Eugene Katchalov has lost nearly half his starting stack, some due to an opponent made a flush against him.
The Team Pro was one of four players to take to a flop after a raise to 475. Katchalov led out for 800 from the small blind and was only called by one player to see the turn appear. Both players checked to the river where Katchalov check-called a 3,000 bet. His opponent opened for a flush and Katchalov nodded and mucked.
We arrived at the table in time to find three players including Jake Cody looking down at a board of .
Cody had a bet of 2,950 in front of him which was called by a player to his left. Jonas Ten Cate made it 6,250 to go from here and action was back on Cody. He tanked for roughly one minute before bringing his bet back and moving in a raise to 10,150. The third player in the hand folded and it was back on Cate who ultimately decided to lay it down as well.
Cody dragged in the pot and is currently sitting on about 42,000.
Ilya Gorodetskiy and Jan-Peter Jachtmann checked on a board of , prompting Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim to fire 2,800 into a pot of 5,500. Only Gorodetskiy called.
The completed the board, and Gorodetskiy quickly checked. Hakim reached for a handful of red T1,000 chips, added a single purple T500 chip, and tossed forward 5,500.
"Call," Gorodetskiy announced, tossing out a single blue T5,000 chip.
Hakim flipped over for a flopped set of fours, and Gorodetskiy flashed what looked like two aces before mucking.
German pro Benny Spindler is in the field today, hair covering his eyes and mind wandering in the early stages. He looks and plays like a Tibetan Mastiff, and his opponents know it. So too does the media. Read on at the PokerStars Blog.
We've recently spotted Paul "paulgees81" Volpe in the field here on Day 1b of the EPT Berlin Main Event. Volpe is having a great 2013, final tabling two WPT's and the EPT London High Roller (fourth for $161,633). Volpe has never cashed in an EPT Main Event, however, and is looking to buck the trend here in the capital city of Germany.
The Philadelphia native has been put at a very strange table today, Tweeting this earlier:
The late regs just keep popping up out of nowhere and we just spotted another bunch of big-name pros. Philipp Gruissem is one of the local favorites as he just managed to win the WSOP APAC A$50,000 High Roller for A$825,000 nine days ago. After this event he flew to Manilla and played another high roller event but did not managed to cash in that one. Gruissem is currently ranked third on the German all-time money list with $4.8 million in career earnings.
Team Pro Marcel Luske was the first Dutch poker pro to break the four-million dollar earnings mark in live tournaments last year and he still sits comfortably at the top of the ranks. We have another number one on this list as JC Alvarado leads the Mexican all-time money leader board by a large margin. Alvarado's biggest result came last August when he finished second in the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT Barcelona for €788,674.
Frederik Jensen was left very short stacked and made a move for all his chips. He found himself in very bad shape but managed to wriggle out of trouble to double.
The action folded around to him in late position and he moved all in for 3,375. Joni Jouhkimainen was in the next seat and made an easy call with . Jensen was in real trouble with but the board came straight to his rescue.
We got to the table to find Jake Cody and Tom Kalliokoski looking down at a completed board of . With a straight already on the board and about 12,000 in the pot, Cody announced "all in", which was in fact a bet for his opponent's tournament life.
Eventually, Kalliokoski called for his last roughly 16,000 and showed for a king-high straight. Cody showed for the board and the pot was pushed to Kalliokoski.
Kalliokoski was able to double to about 34,500 while Cody has fallen to 18,000.
Kitty Kuo has just shown to her table that she's not one to mess around with. The board read with around 8,000 chips in the middle. Kuo bet 3,200 from the big blind and the action was on the Finnish player Henri Kettunen. Kettunen raised to 8,100 but Kuo was going nowhere. The Chinese pro three-bet to 16,200 and Kettunen quickly folded his cards.
With 5,350 already in the pot, Randy Lew was heads up in the hand and the action was checked his way. Lew cut into his stack and came out with a bet of 3,200. His opponent tanked for well over one minute before deciding to release his hand. Lew dragged in the pot and is now on the comeback with about 26,000 in chips.
flop after a raise to 475. Katchalov led out for 800 from the small blind and was only called by one player to see the 
turn appear. Both players checked to the 
river where Katchalov check-called a 3,000 bet. His opponent opened 
for a flush and Katchalov nodded and mucked.
, prompting Jeff "YoungSupremacy" Hakim to fire 2,800 into a pot of 5,500. Only Gorodetskiy called.
completed the board, and Gorodetskiy quickly checked. Hakim reached for a handful of red T1,000 chips, added a single purple T500 chip, and tossed forward 5,500.
but the 
for a king-high straight. Cody showed 
with around 8,000 chips in the middle. Kuo bet 3,200 from the big blind and the action was on the Finnish player Henri Kettunen. Kettunen raised to 8,100 but Kuo was going nowhere. The Chinese pro three-bet to 16,200 and Kettunen quickly folded his cards.
