Mustapha Kanit opened the action with a raise to 10,000 and Tamer Kamel in the cutoff as well as Konstantin Puchkov in the big blind called. The flop saw the continuation bet of Kanit for 12,000 and only Kamel called. On the turn both players checked.
The river completed the board and Kanit led for 14,500. Kamel raised to 62,500 after some consideration. It took about one minute for Kanit to toss in chips and make the call. He then mucked when getting shown the by the Brit.
Ihar Soika from Belarus opened the cutoff with a raise to 10,000. Artem Litvinov folded his button, but Dominik Nitsche in the small blind had bigger plans with his hand. He shoved allin and David Vamplew folded his big blind. Soika called, even without asking how much it exactly was.
Nitsche tabled his and was up against Soika's .
The flop was a safe one for Soika, though things got pretty scary with the on the turn. The river was not an ace or club but the and Nitsche departed from the tournament.
Philip Sternheimer raised from under the gun, Myro Garcia raised to 27,000 and Sternheimer then made it 58,000 to go. Garcia five-bet to 100,000 and Sternheimer moved all in. Snap call:
Sternheimer:
Garcia:
"No diamonds please," said Sternheimer. The dealer did him that favor as the board ran out was chopped and both players increase their stack with half the blinds and ante.
In the first hand we saw Dimitar Danchev raise the cutoff to 10,000 and then call the three-bet of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the small blind to 23,500. On the flop ElkY fired and did so again on the turn for 38,000.
Danchev called both bets and then the two of them checked down the on the river. ElkY showed pocket threes and Danchev took down the pot with .
One hand later. Mustapha Kanit raised to 10,000, the Frenchman made it 28,000 to go and Kanit moved all in. Call from Grospellier:
Grospellier:
Kanit:
The Frenchman was in excellent shape to double up to where he was just five minutes ago. The dealer spread out the flop and Kanit had the open ended straight draw. The turn completed exactly that and the river saw ElkY storming out of the tournament area.
David Vamplew opened the cutoff to 11,000 and Jason Lavallee made the call from the small blind. Griffin Benger, while enjoying a good massage, squeezed to 30,000 from the big blind. Vamplew folded rather quickly, but Lavallee made the call after having informed how much Benger started the hand with.
Lavallee checked to his neighbor on . Benger slid a bet of 26,000 over the line. Lavallee made the call and check called another 48,000 on the -turn. The river was the and Lavallee checked again. Very silently Benger announced allin. It was so quiet, the dealer didn't even hear it at first. Lavallee did though, and asked for a count. It turned out to be 95,000 to call.
Lavallee thought about it for some time, muttered something along the line of "So sick", before eventually folding. "Punish me" said Lavallee which meant he wanted Benger to show a bluff. Benger wouldn't show a bluff, Benger wouldn't show anything at all as he mucked and started building his stack again.
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A short-stacked Andrea Dato moved all in from early position for his last 48,000 and action folded to Max Greenwood, who moved all in over the top from the small blind. The big folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Dato:
Greenwood:
Dato was in dire straits, and he was unable to find a three as the board ran out a dry . Dato exited in 24th place, which means eight more players — or a full table's worth — need to hit the rail before the money is reached.
In the High Roller tournament we currently have two players taking advantage of "Thee Best Hands" and Griffin Benger is the third to use the massage service. This was immediately rewarded with a small pot won in a battle of the blinds against Dmitry Yurasov. The Canadian check-called the 10,000 turn bet of his opponent before both checked the river. Benger tabled the and that was good enough to win the chips.
flop saw the continuation bet of Kanit for 12,000 and only Kamel called. On the 
turn both players checked.
river completed the board and Kanit led for 14,500. Kamel raised to 62,500 after some consideration. It took about one minute for Kanit to toss in chips and make the call. He then mucked when getting shown the 
by the Brit.
and was up against Soika's 
.
flop was a safe one for Soika, though things got pretty scary with the 
was chopped and both players increase their stack with half the blinds and ante.
flop ElkY fired and did so again on the 
on the river. ElkY showed pocket threes and Danchev took down the pot with 
.
turn completed exactly that and the 
. Benger slid a bet of 26,000 over the line. Lavallee made the call and check called another 48,000 on the 
-turn. The river was the 
and that was good enough to win the chips.
