The two shortest stacks, Sergey Kuzminskiy and Ben Warrington have three-bet shoved in consecutive hands.
Diego Gomez opened to 180,000 from the cutoff and Kuzminskiy three-bet shoved for 1,335,000 from the small blind. Gomez quickly folded and Kuzminskiy helped himself to some much needed chips.
The very next hand, David Boyaciyan opened to 180,000 (again from the cutoff) and Warrington moved all-in for 1,400,000 when the action passed to him in the big blind. Boyaciyan looked like he was considering a call but he ultimately folded.
Diego Gomez certainly brings character to the final table, along with hollering and a lot of excitement. As far as other players are concerned it’s good for the game…
Sergey Kuzminskiy open-shoved from late position and Sotirios Koutoupas folded. We initially thought he has called because he turned over the . Alas, he did not call and Kuzminskiy helped himself to the blinds and antes.
Ben Warrington almost doubled his short stack after two successful three-bet jams on the bounce, but then he lost most of that profit back the very next hand.
He opened to 170,000 from the cut-off and David Boyaciyan peeled from the big blind. Both checked the flop before Boyaciyan led for 275,000 on the turn. Warrington called and the board completed as .
Both players checked and the Dutchman opened and took the pot as Warrington mucked.
Ben Warrington is up to almost 1.9 million thanks to his lowly ace-four cracking Ramzi Jelassi's kings.
Jelassi opened from the button and then snap-called when Warrington three-bet all-in for 860,000 in the small blind. Warrington turned over and was in a whole world of pain against the red kings of his Swedish opponent.
The dealer burned a card before putting the wheel-completing flop — gifting Warrington a straight! The turn drew some oohs and ahhs from the crowd as a four would split the pot. Any fears of that happening were soon dismissed though as the river was the and Warrington doubled up.
You may remember that the now-bust Aleh Plauski had similar luck with a baby ace, his ace-deuce cracking the pocket kings of Andreas Berggren when the flop came down all deuces! Maybe small aces are better hands than we give them credit for?
ElkY and Roger Hairabedian are still engaged in a personal wager, potentially worth an additional €100,000 to the Team PokerStars Pro should he finish in the top three in the EPT Prague €5,000 turbo side event. PokerStars Blog has the latest on the bet, plus the Dan Smith versus Marvin Rettenmaier player of the year race.
After a couple of successful shoves Diego Gomez found himself a caller the third timed he tried it.
The action folded around the fun-loving Spaniard in the small blind and he open shoved for 1,840,000. David Boyaciyan looked down at a monster in the big blind and called.
Gomez:
Boyaciyan,
The board ran and Gomez left to a polite round of applause.
The remaining four players are on a short break before the new level begins.
and Warrington's 160,000 c-bet was treated to a check-raise up to 395,000. The Brit thought for two minutes before he released his hand.
. Alas, he did not call and Kuzminskiy helped himself to the blinds and antes.
flop kept the tens in front and the 
river and we are down to five in the EPT Prague Main Event.
and took the pot as Warrington mucked.
and was in a whole world of pain against the red kings of his Swedish opponent.
flop — gifting Warrington a straight! The 
turn drew some oohs and ahhs from the crowd as a four would split the pot. Any fears of that happening were soon dismissed though as the river was the 
and Gomez left to a polite round of applause.
