Adam Geyer, who nearly final tabled the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event in 2009, and Gurgen Melkonyan were heads up in a raised pot with the board reading . Melkonyan checked, Geyer fired 4,050, and Melkonyan made the call.
The river was a repeat four - the - and Melkonyan led out for 8,525. Geyer tanked for a bit, then grabbed his entire stack and plopped it in front of him, raising all in for 22,725.
It was Melkonyan's turn to tank, and tank he did. Finally, after mulling over the decision for better part of a minute, he called. Geyer quickly turned over for a full house, and Melkonyan mucked his hand.
Geyer doubled to around 60,000 chips, while Melkonyan slipped to just 800 and busted shortly thereafter.
Fifty tables are all ready nearly full and two more are readied for late arrivals. The field is absolutely stacked full of pros with more faces emerging with every wonder around the room. Below are more people we've spotted:
Germany's Bodo Sbrzesny, who recently finish in third place in the World Poker Tour Prague event for €137,470, and Hong Kong's Tony Chang, who took fourth in the same event for €101,800, are both in action today and looking for more success here in the Czech Republic.
It has not been the best of starts for James Keys as he has lost over half of his starting stack.
We were walking past his table to see Keys with in front of him and Erik Scheidt showing pocket aces. The flop had a jack on it, but it also an ace. Amazingly, Keys managed to keep 12,825 of his stack, plenty to work with thanks to this amazing structure.
Guillaume Rivet, who took down the Eureka High Roller event last night for €89,200, is off to a bit of a slow start today. In a recent hand, he opened to 250 from early position, and Brahim Oubella defended his big blind. The flop fell , both players checked, and the turn brought the . Oubella led out for 300, and Rivet called.
The completed the board, and Oubella checked. Rivet tossed out 700, and Oubella check-called. Rivet showed for a stone bluff, and Oubella tabled for a pair of jacks.
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.
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.
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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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. Melkonyan checked, Geyer fired 4,050, and Melkonyan made the call.
- and Melkonyan led out for 8,525. Geyer tanked for a bit, then grabbed his entire stack and plopped it in front of him, raising all in for 22,725.
for a full house, and Melkonyan mucked his hand.
. Oubella led out for 300, and Rivet called.
completed the board, and Oubella checked. Rivet tossed out 700, and Oubella check-called. Rivet showed 
for a stone bluff, and Oubella tabled 
for a pair of jacks.
, Jason Wheeler checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 1,700 from Ankush Mandavia in the hijack. When the 
for rivered trips.
.
. The action checked to a player in middle position who bet 1,200, and only Busquet called.
, 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.
flop.