Timothy Reilly is really on the ropes right now and need to stop the rot quickly otherwise he will finish as runner-up in the High Roller.
Vojtech Ruzicka opened to 80,000 and Reilly called. The flop saw Reilly check, Ruzicka bet 65,000 and Reilly call. Our turn was the and Reilly tapped the table and checked again. Ruzicka kept up the aggression and bet 135,000 prompting a quick fold from Reilly.
Tim Reilly is heads-up against Ruzicka for €313,000. The PokerStars Blog got to speak to him about that infamous hand against Vanessa Rousso earlier this week and looks at what the future has in store.
Timothy Reilly will have to settle for 2nd place and €180,000 after he committed all his chips drawing dead.
A limped pot brought about a flop. Vojtech Ruzicka led for 70,000 from the big blind and Reilly called to the turn.
Ruzicka slowed to a check and that invited a 140,000 bet from Reilly. Ruzicka had a trap planned though and raised to enough to set Reilly all in, who called very quickly for around 650,000.
Reilly opened for top pair but was drawing dead as Ruzicka had flopped a straight with . The river dropped as and Reilly showed class as he offered warm congratulations to Ruzicka.
A recap of today's exciting events is coming up shortly.
Vojtech Ruzicka has won the PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Deauville High Roller for a cool €313,000 after final table that lasted four hours.
When play began at 13:00CET this afternoon, six players sat down in the vast tournament area of the Casino Barriere, each of them guaranteed €47,500 for their efforts. The first player to pick up this amount was Steve Silverman who committed his short stack with and ran into the of Alexandre Reard. The board ran out and Silverman busted out.
Bryn Kenney joined Silverman on the rail almost an hour later. Ruzicka opened to 70,000, Kenney three-bet all-in with and Ruzicka called with . The final board read to eliminate Kenney in fifth place.
Within minutes of Kenney’s exit, Martin Jacobson was knocked out by Rusicka. Jacobson and Rusicka had clashed earlier in a pot that cost Jacobson half of his stack, and Rusicka helped himself to the other half when he called Jacobson’s three-bet shove with . Jacobson turned over and although Jacobson spiked a ten on the flop, the board contained four spades by the river and Rusicka held a fifth in his hand.
Reard became the third place finisher 40 minutes later when he got his chips in with versus the of Reilly on a flop. The turn and river were the and respectively and Reilly’s flush condemned Reard to third place.
The chip counts going into heads-up were almost level but Reilly started to pull ahead by constantly hammering Rusicka Then a massive hand went down when Reilly got his money in with pocket tens against the jacks of Ruzicka to catapult the latter into the lead.
From that moment on it looked like Ruzicka was going to claim the title, and that is exactly what he did. At just before 17:00CET, a limped pot brought a flop, a flop that Ruzicka bet 70,000 on and Reilly called. The turn saw a 140,000 bet from Ruzicka, a shove of 650,000 from Reilly and a snap-call from Ruzicka.
Ruzicka:
Reilly:
Ruzicka had flopped a straight and had locked up the hand. The inconsequential completed the board, busted Reilly and left Ruzicka to be crowed the High Roller’s champion.
flop saw Reilly check, Ruzicka bet 65,000 and Reilly call. Our turn was the 
and Reilly tapped the table and checked again. Ruzicka kept up the aggression and bet 135,000 prompting a quick fold from Reilly.
flop. Vojtech Ruzicka led for 70,000 from the big blind and Reilly called to the 
turn.
for top pair but was drawing dead as Ruzicka had flopped a straight with 
and Reilly showed class as he offered warm congratulations to Ruzicka.
and ran into the 
of Alexandre Reard. The board ran out 
and Ruzicka called with 
. The final board read 
to eliminate Kenney in fifth place.
. Jacobson turned over 
flop. The turn and river were the