Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened that action for 1,700. Ariel Mantel put out the call as did Eugene Katchalov, Marc-Etienne Mclaughlin on the button and big blind Martin Hanowski. Five players saw the flop come . It checked round to Ariel Mantel who bet 1,700. Katchalov called but everyone else folded. Turn card was no deterrent to Mantel who bet 2,500 and again Katchalov called. River card was the and Mantel checked. Katchalov mulled it over and bet 3,500. Mantel went in the tank. The board was so wet he probably wished he was wearing swimming trunks. With a shake of his head he released his hand.
Ari Engel has had a great 2013, but unfortunately his Main Event run has come to an end. PokerStars.tv’s Laura Cornelius caught up with Engel before he busted to talk through one of the trickier spots he’s had to play. Watch him break it down here.
Steve O’Dwyer opened for 1,000 from first position, Fedor Holz from the cut-off made the call and it was down to Andre Goldbaum in the big blind who glanced over at Holz’s stack. “Eleven hundred and one.” said Holz instantly giving him an exact count. Goldbaum, sitting with his lucky lead figure of Wolverine in front of him made the call. The flop was . Goldbaum checked and O’Dwyer continued for 1,000 getting a fold from Holz and a call from Goldbaum. Turn card and they both checked. River and now Golbaum led for 1,875 which O’Dwyer quickly called and mucked when Goldbaum showed .
The €10,000 High Roller is under way with a fanfare inversely proportional to its buy in. But even if these events tend to take place away from the brightest spotlight, there's one very good reason to stay in touch, namely: it's full of high rollers. PokerStars Blog takes a look.