The player in the hijack opened to 900 and Tim Reilly called from the cutoff. The button folded and Mike "Timex" McDonald three-bet to 3,225 from the small blind. It folded back to the original raiser who mucked his cards. Reilly called and we were heads up to the flop.
The flop was and Timex continued with a bet of 3,525. Reilly called and the turn paired the board with the . McDonald slowed down by checking and Reilly took this opportunity to bet 5,200.
McDonald called and the rivered. Both players checked and McDonald showed . Reilly mucked his hand and McDonald scooped the pot.
There has been an Italian leg on the European Poker Tour since season four but despite some valiant attempts Italians are still waiting for a win on home soil...
Andy Frankenberger and Matthew Frankland are both going along steady and both both won small pots just now.
Frankenberger was in position against Gabriel Tuna and called a 1,100 bet on a flop. Both players then went on to check down the turn and river. Frankenberger opened for two-pair and took the pot as Tuna folded.
A few minutes later, and at a different table, Frankland opened the action with a button raise to 800. A player in the small blind three-bet to 2,600 but that didn't deter Frankland who called to see the flop.
The small blind continued for 3,000 but couldn't stand the heat when Frankland raised to 8,225.
Frankland looked up to us and smiled, "One for the cameras!"
On the flop, Dmitry Stelmak and Jason Wheeler were in action. Stelmak checked to Wheeler, and he bet 1,575. Stelmak check-raised to 3,800, and Wheeler called.
The turn was the , and Stelmak fired 3,900. After some tanking, Wheeler raised to 10,000. Stelmak called.
The river was the , and Stelmak checked. Wheeler fired 16,200, and Stelmak called.
Wheeler turned up the , and Stelmak tabled the . Stelmak's hand was best and he won the pot.
With about 10,000 in the pot and a flop of , Artem Metalidi bet 3,750 from the small blind and received a call from Aleksis Tsaousidis on the button. When the dealer burned and turned the , the Ukrainian checked and opened the door for the Greek to fire out 6,000. Metalidi thought about it for a solid minute and then released his hand.
That hand dropped Metalidi down to 51,000 and brought Tsaousidis up to 50,000.
Barny Boatman raised to 1,000 preflop and a whole bunch of players including Nikita Nikolaev, Secondo Coccia, Scott Seiver on the button and Nicolas Chouity in the big blind made the call.
The flop was , and Boatman led for 2,000. That was followed by a raise to 5,050 from Nikolaev. Coccia then three-bet to 11,000, making Seiver, Chouity and Boatman fold their hands. The one who didn't fold was Nikolaev as he shoved all in. Coccia made the call.
Coccia:
Nikolaev:
Coccia's top two pair was in a good shape, but Nikolaev had a flush draw. Coccia was still good after the turn, although Nikolaev picked up some additional outs to a straight. Unfortunately for the Italian, the on the river completed Nikolaev's flush and sent him to the rail.
We caught up to the table to find Team PokerStars pro Jason Mercier all in for his tournament life before the flop. Mercier was flipping with Andrea Dato who called his all in.
Mercier:
Dato:
Mercier paired up on the flop and kept his lead through the turn and the river. Mercier's all in was for 12,500, so plus the blinds and antes he's currently sitting around 26,000.
and Timex continued with a bet of 3,525. Reilly called and the turn paired the board with the 
. McDonald slowed down by checking and Reilly took this opportunity to bet 5,200.
rivered. Both players checked and McDonald showed 
. Reilly mucked his hand and McDonald scooped the pot.
flop. Both players then went on to check down the 
turn and river. Frankenberger opened 
for two-pair and took the pot as Tuna folded.
flop.
flop, Dmitry Stelmak and Jason Wheeler were in action. Stelmak checked to Wheeler, and he bet 1,575. Stelmak check-raised to 3,800, and Wheeler called.
, and Stelmak fired 3,900. After some tanking, Wheeler raised to 10,000. Stelmak called.
, and Stelmak checked. Wheeler fired 16,200, and Stelmak called.
, and Stelmak tabled the 
. Stelmak's hand was best and he won the pot.
on the river completed Nikolaev's flush and sent him to the rail.
flop and kept his lead through the 
river. Mercier's all in was for 12,500, so plus the blinds and antes he's currently sitting around 26,000.