We arrived to find the action coming to a head, but gathered that Joni Jouhkimainen opened with a preflop raise. Eugene Katchalov put out a three-bet from the big blind and Jouhkimainen replied by shipping all in over the top. Katchalov called and the hands were tabled.
Katchalov showed and was racing with Jouhkimainen's . Jouhkimainen stayed ahead on the flop and his nines were still the best hand even after the hit the turn. The rivered and ensured Jouhkimainen would double up to around 230,000 while Katchalov was crippled to just 25,000.
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We witnessed a massive confrontation where three players players including Thomas Muhlocker, Ludovic Lacay, and Thomas Butzhammer put all of their chips in before the flop. Lacay had the most chips but had the other two just barely covered. He also happened to have the worst hand of the three:
Lacay:
Butzhammer:
Muhlocker:
The board fell down and Muhlocker's aces were able to hold up as the best hand. He was all in for 197,100 and was able to drag in a massive pot that brings him up to around 505,000. Butzhammer, the shortest stack of the bunch, was eliminated. Lacay was knocked down to just 8,000.
Lacay managed a double up the next hand when he was all in before the flop. Muhlocker raised over the top to 12,600 only to have Morgenstern four-bet to 27,000. Muhlocker folded and the hands were turned over.
Morgenstern:
Lacay:
The board brought and Lacay was able to secure a double up with a stronger ace high. Despite this fact, he still sits only around 20,000.
From the cutoff seat, Gerard Piqué raised. Timothy Adams reraised on the button, and Piqué called. The bet amounts were unknown.
The flop came down , and Piqué checked. Adams bet 18,500, and Piqué check-raised. At first, Piqué put out 34,000, but he needed to make it at least 37,000. The dealer instructed him that he needed to add 3,000, and Piqué did so, making the check-raise to 37,000. Adams called.
The turn was the , and Piqué bet 40,000. Adams folded, and Piqué won the pot.
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised to 8,000. Former European Poker Tour London Main Event winner Benny Spindler reraised all in from the big blind for 70,100. Duhamel tank-folded, and Spindler won the pot.
On the next hand, Duhamel raised all in for 64,000 from the cutoff seat. Spindler tank-folded from the small blind, but then Dan Smith made the call from the big blind after squeezing out the . Duhamel had a dominated .
From under the gun, Gerard Piqué raised to 10,000. Adrian Mateos Diaz called from the cutoff seat, then Sam Greenwood called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Greenwood checked. Piqué bet 13,000, and Diaz called. Greenwood folded.
The turn was the , and Piqué checked. Diaz bet 23,500, and Piqué folded.
We witnessed a recent preflop race situation for Vitalijs Tarhanovs' tournament life. He was holding and was racing with Anton Morgenstern's . After a board of , however, Tarhanovs was able to heave a sigh of relief and clinch a double up. He doubled to around 215,000 while Morgenstern dropped to just 65,000.
Jonathan Duhamel opened to 8,000 from UTG+1. Action tricked over to Sam Greenwood who three-bet to 21,000 from the button. Duhamel flat called. The flop brought and both players checked to see the board pair with the on the turn.
Duhamel checked again and Greenwood fired 27,000. Duhamel clicked it back to 54,000 and Greenwood called. The river was the and Duhamel shipped all in for about 47,000. Greenwood snapped him off but instantly heaved a sigh and mucked his hand after Duhamel showed for trip nines. Greenwood was forced to ship a majority of his stack to the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion and now sits on just about 10,000. Duhamel, on the other hand, is thriving around 260,000.
and was racing with Jouhkimainen's 
. Jouhkimainen stayed ahead on the 
flop and his nines were still the best hand even after the 
hit the turn. The 
rivered and ensured Jouhkimainen would double up to around 230,000 while Katchalov was crippled to just 25,000.
and Muhlocker's aces were able to hold up as the best hand. He was all in for 197,100 and was able to drag in a massive pot that brings him up to around 505,000. Butzhammer, the shortest stack of the bunch, was eliminated. Lacay was knocked down to just 8,000.
and Lacay was able to secure a double up with a stronger ace high. Despite this fact, he still sits only around 20,000.
.
, and Duhamel doubled up.
, and Greenwood checked. Piqué bet 13,000, and Diaz called. Greenwood folded.
, and Piqué checked. Diaz bet 23,500, and Piqué folded.
. After a board of 
, however, Tarhanovs was able to heave a sigh of relief and clinch a double up. He doubled to around 215,000 while Morgenstern dropped to just 65,000.
