James Carroll opened to 500 from under the gun, Michel Abecassis called in middle position, and Daniel Dodet called near the button. The flop came , Carroll checked, and Abecassis tossed out 800. Only Carroll called.
The turn was the , and Carroll quickly checked. Abecassis bet 1,700, avd Caroll called.
The completed the board, and Carroll checked a third time. Abecassis made it a three-peat, firing 2,550, and Carroll tanked for 10 seconds or so before calling.
Abecassis rolled over for the seventh nuts, and Carroll mucked his hand.
Anton Makiievskyi's tournament just came to an abrupt end over on Table 33.
John Eames opened the betting with a 500 raise and he was initially called by Elie Saad on the button then Philip Junghuber called on the button. Makiiiesvsky was the big blind and he called too.
The foursome shared a flop, Makiievskyi checking to Eames, who then continued with a 1,100 bet. Saad got out of the way, but Junghuber called and put the action back on Makiievskyi. The Ukrainian waited 10 seconds before check-raising to 4,000. Eames let his hand go but Junghuber called.
The turn was the and Makiievskyi bet 6,000. Junghuber looked at how many chips Makiievskyi — around 12,000 — had before putting him all-in. Makiievskyi called and the cards were revealed.
Makiievskyi:
Junghuber:
The dealer placed the flush completing on the river and as Junghuber stacked his new chips, Makiievskyi headed for the exits.
An under-the-gun player opened for 525 and cleared the field all the way to the player in the small blind, who three-bet to 1,500. Chris Brammer then called from the big blind, the original raiser folded, and it was heads-up to the flop. The small blind proceeded to check-call a bet of 2,200, and then both players checked the turn.
When the peeled off on the river, the small blind checked and Brammer moved all in for 10,250. The small blind quickly called and tabled , but it was no good as Brammer held .
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic's Martin Staszko, who you may remember as the runner-up in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, was eliminated after running kings into aces.
Jake Cody might've lost half his stack but he's still in a jolly old mood. I guess it's hard not to be happy wearing a Christmas jumper as cool as the one pictured.
Cody opened a pot 500 from the cut-off and was called by Candido Goncalves
on the button and the big blind. The flop fanned and Goncalves called Cody's 650 c-bet. The big blind folded and the remaining two players checked the river through. Goncalves opened and took the pot as Cody mucked.
This is the former EPT Deuville winner's first time in Prague. He's very excited to get to visit the the Christmas market this week. Aren't we all?
Chris Moorman opened for 500 and Friedrich Paul Raz opted to defend his big blind. This wasn't the first time the two had butted heads as Moorman had made a good lay down earlier in the day when Raz had rivered trips
In this hand, both players checked a flop of and the appeared on the turn. Raz proceeded to check-call a bet of 700 and then came out firing on the river to the tune of 3,000. Moorman thought for nearly two minutes before dropping in a call, and he was glad he did as Raz showed for a missed open-ended straight draw. Moorman then tabled to take the pot.
Rinat Bogdanov, the reigning WPT Venice Grand Prix champion, will not be adding a European Poker Tour title to his name this week, because he has just been eliminated at the hands of Denys Larin.
A preflop raising war broke out between the two that resulted in Bogdanov five-bet shoving with and Larin calling with . Bogdanov was drawing dead by the turn, and he had already left the table when the meaningless fell on the river.
Kayvan Payman, who took down Event #5 (€2k PLO) for €36,475, moved all in for 5,650 on a flop of . Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz and Tony Chang made the call, and the turn brought the . Both players checked.
The completed the board, Jaskiewicz, checked again, and Chang thought about firing into the dry side pot, but he eventually checked behind.
Jaskiewicz showed for a straight, Chang turned over for jacks and tens, and Payman had them both beat with for a full house.
Robert Genoud opened to 550 from early position, and David Boyaciyan, Yury Gulyy, and Natalia Nikitina all called on his direct left. Saar Wilf, who is sitting on Nikitina's direct left, three-bet to 2,275, and the action folded back to Genoud, who four-bet to 7,000.
Not to be outdone, Boyaciyan back-raised, five-betting to 15,800, and the action folded back to Genoud. The native of Switzerland tanked for quite some time. After nearly three minutes, Gulyy called the clock, but it took the floor person a considerable amount of time to reach the table because the tournament floor is a bit of a maze.
Ironically, the very second the gentleman reached the table, Genoud folded.
, Carroll checked, and Abecassis tossed out 800. Only Carroll called.
, and Carroll quickly checked. Abecassis bet 1,700, avd Caroll called.
completed the board, and Carroll checked a third time. Abecassis made it a three-peat, firing 2,550, and Carroll tanked for 10 seconds or so before calling.
for the seventh nuts, and Carroll mucked his hand.
and Makiievskyi bet 6,000. Junghuber looked at how many chips Makiievskyi — around 12,000 — had before putting him all-in. Makiievskyi called and the cards were revealed.
on the river and as Junghuber stacked his new chips, Makiievskyi headed for the exits.
flop. The small blind proceeded to check-call a bet of 2,200, and then both players checked the 
turn.
peeled off on the river, the small blind checked and Brammer moved all in for 10,250. The small blind quickly called and tabled 
, but it was no good as Brammer held 
.
river through. Goncalves opened 
and took the pot as Cody mucked.
and the 
appeared on the turn. Raz proceeded to check-call a bet of 700 and then came out firing on the 
. Bogdanov was drawing dead by the 
. Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz and Tony Chang made the call, and the turn brought the 
completed the board, Jaskiewicz, checked again, and Chang thought about firing into the dry side pot, but he eventually checked behind.
for a straight, Chang turned over 
for jacks and tens, and Payman had them both beat with 
