Jeff Sarwer has been quite active so far this tournament and his stack has been up and down as a result. It has just gone in the right direction once against after a battle with Eugen Wagner went in his favour.
The action folded to Sarwer in the hijack seat and he wasted no time in opening the betting with a raise to 900. Wagner, seated in the cutoff, raised to 1,800 and only Sarwer called. The flop came down and Sarwer check-called Wagner's 1,500. Both players checked the arrival of the on the turn but when the fell on the river, Sarwer lead out with a bet of 6,100, enough to force out his opponent.
While having a gander at Jani Sointula's table it was Irene Baroni and Anatolli Ozhenilok who caught the eye. Firstly, PokerStars qualifier Alexis Abrante raised to 1,000 from middle position and Baroni defended her big blind. Both players checked the flop of before a 1,800 bet on the turn of won the pot for Baroni.
Then Baroni raised to 850 on the button and Ozhenilok defended his big blind. The flop of saw the Russian check-call a 1,250 Baroni bet and then the action wilted away. Both the turn and the river were checked and Ozhenilok won the pot holding ace high.
If you've ever listened to EPT Live you might have heard Nick Wealthall moan about why players shouldn't fold and show an ace to a three-bet.
Mark Pukhov raised from early position to 1,000 only for Kelly to three-bet to 2,500 from the next seat. The Russian folded and as he went to reveal a card my internal Nick Wealthall impression was saying, "Here we go again!" but to my surprise he opened the .
Kelly let a big smile spread across his face before he also tabled one card - the ! "That's more like it", continued Wealthall in my head.
Ignat Liviu is used being able to reload his stack whenever he wants to as he is one of the biggest lifetime winners in PokerStars cash games, where he plays as 0human0. Just 90 minutes ago he found himself down to 8,000 in chips but he is now the proud owner of 51,400 of them!
He just added to his stack when Jeff Sarwer opened on the button to 900 and he called in the big blind. The flop came down , Liviu initially checked, then called Sarwer's 1,600 continuation bet. The arrived on the turn and both players opted to check but there was no such passivity on the river as Liviu bet 4,000 when the showed its face.
Sarwer tilted his head to one side an thoroughly examined the board. He did so for 30 seconds or so before folding and tapping the table.
Sam El Sayed is an unhappy bunny over at the far side of the room. Why? Because his ace-deuce got cracked, if that is even possible.
We were alerted to his table when El Sayed become extremely vocal, even going as far as dropping a couple of "F-bombs." It appears his money and that of Nikolas Liakos went in preflop with El Sayed holding and Liakos . The final board ran out sending El Sayed into a tirade.
"I knew I had you well beat," said the Swiss national, before describing the hand as "un****ing believable" He seems to have calmed down now and avoided any penalties. maybe some Camomile tea is in order for Mr El Sayed.
Oscar Lima raised from early position making it 1,000 to play. There was a cold caller behind before Andrea Benelli three-bet out of the small blind making it 5,300. After studying the size of Benelli's chip stack Lima made the call and the cold-caller folded.
Flop:
Benelli came out fighting with a bet of 6,150 and Lima called.
Turn:
Benelli checked and Lima went for the jugular with a 10,500 bet and after spending most of the break pondering his decision Benelli folded.
Don't you just hate it when you are watching a hand build up and it ends up like a damp squid!
Nichlas Mattson had raised pre flop and PokerStars qualifier Gerhard Bauer three-bet to 2,875 from the small blind. Mattson four-bet to 6,400 and things got really excited when Bauer started acting like the his namesake from "24" when he five-bet to 11,600. Mattson then six-bet shoved and and Bauer called.
Mattson
Bauer
There were no jaw dropping flush draws on the board and we were as it was boys.
and Sarwer check-called Wagner's 1,500. Both players checked the arrival of the 
on the turn but when the 
fell on the river, Sarwer lead out with a bet of 6,100, enough to force out his opponent.
before a 1,800 bet on the turn of 
won the pot for Baroni.
saw the Russian check-call a 1,250 Baroni bet and then the action wilted away. Both the turn 
and the river 
were checked and Ozhenilok won the pot holding ace high.
.
arrived on the turn and both players opted to check but there was no such passivity on the river as Liviu bet 4,000 when the 
showed its face.
. The final board ran out 
sending El Sayed into a tirade.
flop.
