Balazs Botond has won a lot of pots, many perhaps at the expense of former Day 1 chip leader Davide Andreoni. The Hungarian was briefly over the 600,000 mark but just doubled up a short stack, he's still got 570,000 though.
We asked if Botond had been running really good but before he could answer, two of the players at his table piped up, "He's not been running good, he's been playing really good." Botond agreed.
Rupert Elder seems to be having a day where he can't quite get out of second gear. He had high acceleration with back to back doubles early-on, but since then it's been a win one, lose one scenario.
The last pot he played was a lose one. He opened to 4,000 from under the gun and made a reluctant looking call with when Daniel Erlandsson shoved for 42,800 from the hijack. The Swede opened and the board ran .
We didn't see much of the hand that eliminated Alessio Isaia. We know he was in the big blind and called all-in on a queen high turn with . Ivo Donev was his opponent in the hand and made an easy call with pocket kings. The river blanked and the local-ish pro headed off.
From under the gun former EPT Prague champion Roberto Romanello opened to 4,000 and found three callers. The first was Nick Yunis to his direct left, the next was Primoz Adamie on the button and finally Giovanni Ravellini in the big blind.
A flop reading saw Ravellini check, Romanello check, Yunis check but just as it looked like Adamie was going to make it an entire street of checks he bet 8,200. Ravellini instantly folded but Romanello check-raised to 17,200, forcing Yunis out of the pot but Adamie sat staring at the board for 30-45 seconds before moving all in. Romanello had seen enough and he let his hand go,
Joining the table and David Vamplew was in the process of four-betting to 31,000 against Fabrizio Baldassari three-bet to 13,400. The Italian former WSOPE runner-up thought for several minutes before eventually moving his last 50,000 chips into the middle, the Scot beat him into the pot.
Vamplew:
Baldassari:
The board came with neither player making a pair, Vamplew becomes the first player to break the 400,000 mark.
The German pro Heinz Kamutzki opened the betting with a raise to 4,000 from the cutoff seat To his immediate left, on the button, was Adrian Veghinas and he made the call. The small blind mucked but the big blind, Muahmet Perati, called.
Flop: - Perati checked, Kamutzki continued with a 7,000 bet and only Veghinas called.
Turn: - Kamutzki kept up his story and he made it 12,000 to play and again Veghinas called.
River: - Kamutzki now checked and Veghinas checked behind.
"Queen" declared Kamutzki but unfortunately for him Veghinas had hit two pair on the river with his .
It's always fascinating to hear stories of high-stakes cash game players who lose their roll and have to rebuild it at lower stakes. How does their ego stand it? Will they get back to former glories?
Nick Yunis and and Andrea Benelli both ended their respective days ones very near the top of the counts, but today is a whole new day. Both are scratching around for any chips that'll let them stay alive. Ten big blind pots were small change yesterday, today they could mean the difference between glory and the rail.
The two players were involved in a small three-way pot that had made the turn. The board read and Benelli led for 7,100, only to be called by Yunis. The river came and both players checked.
Benelli announced, "I have a six."
Yunis waited until Benelli opened and then he mucked.
Patrik Antonius cannot seem to drum up any action for himself and has taken to his mobile phone to keep him entertained. The action folded around to him in the cutoff and he made it 4,200 to play but nobody wanted to tag along and he helped himself to the blinds and antes.
The 'serious' atmosphere on the table of Liv Boeree and David Vamplew has just been completely destroyed because of Danilo Donnini's chair. The Italian fell backwards onto the floor after one of his chair legs bent back almost sideways.
Fortunately Donnini was unhurt perhaps apart from his pride.
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when Daniel Erlandsson shoved for 42,800 from the hijack. The Swede opened 
and the board ran 
.
. Ivo Donev was his opponent in the hand and made an easy call with pocket kings. The river blanked and the local-ish pro headed off.
saw Ravellini check, Romanello check, Yunis check but just as it looked like Adamie was going to make it an entire street of checks he bet 8,200. Ravellini instantly folded but Romanello check-raised to 17,200, forcing Yunis out of the pot but Adamie sat staring at the board for 30-45 seconds before moving all in. Romanello had seen enough and he let his hand go,
with neither player making a pair, Vamplew becomes the first player to break the 400,000 mark.
- Kamutzki kept up his story and he made it 12,000 to play and again Veghinas called.
- Kamutzki now checked and Veghinas checked behind.
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and then he mucked.
