Updated Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Igor Kurganov | 104,000 | 54,000 |
Andrey Gulyy | 84,000 | |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 53,000 | 3,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Igor Kurganov | 104,000 | 54,000 |
Andrey Gulyy | 84,000 | |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 53,000 | 3,000 |
From under the gun, David Martirosyan raised to 700. Timothy Adams three-bet to 2,000 from the hijack seat before Jim McCrink flatted on the button. Faraz Jaka flat-called out of the small blind and action moved back to Martirosyan, the original raiser.
Martirosyan reraised to 7,100 with a four-bet and that folded out both Adams and McCrink. Jaka studied, though, and he studied long and hard. Eventually, Jaka moved all in for approximately 35,000 and Martirosyan snap-called.
Martirosyan tabled the and was ahead of Jaka's . From there, the board ran out and Jaka was off to the registration desk to reload. Martirosyan climbed to about 90,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Martirosyan | 90,000 | |
Timothy Adams | 80,000 | |
Jim McCrink | 19,000 | -6,000 |
Faraz Jaka | Busted |
Steve Silverman was just eliminated after he was all in on the river of a board with only to run into Ivan Arnau Roy's in a nasty cooler.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ivan Arnau Roy
|
90,000 | |
Steven Silverman | Busted |
Sorel Mizzi fired out a bet of 1,400 on a board, Alexander Roumeliotis made the call before Reza Mostafavi made it 7,500. Mizzi called but the Swede folded before the came on the turn.
Mizzi checked and Mostafavi set him all in, Mizzi called instantly.
Mostafavi:
Mizzi:
The Canadian had turned the nuts but he still had to sweat a trey or deuce on the river but instead the came, confirming Mizzi's double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Reza Mostafavi
|
150,000 | -40,000 |
Sorel Mizzi | 37,000 | -13,000 |
Dan Smith, winner of the EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller, check-called a bet of 3,100 on the flop against Chris Brammer before seeing the land on the turn. Both payers checked and they also both checked the on the river.
"One pair," said Brammer, before Smith waited for him to show the .
Smith turned up the for a better pair and won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Christopher Brammer | 80,000 | -20,000 |
Dan Smith | 63,500 | 13,500 |
From under the gun, Mohsin Charania, the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final champion, raised to 600. Jani Sointula reraised to 1,650 from the next seat and everyone folded back to Charania. He called and the flop came down .
On the flop, Charania check-called a bet of 2,200 from Sointula before seeing he come on fourth street. Charania checked and Sointula checked behind.
The river was the and Charania led for 3,300. Sointula folded and Charania won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mohsin Charania
|
57,000 | 7,000 |
Jani Sointula | 34,500 | -15,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jonathan Duhamel | 100,000 | -4,000 |
Angel Guillen | 67,000 | 17,000 |
Martin Staszko | 52,000 | 2,000 |
Jason Mercier | 50,500 | 500 |
Pius Heinz | 44,000 | |
Bertrand Grospellier | 40,100 | 7,100 |
With the board reading , Jean Noel Thorel had check-raised Carlos Mora's 4,500 bet to 15,000. Mora made the call to see the on the turn and Thorel checked a second time, Mora fired out 25,000.
This time, Thorel check-raised all in for about 76,000 and after about 2 minutes, Mora made the call.
Thorel:
Mora:
The on the river changed nothing and Thorel has gone from being knocked out very early to now being one of the chip leaders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jean-Noel Thorel | 185,000 | 135,000 |
Carlos Mora | 65,000 | -35,000 |
Kristy Arnett has been in Barcelona this past week with the rest of the PokerNews team covering the European Poker Tour festivities. She's gathered some fun, behind-the-scenes highlights and here is a special edition of The Straddle.
Action folded to European Poker Tour regular Sam Chartier in the hijack seat and he raised to 700. Max Greenwood made the call from the small blind and the flop came down . Greenwood checked and Chartier bet 900. Greenwood called.
After the came on the turn, both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. Greenwood checked and Chartier bet 2,500. Greenwood gave it up and Chartier won the pot.