the pot to 21,000 from late position, and Florin Pandilica three-bet all in for 132,000 from the button. Lindberg considered for a good while before announcing the call, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Lindberg:
Pandilica:
The board ran through safely for the short stack, coming to secure his double. Mark him down for 286,000 now.
Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko just added 25% too his stack with a well timed three-bet shove.
Manuel Sadornil raised to 23,000 from the hijack and was called by Guillaume Darcourt on the button before the Russian sat thinking for five minutes and then moved all-in for 217,000. It did the job as both players folded.
From the cutoff seat, Stephane Albertini raised to 22,000. Raul Mestre called from the button and Roger Christian Tondeur called out of the big blind. The flop came down and action checked through to Mestre. He fired 30,000 and both of his opponents quickly folded.
Carlos Yerbes Gonzalez opened the pot to 21,000 from late position, and Anthony Picault three-bet to 55,000 from the small blind. Gonzalez shoved in for 191,000 total, and Picault called very quickly with his covering stack.
Showdown
Gonzalez:
Picault:
The flop was not particularly good for the at-risk Gonzalez, pairing both players to keep him in the hole. The turn was a good sweat, though, giving him a gutterball draw and another four outs to the double.
River:
That'll do it. Gonzalez slammed his fist down on the felt with a loud, "Yes!" then apologized to the man he'd just doubled through. This one brings him right back to 400,000 on the nose.
and Diaz checked. Pandilica fired 20,000 with about 90,000 behind and Diaz check-raised all in immediately. Pandilica immediately called and just like that we had another all-in situation.
for an overpair of ladies, but he was severely out-flopped by the 
for Diaz, who had flopped the joint.
to give Pandilica a flush draw, but the 
on the river was not what Pandilica was looking for. Even though he rivered a set of queens, he was still well behind the flopped straight of Diaz and hit the rail.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
looked like a darn good one for the Italian at first, but a second glance sees the Royal Flush draw Firestone had flopped.
dropped right on fourth street, and that robbed nearly all of Firestone's outs. He needed to find the 
and only the 
was not it.
and found he was ahead of the 
and Lindberg picked up a few more outs with an open-ended straight draw. The 
on the turn was a blank and then the river landed with the 
-- also a blank. Lindberg couldn't find the help he needed and was sent out the door.
. He found a king on the river and doubled through Pandilica.
to see the Frenchman's advantage hold. Hopkins dropped to 180,000.
turn was a good sweat, though, giving him a gutterball draw and another four outs to the double.