Philip Sternheimer, Dan Smith, and Jason Mercier were all in action on the flop. Sternheimer and Smith checked to Mercier, and he bet 13,000. Sternheimer called, but Smith folded.
The turn was the , and Sternheimer led for 27,500. Mercier folded, and Sternheimer won the pot.
After Jani Sointula doubled through Tobias Reinkemeier with pocket aces, the former was sitting with a stack of 350,000 while the latter was knocked down to just 22,500.
On the very next hand, Joni Joukimainen opened for 11,500 from early position only to have Sointula three-bet to 27,000 from the button. Ignat "0Human0" Liviu then thought long and hard before four-betting to 53,500 in the small blind. Joukimainen got out of the way, Sointula called and it was heads-up action to the flop. Liviu was first to act and bet 37,000, which received a call from Sointula. After the dealer burned and turned the , Liviu upped his bet to 65,000, and this time it did the trick as Sointula released his hand.
A short time later, action folded to Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind and he moved all in to put the pressure on Reinkemeier. The German quickly called off for 21,000 and tabled the , which was well out in front of Lichtenberger's . The board ran out a clean and Reinkemeier received a much-needed double.
Richard Young, a very wealthy Malaysian businessman, is more accustomed to high stakes cash games in Macau but today he has been showcasing his eccentric style here in the Barcelona Casino Super High Roller tournament. In for his second bullet, Young shows the table that he fears no one is more than capable of mixing it up.
Young opened for the standard 10,000 and faced a raise by the player to his left, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, to 26,000. Young flicked in the call and the two players checked down a board that ran out . Young had to show first and Troyanovskiy looked slightly irritated to see the giving Young a pair on the river.
The next hand Young again bet 10,000 but this time only found a caller, Paul Newey in the big blind who was also on his second bullet. The flop was and Newey decided to grab the bull by the horns and fire out a bet of 22,000. Young, seemingly unconcerned flicked out the call. on the turn and Newey suddenly got wary and checked. Young bet 24,000 and won the pot.
With 137,000 in the pot and a board reading , Sandor Demjan had a bet of 52,000 out in front of him and Daniel Negreanu was considering the action.
"What does Sandor have?" Negreanu inquired through the art of song. "What does Sandor have?"
Eventually Negreanu put in the chips to make the call and Demjan rolled over the for trips. "That's good," Negreanu laughed before he hand Demjan shook hands.
Frederik Jensen opened the pot for 9,000, Daniel Alaei from the small blind made it 28,000 and big blind Mike McDonald folded. Alaei got the “How much?” question again, this time 175,000 more. Jensen made the call and tabled racing against the of Alaei. The board ran out . Jensen didn’t say anything but that queen on the turn must have stung, giving Alaei Broadway and renewed hope.
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While we haven't caught all the action at the feature table, which is being live streamed, it appears some chips have been flying. One man who doesn't have as much as he used to is Steven Silverman, who just played a pot against Sandor Demjan.
In the hand, Silverman opened for 9,000 under the gun and action folded to Demjan in the big blind. The elder businessman announced a reraise to 35,000, Silverman called and then both players proceeded to check all three streets as the board ran out . Demjan showed the for nut no pair, and it was good as Silverman mucked.
flop. Sternheimer and Smith checked to Mercier, and he bet 13,000. Sternheimer called, but Smith folded.
, and Sternheimer led for 27,500. Mercier folded, and Sternheimer won the pot.
flop. Liviu was first to act and bet 37,000, which received a call from Sointula. After the dealer burned and turned the 
, Liviu upped his bet to 65,000, and this time it did the trick as Sointula released his hand.
, which was well out in front of Lichtenberger's 
. The board ran out a clean 
and Reinkemeier received a much-needed double.
giving Young a pair on the river.
, Sandor Demjan had a bet of 52,000 out in front of him and Daniel Negreanu was considering the action.
for trips. "That's good," Negreanu laughed before he hand Demjan shook hands.
racing against the 
. Jensen didn’t say anything but that queen on the turn must have stung, giving Alaei Broadway and renewed hope.
