Antonis Poulengeris opened to 500, Ryan Spittles defended from the small blind and Dermot Blain folded his big blind. The flop was . Spittles checked and called a bet of 800 from Poulengeris. The both checked the turn and saw a river card . Spittles took the lead and bet 1,125 and Poulengeris gave it up. After a brief chat with your PokerNews reporter about how much he was enjoying the whole Eureka Poker Festival in Prague, apart from Blain sat to his left beating up on him, and very much hoped to see us at the PCA, he was quickly back in action.
Spittles raised to 500 and got one caller in Latvian PokerStars player Dmitrijs Meless. A flop of and checked to Spittles who bet 650 and was called. They checked down the turn and river and the of Meless was good enough.
Ireland's Michael Sheridan just managed a double, but to be honest the title it a bit misleading as he got it in good.
We picked up the action with around 3,500 in the pot and a board reading . France's Bernard Guigon had bet 1,000 from early position and Sheridan responded by moving all in for 7,400. Guigon thought for about a minute before calling with the , but it was no good as Sheridan held a flush with the .
Sheridan needed to avoid a queen and five on the river, which is exactly what he did when the blanked. Sheridan doubled to 18,500 on the hand while Guigon took a hit down to 22,000.
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Vitaly Lunkin opened under-the-gun to 525 and the player in the small blind made the call. The big blind shoved allin for about 2,800 and Lunkin made the call. The small blind folded and Lunkin immediately showed his . The big blind slowly showed but wouldn't get there: | | . Lunkin is doing well so far, he's nearing the double start stack mark.
Former World Poker Tour Montreal winner Jonathan Roy got off to a hot start here on Day 1b, but he's seemed to have cooled off a bit.
With 1,300 in the pot and a flop of , Valeri Savov bet 600 from the under-the-gun position only to have Roy raise to 1,700. Savov made the call and then proceeded to check-call a bet of 2,600 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Savov checked for a second time and Roy thought a moment before dropping in enough chips to put his opponent at risk.
Savov couldn't get his last 7,850 fast enough and showed the for a rivered full house. Roy flipped over the for a losing flush and promptly paid his opponent.
“Floor,” called the player facing a bet on the river from Russia’s Gaik Karabakhtcian on a board reading . When the floor arrived the dealer explained what happened. Karabakhtcian had announced a bet with a blue T5000 chip in his hand, said “four,” and tossed it across the line. The floor responded, “Ok, I’m going to rule that as a bet of four hundred.” Karabakhtcian was surprised by the ruling but when his opponent tossed the 400 into a pot worth several thousand he was at least relieved to see his was good enough to win as his opponent mucked.
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Ole Schemion is up to 53,000 after firing on every street against Slobodan Ruzicic. It was actually the Serb who was the pre-flop raiser, he made it 400 to play and Schemion smooth called. On the flop Ruzicic continuation-bet 500, Schemion raised it to 1,800 and Ruzicic made the call.
The fell on the turn, Schemion bet 3,400 and after some thought Ruzicic once again smooth called. The completed the board, Schemion bet 8,200 and Ruzicic ruefully folded his hand.
Haxton raised it up to 600 under-the-gun plus one and received calls from Kuljinder Sidhu on the button and the player in the big blind. Sidhu called again after Haxton had continuation-bet 1,100 on . Thr turn was the and Haxton now bet 2,500, Sidhu called for a third time. The river was the and Haxton shoved, putting Sidhu allin effectively for about 4,500. Sidhu made the call and Haxton showed with a glance of hope on his face. The glance was gone and made room for some despair as Sidhu tabled his for rivered trips.
A seemingly convincing but unsuccessful bluff from Nikolai Chebotarev against American PokerStars player Anirudh Seth has left his frustrated and running low on a stack of 6,000 chips.
The next hand Markus Ross, a qualifier from Germany, opened for 500 and Chebotarev made the call. Seth spotted an opportunity and raised to 12,250. He was right as first Ross folded and then Chebotarev let his hand go to wait for a better spot.
. Spittles checked and called a bet of 800 from Poulengeris. The both checked the 
turn and saw a river card 
. Spittles took the lead and bet 1,125 and Poulengeris gave it up. After a brief chat with your PokerNews reporter about how much he was enjoying the whole Eureka Poker Festival in Prague, apart from Blain sat to his left beating up on him, and very much hoped to see us at the PCA, he was quickly back in action.
and checked to Spittles who bet 650 and was called. They checked down the turn 
and river 
and the 
of Meless was good enough.
. France's Bernard Guigon had bet 1,000 from early position and Sheridan responded by moving all in for 7,400. Guigon thought for about a minute before calling with the 
, but it was no good as Sheridan held a flush with the 
.
blanked. Sheridan doubled to 18,500 on the hand while Guigon took a hit down to 22,000.
but wouldn't get there: 
| 
. Lunkin is doing well so far, he's nearing the double start stack mark.
, Valeri Savov bet 600 from the under-the-gun position only to have Roy raise to 1,700. Savov made the call and then proceeded to check-call a bet of 2,600 on the 
completed the board on the river, Savov checked for a second time and Roy thought a moment before dropping in enough chips to put his opponent at risk.
for a losing flush and promptly paid his opponent.
was good enough to win as his opponent mucked.
flop Ruzicic continuation-bet 500, Schemion raised it to 1,800 and Ruzicic made the call.
and Haxton shoved, putting Sidhu allin effectively for about 4,500. Sidhu made the call and Haxton showed 
for rivered trips.
