Joseph Cheong raised from early position to 4,500 and Anatoli Ozhenilok three-bet to 10,500 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Cheong and he made the call to see the flop. Cheong checked and Ozhenilok bet 10,000. Cheong made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the land on the river. Cheong bet 30,000 and Ozhenilok called.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov fired 15,500 on the board. Jesus Cortes made the call and the river landed with the . Katchalov checked and Cortes checked behind.
Katchalov showed offsuit with no clubs. Cortes tabled the and won the pot.
Cristiano Viali checked the flop and the next player bet 12,300. Jon Spinks flatted the bet and then action fell back on Viali. He check-raised all in for 47,000. The bettor folded, but Spinks made the call.
Spinks:
Viali:
Spinks' top pair was ahead, but he had to dodge the pair and flush draw that Viali held.
The turn brought the and put Viali in front with two pair. The river landed with the and gave Spinks a better two pair to win him the pot. He eliminated Viali and moved to right about 375,000 in chips.
Action folded to Christian Cipriano in the hijack seat and he raised to 5,000. In the small blind sat Kevin MacPhee, a former EPT champion. He three-bet to 12,800. After the big blind folded, Cipriano reraised all in for a little over 40,000. MacPhee snapped.
MacPhee tabled the and Cipriano the . The flop, turn and river ran out and MacPhee won the pot.
After the hand, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst asked MacPhee how much he had. She had right around 275,000 and MacPhee said he had right around 280,000 now. Selbst asked MacPhee if he wanted to swap 2%. MacPhee agreed and the two now earned a little extra sweat on each other.
Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis just received an early Chirstman gift thanks to Vladimir Andjelic.
From under the gun, Veldhuis raised to 4,000. Action folded a few spots over to Andjelic and he reraised all in for 120,000. Play moved back to Veldhuis and he quickly called with . Andjelic held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Veldhuis sent Andjelic to the rail.
On a flop, we watched Salvatore Bonavena lead out for 7,000, and Attilio Donato raised to 17,000. Bonavena smirked and chatted him up, then called to see the turn. The Team PokerStars Pro checked this time, and Donato took his cue to bet 26,000. Bonavena did some more chatting, cutting down his ~89,000 chips to eye up the potential damage. After some painful deliberation, he decided that a shove was the right play, and Donato instantly called.
Bonavena spun his high into the air and onto the felt, and he was in a big hole against the of Donato. The river came the , and Bonavena could not catch up with his overpair. He thought he was eliminated, so he tried to push us out of the way to vacate the table.
Not so fast, Sal. He's still got 21,000 chips left, but it doesn't look like he's quite in the mood to play poker anymore. He angrily paid his debt and left his remaining chips unstacked in a messy pile in front of him, slouched in his chair with head shaking slowly back and forth.
flop. Cheong checked and Ozhenilok bet 10,000. Cheong made the call.
and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Cheong bet 30,000 and Ozhenilok called.
and Ozhenilok mucked.
offsuit with no clubs. Cortes tabled the 
and won the pot.
flop and the next player bet 12,300. Jon Spinks flatted the bet and then action fell back on Viali. He check-raised all in for 47,000. The bettor folded, but Spinks made the call.
and put Viali in front with two pair. The river landed with the 
and gave Spinks a better two pair to win him the pot. He eliminated Viali and moved to right about 375,000 in chips.
. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and MacPhee won the pot.
and Veldhuis sent Andjelic to the rail.
turn. The Team PokerStars Pro checked this time, and Donato took his cue to bet 26,000. Bonavena did some more chatting, cutting down his ~89,000 chips to eye up the potential damage. After some painful deliberation, he decided that a shove was the right play, and Donato instantly called.
