We tend to reserve the A Round With... feature for the deeper stages of these tournament. But with Sam Trickett, Antonio Esfandiari, Jonathan Aguiar, Luca Moschitta and Martin Staszko all on the same table, it seemed like a good time to put the table under the microscope.
Read what happened at the PokerStars Blog.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 725 and it folded all of the way around to Sam Trickett who called from the big blind. The flop was 
and Trickett checked. Esfandiari continued out for 1,000 and Tricket slid out a check-raise to 2,600. Esfandiari called.
The 
turned and Trickett led for 3,600. Esfandiari called once again and the 
hit the river. Trickett fired 8,600.
"Oh, tricky Trickett," said Esfandiari. "I invited you into my home...I took you to the spa..." he trailed off.
Esfandiari eventually flung out a call. Trickett rolled over 
for a turned flush and Esfandiari flung his cards to the muck. Trickett is now up to 63,000 while Esfandiari has been crippled at about 7,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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7,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000 | |
|
80,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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66,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
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49,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
46,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
44,000 | |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
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33,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
||
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24,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
24,000 | |
|
24,000 | |
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
21,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
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||
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21,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The first wave of players are currently taking their dinner break while the other half is on a 20-minute break.
From the hijack seat, Tristan Wade raised to 450. The small blind, Richard Loth, made the call, then Paul van 't Veer called from the big blind.
The flop was 
, and all three players checked to see the land on the turn. There action checked to Wade, and he bet 800. Loth called, and van 't Veer folded.
The river completed the board with the , and Loth checked. Wade fired 1,700, and Loth called.
Wade turned up the 
for trip aces, and Loth mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
94,000 | |
|
|
93,000 | |
|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
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72,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
70,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
70,000 | |
|
|
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|
|
67,000 | |
|
66,000 | |
|
65,000 | |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
59,000 | |
|
|
59,000 | |
|
58,000 | |
|
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57,000 | |
Stefano Giarrusso opened to 500 from under the gun and Timothy Adams called. It folded around to Lex Veldhuis on the button and he three-bet to an unknown aomunt. Giarrusso wasted no time four-betting to 5,000 and Adams got out of the way.
Veldhuis then five-bet all in for roughly 45,000 and Giarrusso snapped him off with 
. Veldhuis showed 
and needed some help.
"I've got a good feeling about this one," said Veldhuis.
The deck, however, did not agree to act upon Veldhuis's feeling as the 
was the door card. The flop finished with the 
. The turn was the 
and Veldhuis stood up and said "Good game." The finished the board and he was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Lukas Staehelin limped from early position only to have Luca Pagano raise to 800 from the button. Szabolcs Mayer then came in with a three-bet to 2,200 from the big blind, Staehelin folded, and Pagano made the call. The 
flop saw Pagano call a bet of 2,200 from Mayer, and the both players checked the turn as well as the 
river.
Mayer tabled 
for a pair off aces, but it'd be no good as Pagano's 
won with a better kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
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Christophe De Meulder was all in for his last 5,000 or so with the 
. He was up against the 
for Kirill Telezhkin.
On the flop, the 
came down, and De Meulder took the lead. The landed on the turn, but then the came on the river and Telezhkin won the pot to eliminate De Meulder.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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