Elisabeth Hille has shown she is not to be messed with after giving a brief lesson of power poker to David Pishvafar.
The action folded to Hille in middle position and she opened to 800. The next player folded but Pishvafer three-bet to 2,050. The remaining players had seen enough and they each folded in turn back to Hille.
Hille reclaimed her original bet and replaced it with 5,200. Pishvafer was not prepared to pay that amount and he sent his cards back towards the dealer.
Vojtech Ruzicka opened with a standard raise from middle position, Marc-Andre Ladouceur reraised to 2,400 from across the table, then Ruzicka reraised back to 5,300. Ladouceur asked how much Ruzicka had left — about 25,000 — and after about a half-minute the Canadian declared he was all in, and Ruzicka instacalled.
Ladouceur tabled , and Ruzicka quickly turned over his hand — . Both remained at full attention after the flop, but the turn removed the suspense and made the river inconsequential. They chopped up the pot, and as we approach the dinner break both players find themselves just a bit north of the 30,000-chip starting stack.
Patrick Schuhl has just increased his chip lead after a huge three-way all in pot saw him get luck to bust two players.
Isaac [Removed:250] had pocket aces and another player had ace-king. Our Hero had pocket queens and made a set on the river to scoop the lot and claim two scalps.
A short-stacked Stephane Kalfon opened with a button raise, then Arnaud Mattern reraised from the small blind, forcing a fold from his neighbor to the left. Kalfon responded with an all-in push and Mattern made the call.
Kalfon showed and Mattern . The flop came and Kalfon was still ahead. The turn then brought another black card — the — pairing Kalfon while giving Mattern a gutshot to Broadway. The dealer burned a card and turned over the river — the — and Kalfon doubled up to survive.
Players have reached the end of Level 6 and are leaving for their one-hour dinner break. When they return they'll play two more 75-minute levels before Day 1a concludes.
Sergii Baranov’s style came back to bite him in the backside in a hand just before dinner break. Sebastian Gohr took half his stack and was actually a little lucky to do so.
John Eames opened to 900 from under the gun and was called in two spots before Gohr three-bet to 3,200 off the button. Baranov (cut-off) was the only player to call to see the flop fall. Gohr continued for 3,400 and Baranov check-called.
The turn came and Baranov check-raised his opponent’s 8,500 bet up to 20,000. Call. On the river Baranov fired another 20,000 and Gohr made the call. The Ukrainian opened but was rivered by his German opponent’s .
, and Ruzicka quickly turned over his hand — 
. Both remained at full attention after the 
flop, but the 
turn removed the suspense and made the 
river inconsequential. They chopped up the pot, and as we approach the dinner break both players find themselves just a bit north of the 30,000-chip starting stack.
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board against Thomas Pinet, the latter quickly moved all in for 11,650 into a pot containing roughly 15,000.
and Kalfon was still ahead. The turn then brought another black card — the 
and Baranov check-raised his opponent’s 8,500 bet up to 20,000. Call. On the 
river Baranov fired another 20,000 and Gohr made the call. The Ukrainian opened 
but was rivered by his German opponent’s 