It was three-bet preflop and five players saw the flop fall and all five of them checked.
The turn card was the and small blind Yaxi Zhu bet out for 7,500. The size of the pot was 12,000 and the only player to call the bet was Jonathan Roy on the button.
The river card was the and Zhu checked. Roy looked like he was thinking about a bet but he too checked. Zhu turned over saying, “Show a set? I’m scared.” No need to be scared though as the aces were good for a decent enough pot.
Noah Schwartz just suffered a minor setback. He had check-raised Jan-Peter Jachtmann's bet on a board and the latter moved all in with – Schwartz calling with . The turn and made no difference and Jachtmann doubled to 27,000. Schwartz was left with 38,000.
Chris Moneymaker opened for 500 and got just one caller. The flop was and Moneymaker bet 1,025. He got a call and on the turn he again had his bet of 2,400 called. The river card was the and Moneymaker made a bet of 7,000 with 8,000 left behind him. His opponent had a look at Moneymaker’s remaining stack and took a good minute to make their mind up, eventually calling.
“Pair.” Moneymaker said and flipped over . It was good and a much needed pot was pushed to the former world champ.
Earlier today we told you the story of LAPT Season 3 Florianopolis champ of 22-year-old Matthias Habernig, who has been focusing on his studies in Vienna. Habernig told us that he had never been to Monte Carlo before, so he decided to come play some poker.
He got off to a rough start early on when he "donked off" about half his stack, but he seems to have turned things around.
In a recent hand, 2012 World Poker Tour Montreal champ Jonathan Roy opened for 525 from the cutoff only to have Habernig three-bet to 1,700 from the small blind. The big folded, Roy pushed back with a four-bet to 3,700, and Habernig moved all in. Roy, who had about 14,000 total, called off.
Habernig:
Roy:
It was a classic flip, but Habernig needed to catch if he hoped to eliminate a tough opponent. Luckily for him, that's just what he did when the flop came down . Habernig took the lead with a pair of kings, and he never looked back as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Roy was eliminated in Level 4 while Habernig climbed above the starting stack for the first time in the tournament.
The floor was called to table 18 and after a short delay they arrived. The clock had been called and Oleksii Khoroshenin was given a one minute countdown. In front of him was a bet of 7,700 which had been met by a large raise from Italian Eros Nastasi. It would be all of Khoroshenin’s chips if he were to call.
With five seconds remaining Khoroshenin folded face up to gasps. In return Nastasi was kind enough to show him one card, flipping over the .
Phil Ivey opened to 500 preflop. He was called by Vasili Firsau before Samir Moukawem made it 2,400 in the blinds. Ivey called and Firsau folded.
The flop was and both players checked. Moukawem fired a 3,000 bet on the turn but Ivey made the call. Both players then checked the river. Moukawem showed but Ivey held to win this pot.
Daniel Negreanu doesn't tend to bust from tournaments too early, but of course a set-over-set flop will throw a wrench in anyone's well-laid plans. Unfortunately Negreanu just found that out in one of the most prestigious events of the year.
We didn't catch the action, which transpired at the tail end of Level 4, until the river with about 7,000 in the pot and a board reading . The Team PokerStars Pro bet 3,600 from the big blind, and World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner Roger Hairabedian put in a big raise from the under-the-gun position.
Negreanu, who had 5,375 back, called off and tabled the . Unfortunately for him, "Big Roger" had flopped a bigger set with the , which of course turned into quads.
Negreanu, who was receiving a massage, laughed at his misfortune and then said to the masseuse in a friendly tone, "Ok, finish it up."
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and all five of them checked.
and small blind Yaxi Zhu bet out for 7,500. The size of the pot was 12,000 and the only player to call the bet was Jonathan Roy on the button.
and Zhu checked. Roy looked like he was thinking about a bet but he too checked. Zhu turned over 
saying, “Show a set? I’m scared.” No need to be scared though as the aces were good for a decent enough pot.
board and the latter moved all in with 
. The 
turn and 
made no difference and Jachtmann doubled to 27,000. Schwartz was left with 38,000.
and Moneymaker bet 1,025. He got a call and on the turn 
he again had his bet of 2,400 called. The river card was the 
and Moneymaker made a bet of 7,000 with 8,000 left behind him. His opponent had a look at Moneymaker’s remaining stack and took a good minute to make their mind up, eventually calling.
. Habernig took the lead with a pair of kings, and he never looked back as the 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
and both players checked. Moukawem fired a 3,000 bet on the 
turn but Ivey made the call. Both players then checked the 
river. Moukawem showed 
. Unfortunately for him, "Big Roger" had flopped a bigger set with the 
