After an early position open, Walid Bou Habib three-bet to 25,500 from the button. Barny Boatman looked down at his cards from the big blind and announced a four-bet all in for his last 73,000. The original opener folded and action was back to Habib. Habib stood from his seat and mulled over the decision for a bit before plopping chips into the middle of the table.
Boatman:
Habib:
Boatman was in good shape and stayed that way as both players paired up on the flop. All Boatman needed to do was dodge a ten and he accomplished this by seeing the hit the turn and the finish off the board.
Mihai Manole survived a scare with top set to double up.
He four-bet all in for 70,500 from the big blind after Daniel-Gai Pidun had three-bet to 22,000 from the button. Pidun felt he was priced in and made the call with .
Manole opened and the board ran to make him a full house.
Sometimes you just have one of those days where nothing works out the way you want it to. Dominik Nitsche was effectively saying that to PokerNews and five minutes later he was proved more right as he busted.
Denis Sagorski opened to 12,000 from under the gun and called when Nitsche three-bet all in from the big blind for 80,000.
Sagorski:
Nitsche:
The board ran to make the elder German two-pair.
Nitsche will most probably be back for the High Roller tournament tomorrow so check out the coverage of that tournament for more poker action from the triple crown chasing talent.
Both Bart Lybaert and Tom Hall made the money in Berlin (Hall is still going strong),after cutting their teeth on smaller tours: the Eureka, for Lybaert, and the UKIPT, for Hall. PokerStars Blog has more.
The flop read when Harri Koskenkorva checked to Marcelo Manfredini who bet 52,000. Koskenkorva tanked for a bit and called after which the turn brought the .
Kosenkorva checked again and Manfredini moved all in quickly and the Finnish player snap-called. Manfredini didn't seem to worried as he turned over his but his dreams were shattered when Koskenkorva showed .
On the river the hit and Koskenkorva took down this huge pot.