We joined the action on the flop reading . Jean-Noel Thorel checked and called a 2,800 bet from Dominik Nitsche. The turn card was the . Again Thorel checked and when Nitsche bet 7,200 he check-raised him all in. It was 41,000 and Nitsche made the call with . Thorel was behind with and needed that heart to stay in the tournament. The river sent him packing and Nitsche won a huge pot.
Govert Metaal sitting at the table said, “I was hoping for a heart.”
“Come on. I thought we were friends.” Nitsche repied. Metaal simply stated, “I am an honest player.” He knows that Nitsche with chips is trouble.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody opened to 1,000 preflop before Jorma Nuutinen three-bet on the button to 2,600. Cody responded with a four-bet to 7,900 and Nuutinen thought for a minute or two before deciding to flat-call.
Both players checked the flop and when Cody checked the turn, Nuutinen bet just 6,200 and that was enough to win the pot.
Ivan Soshnikov opened for 800 and got one caller in big blind Sylvain Loosli. The flop was . Loosli checked and Soshnikov bet 1,200. Loosli check-raised him to 2,800 but Soshnikov made the call. The turn was the and now Loosli led for 4,500. Soshnikov made the call quite calmly. The on the river saw Loosli check and Soshnikov think for some time. He decied to give up and checked. Loosli said “Four?” and indeed his was the winner.
“I actually watched some of your videos last night.” Michael Tureniec said to the player on his left, Stephen Chidwick. We presume he means training videos. At least we hope so. “Oh really? I’ll have to do the exact opposite now.” Chidwick said. Training videos it was then. Phew.
They then played a pot together blind on blind. The flop was . Tureniec checked and called a bet from Chidwick for 1,500. The turn card was the and both players checked. The river was the . Tureniec bet 3,700 which got the fold from Chidwick.
Albert Daher has made a tremendous recovery having only 6,500 a couple of hours ago. He just eliminated compatriot Ibrahim Ghassan with against all in preflop when the board came .
Albert Daher is putting those new chips to good use. Emil Mattson opened for 800 got a call from Jean Tepper and small blind Daher made it 2,600 to go. They both made the call to see a flop of . Daher led out for 4,600 and the pot was his.
Dario Sammartino, the GPI player of the year for Italy, is the early chip leader in the High Roller event. On the river of a board, he set Ludovic Lacay all-in for the Frenchman last 15,000 or so chips. Lacay thought for about a minute then made the call and the Italian quickly turned over . Lacay sighed and mucked his hand, leaving the table.
Canadian Glen Cymbaluk has been knocked out. Aleksandr Denisov, who won a huge pot from Niall Farrell at the start of the day, has also been knocked out but has rebought into the tournament.
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. Jean-Noel Thorel checked and called a 2,800 bet from Dominik Nitsche. The turn card was the 
. Again Thorel checked and when Nitsche bet 7,200 he check-raised him all in. It was 41,000 and Nitsche made the call with 
. Thorel was behind with 
and needed that heart to stay in the tournament. The 
river sent him packing and Nitsche won a huge pot.
flop and when Cody checked the 
turn, Nuutinen bet just 6,200 and that was enough to win the pot.
. Loosli checked and Soshnikov bet 1,200. Loosli check-raised him to 2,800 but Soshnikov made the call. The turn was the 
and now Loosli led for 4,500. Soshnikov made the call quite calmly. The 
. Tureniec checked and called a bet from Chidwick for 1,500. The turn card was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
against 
all in preflop when the board came 
.
. Daher led out for 4,600 and the pot was his.
. Lacay sighed and mucked his hand, leaving the table.
