We're not quite sure of the action, but we saw a big hand develop on a flop of . When we arrived, there was only a few hundred in the middle, but lots of action being had. Germany's Jens Kerper had 8,700 out in front of him, and he was being faced with an all-in raise to 22,800 by Walter Linner.
It appeared it may have been a four-bet or more, and after thinking about it for a solid minute, Kerper called.
Showdown
Kerper:
Linner:
It's no wonder there was so much action as both players had flopped two pair. Unfortunately for Kerper, he was well behind. The turn saw Linner lock up the pot, and Kerper was left with just 800 in chips after the was run out on the river.
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Jones opened to 250 from under the gun and found one caller on the button. The duo shared the flop, Jones fired a continuation bet of 250 and the button instantly tossed his cards towards the muck. Easy game.
We caught the end of Dmitry Stelmak's demise. It seemed as if he got his remaining stack in pre flop with ace-king versus Paris Dedes' . The board ran .
Giovanni Rizzo has lost a portion of his stack after bluffing on a double-paired board.
Belgium's Joris Springael opened the betting from the hijack to 250 and was called by Andrey Bondar on the button. Rizzo called in the big blind and it was three-handed to the flop.
Rizzo checked to Springael, who continued with a 450 bet. Bondar paused breifly before folding, but Rizzo opted to call. The dealer put the on the turn and both Rizzo and Springael checked.
The river was the and Rizzo lead out with a 1,400 bet. Springael quickly called and his bested the pocket sevens of his Italian opponent.
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Olivier Busquet and three opponents took a flop of . The action checked to a player in middle position who bet 1,200, and only Busquet called.
The turn was the , the player checked, and Busquet fired 2,600. The player called.
The fell on the river, and the player checked again. Busquet opted to check behind, and it's a good thing because his opponent flipped over for a pair of kings.
Busquet saved a bet, but still slipped to around 27,000 chips.
On a board reading , Jason Wheeler checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 1,700 from Ankush Mandavia in the hijack. When the peeled off on the river, Wheeler stared down his opponent before sliding out a bet of 4,225. Mandavia snap-called, but was left shaking his head when Wheeler rolled over for rivered trips.
. When we arrived, there was only a few hundred in the middle, but lots of action being had. Germany's Jens Kerper had 8,700 out in front of him, and he was being faced with an all-in raise to 22,800 by Walter Linner.
turn saw Linner lock up the pot, and Kerper was left with just 800 in chips after the 
was run out on the river.
flop, Jones fired a continuation bet of 250 and the button instantly tossed his cards towards the muck. Easy game.
. The board ran 
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flop.
on the turn and both Rizzo and Springael checked.
and Rizzo lead out with a 1,400 bet. Springael quickly called and his 
bested the pocket sevens of his Italian opponent.
, the player checked, and Busquet fired 2,600. The player called.
fell on the river, and the player checked again. Busquet opted to check behind, and it's a good thing because his opponent flipped over 
for a pair of kings.
, Jason Wheeler checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 1,700 from Ankush Mandavia in the hijack. When the 
