Annette Obrestad is now up amongst the chip leaders here on Day 1b of the EPT Tallinn Main Event.
PokerStars qualifier Sami Moilanen opened the betting with a raise to 500 from under the gun. The next four players folded but Eugen Wagner, Ignat Liviu, Obrestad and Andrey Subbotin came along for the ride.
The flop came down and each of the active players checked. The turn brought the into play and Obrestad bet 1,500, Subbotin and Moilanen folded but both Wagner and Liviu called, meaning it was three-handed to the river.
Obrestad checked, as did Wagner but Liviu bet 5,500. Obrestad quickly raised to 16,500, which saw Wagner fold but Liviu snap-called then angrily slammed his cards into the muck when Obrestad turned over for a winning full house.
Obrestad now has 61,000 and is most certainly a major threat now.
The quote in the title came from the lips of Seppo Parkkinen as he and Jens Kyllonen explained how table mate Ivan Freitez busted from the tournament.
Apparently he raised with seven-five suited and got one caller. The flop came and the Venezuelan's c-bet was raised. Freitez had a backdoor draw and deemed it good enough to go with, Unfortunately for him though his opponent had flopped a set of threes and called the all-in push.
No back-to-back EPT titles for the colourful Freitez.
Mark Pukhov raised to 500 from middle position and Johan Van Til three-bet out of the small blind making it 1,700 to play with 24,000 behind. Pukhov had Van Til covered and four-bet to 4,700 and Van Til was forced to fold his hand.
In the next hand Pukhov again opened to 500 and this time Team Pokerstars Pro J P Kelly called in position. The flop was and Pukhov check-called a 1,000 J P Kelly bet. The turn was a tantalising barrel looking . Pukhov checked to J P Kelly and he fired his second warning shot of 2,100 into the field and after a very long think Pukhov gave up his hand.
Table 8 is starting to look like a good table to keep your eye on as it is the home of JP Kelly, Johan van Til, Dario Minieri and John O'Shea, with the latter two players just clashing in a cutoff versus button situation.
The action folded to Minieri in the cutoff and he made it 500 to play. O'Shea, on the button, was having none of it and he made it 1,175 to go. Both blinds folded but when it was Minieri's time to act, the Italian Team PokerStars Pro re-raised to 2,525. O'Shea sat still for several moments before putting in the raise the ended the hand, a bet of 6,250. Minieri folded and O'Shea picked up the pot.
Earlier in the level Annette Obrestad won a massive pot, most of it paid for by Ignat Liviu, when she hit a full house on the river. But she has just given some of them back to him, but not too many as he only had 6,000 chips to start with.
On a board reading , Obrestad lead out, Chuck Clark folded and Liviu moved all in for what turned out to be 5,525. Obrestad instantly called and the players turned over their hands.
Obrestad: - for top set
Liviu: - for the nut straight
The turn and river were the and respectively, failing to fill up Obrestad's set to a boat and Liviu now has around 70 big blinds to play with again.
EPT Vilamoura champion Toby Lewis, might be following fellow Season 7 champion, Ivan Freitez out of the door soon. The Young Brit just Tweeted, "Ffs 4,375 left.... Lost a massive pot!"
Oscar Lima meanwhile is having a much better day. He might be stuck in an awkward to get to corner but that hasn't stopped him amassing a 139,000-stack during the first four levels.
Annette Obrestad has arrived at the European Poker Tour with enough silver to take down a pack of Werewolves. She has a silver bracelet, silver necklace, silver ring, silver watch, silver earrings and a silver ipod cover that Paris Hilton would be proud of!
There are no werewolves at her table but she is still doing a very good job at cutting everyone down to size. Jeff Sarwer raised to 450 from early position and there were three callers including Obrestad from late position. The flop came down and after the action checked to Sarwer he bet 1,200 and only Obrestad made the call. The turn was the and Sarwer waved the white flag with a check and Obrestad took the pot down with a 2,225 bet and now has around 65,000 red, yellow, purple, black and green chips. Maybe she needs a quiet word with her jeweller?!
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and each of the active players checked. The turn brought the 
into play and Obrestad bet 1,500, Subbotin and Moilanen folded but both Wagner and Liviu called, meaning it was three-handed to the 
river.
for a winning full house.
and the Venezuelan's c-bet was raised. Freitez had a backdoor draw and deemed it good enough to go with, Unfortunately for him though his opponent had flopped a set of threes and called the all-in push.
and Pukhov check-called a 1,000 J P Kelly bet. The turn was a tantalising barrel looking 
, Obrestad lead out, Chuck Clark folded and Liviu moved all in for what turned out to be 5,525. Obrestad instantly called and the players turned over their hands.
- for top set
- for the nut straight
and 
respectively, failing to fill up Obrestad's set to a boat and Liviu now has around 70 big blinds to play with again.
and after the action checked to Sarwer he bet 1,200 and only Obrestad made the call. The turn was the 
for two-pair.