Kevin Vandersmissen had just sent a tweet to our Dutch counterpart apologising for not giving him much action to report on during today's play but he has just given him, and us, something to write about.
The action folded around to Vandersmissen in the hijack and he min-raised to 2,000. The button and small blind folded but Martin Hauswald in the big blind three-bet all in for 16,500. Vandersmissen picked up some blue chips to call with but couldn't quite pull the trigger. Instead he simply waved them around in a circular motion in mid-air for a few seconds before finally deciding to pull that trigger and make the call.
Vandersmissen:
Hauswald:
Vandersmissen did not look happy at all with his call but that soon changed because the flop came down . At this point Hauswald had stood from his chair and started to gather his belongings. He was drawing dead on the turn and to rub a little salt into the wound the river was the completing an unnecessary full house for the Irish Open champion.
There are few poker players on the planet who would choose to take on Vanessa Selbst at the felt but Carl Carlsson did just that and came away with his stack still intact.
Selbst had opened to 2,300 from UTG+1 and after three players had folded Carlsson three-bet to just 5,000. Once the remaining active players got out of the way Selbst took back her original bet and replaced ith with a single 5,000 chip. Call.
The dealer got busy fanning out the flop and Selbst checked. Carlsson bet 8,000 but that was too much for Selbst to call and she sent her cards to the muck.
He's dropped a few chips but Sam Chartier is still the man. I stood by his table for a while hoping to catch the Canadian in an interesting pot but his table mates seem to be running scared of him.
He played two pots whilst I was in attendance. Both were three handed and Chartier found opponents folding to the first time he put a chip in the middle post flop. Easy game this, sometimes.
The action folded to Vladimir Geshkenbein in the hijack and he opened to 1,600. The cutoff folded but David Kahan flat-called on the button. The small blind got out of the way but Anton Thorarinsson felt he was priced in from the big blind and he made the call.
Flop: - Thorarinsson checked, Geshkenbein continued with a bet of 3,500 then Kahan raised to 11,500 sending Thorarinson into the tank. He stayed there for close to two minutes before reluctantly folding his hand. No sooner had he done that, Geshkenbein put a stack of blue 5,000 chips into the middle to set Kahan all in and his bet was called.
Geshkenbein:
Kahan:
Thorarinsson said, "I had " which obviously effected Geshkenbein's chances of hitting a flush.
"That's not the best news," answered the Russian, "But I've had worse."
The dealer burned a card before dealing the turn, and the river sending the pot to Kahan.
"Wow," exclaimed Kahan, "You actually lose a hand sometimes" before Stefan Jähne piped up saying "spades are no longer your friends."
"I'm still happy," said Geshkenbein and rightly so because he still has over 150,000 chips and is at the right end of the chip counts.
From middle position, Kevin Vandersmissen raised to 1,600. The player in the small blind called and Sam Chartier called from the big blind. The flop came down and action checked around. The turn was the and the small blind checked. Chartier fired 2,700 and Vandersmissen folded. The small blind called. The landed on the river and the small blind checked. Chartier bet 7,400 and the small blind called.
Chartier showed the for a rivered straight to the nine. His opponent didn't realize Chartier had made a straight and turned over the . The dealer mucked it and Chartier was pushed the pot.
There have only been two female players in the starting field today, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst being one of them, Susanne Kaufer the other. Whilst the former has been receiving plenty of attention today the latter has not but we just caught her in a hand involving Igor Kurganov.
On a flop reading Kurganov checked and Kaufer instantly checked behind. The turn gave the a chance to shine and it was met with a bet of 2,300 from Kurganov and a snap-call from his female opponent. The river was the and Kurganov made it 6,000 to play and again Kaufer instantly called.
Kurganov revealed and that was enough to beat Kaufer who folded as soon as she saw her opponent had made top pair.
Ignat Liviu is considered by Scott Seiver to be one of the greatest NL Hold'em players in the world. Those who follow or play against 0Human0 on PokerStars will be unlikely to disagree. This being the case, the remaining field can breath a little easier as the Romanian busted not long ago.
We stopped him in the corridor and he said he shoved his last 12 big blinds in with pocket tens. An opponent called with ace-seven and found an ace on the the board.
Andrew Chen and Alex Bilokur are sat nearly with their backs to each other. It's not that they don't like one another, they're on adjacent tables is all. Both of them made it to the river in hand and both lost their respective pots to drop back a little.
Chen was in the big blind in a four-way pot. The flop was and the Canadian led for 2,500. Hidir Özcan
was the only caller to the turn where he raised Chen's 4,800 bet up to 10,000. Chen called but check-tank-folded to a 19,000 all-in bet from his German opponent.
Bilokur meanwhile raised from early position to 1,800 and [Removed:207] was the only caller from the big blind. The flop fell and Bilokur continued for 2,200. The German check-called before he check-raised up to 9,600 when he faced a 3,600 bet on the turn. Bilokur showed little emotion as he called.
The river fell and Fritzler led for 15,500. Bilokur took his time and made the call before mucking upon seeing his opponent's for a flush.
. At this point Hauswald had stood from his chair and started to gather his belongings. He was drawing dead on the 
turn and to rub a little salt into the wound the river was the 
completing an unnecessary full house for the Irish Open champion.
flop and Selbst checked. Carlsson bet 8,000 but that was too much for Selbst to call and she sent her cards to the muck.
" which obviously effected Geshkenbein's chances of hitting a flush.
and the river 
sending the pot to Kahan.
and action checked around. The turn was the 
and the small blind checked. Chartier fired 2,700 and Vandersmissen folded. The small blind called. The 
landed on the river and the small blind checked. Chartier bet 7,400 and the small blind called.
for a rivered straight to the nine. His opponent didn't realize Chartier had made a straight and turned over the 
. The dealer mucked it and Chartier was pushed the pot.
and the Canadian led for 2,500. Hidir Özcan
