We're four levels deep into this Day 2, and the players are taking their final break of the day. We'll be back in 15 minutes with one more level to conclude play.
Well, it was a fun ride for Per Linde. Down to just 700 lonely chips in the last level, the Swede mounted a monster comeback, winning five hands in a row to rebound back into contention. It was all for naught, though.
David Gomez Morante has just sent Linde off in bad-beat fashion. Morante's was initially looking not so good against Linde's , and there were about 60,000 chips up for grabs — a monster stack by Linde's standards at this point. A queen in the window changed everything, though, and the board is the last of his day.
We missed the opening raise from Maksim Semisoshenko, but we did join in time to see Alex Kravchenko three-bet to 12,100 and Semisoshenko shove in for 33,300 total. Kravchenko asked for the count and considered for just a bit before making the call with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Semisoshenko:
Kravchenko:
There was a queen in the door, and the board means twice the chips for Semisoshenko and a reduction to about 89,000 for the steely Team PokerStars Pro.
Team PokerStars Pro Johhny Lodden is hanging on. He seemed to have lost a big pot to Ricardo Ibanez Rodriguez as when he got a shove through against him he commented, "That's revenge for the last hand!"
Rodriguez limped from under the gun and was joined Ondrej Vinklarek over called from the next seat. The action folded around to the Norwegian in the small blind and he slammed down his remaining 28,200 with smile on his face.
Rodriguez tank folded, laving the decision on the current leader of the Player of the Season standings. "If you had more than me I'd call, now I'm not so sure." "Do you want a call?" he continued.
"No," replied Lodden. He wasn't lying either as when Vinklarek folded he was shown !
We only caught up with the pot after all the money had gone in preflop. It was Kuziv Ivan Vasylovych at risk for his last 48,800 with . Manuel Sanchez Morito had put him to the test with the covering stack, but his were in trouble.
The board ran out , and a frustrated Morito stepped away from the table and toward the exit. He had to be called back, though, as the table surmised that he was the bigger of the two stacks. Morito didn't seem exactly thrilled to be sticking around with just a few chips, and if our eyes caught it right, he was relieved of an extra 10,000 unintentionally. The dealer announced the amount as 58,800, and that much was paid out to Vasylovych to more than double him up to about 110,000.
As if the news wasn't bad enough, Morito has been left with just 3,600 now.
My last pot was about Johnny Lodden hanging on, that is not the case now. He just eliminated Carlos Lopez to climb to 180,000 chips.
The two were heads-up to the turn where the board read and the Team PokerStars Pro checked to face a 15,000 bet. He tanked before calling to the river. Lopez had 35,000 left and that's what Lodden bet. Lopez called to see the Norwegian's for a flush, the pot and the Spanish scalp.
It turned out that Lodden had doubled through Lopez moments before this hand. Lodden the assassin finished the job.
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was initially looking not so good against Linde's 
, and there were about 60,000 chips up for grabs — a monster stack by Linde's standards at this point. A queen in the window changed everything, though, and the 
board is the last of his day.
board means twice the chips for Semisoshenko and a reduction to about 89,000 for the steely 
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, and a frustrated Morito stepped away from the table and toward the exit. He had to be called back, though, as the table surmised that he was the bigger of the two stacks. Morito didn't seem exactly thrilled to be sticking around with just a few chips, and if our eyes caught it right, he was relieved of an extra 10,000 unintentionally. The dealer announced the amount as 58,800, and that much was paid out to Vasylovych to more than double him up to about 110,000.
and the Team PokerStars Pro checked to face a 15,000 bet. He tanked before calling to the 