First we saw Heikki Piira involved in a hand from UTG+1 after the initial raise from Darie Vlad. After the turn the Finn called 2,100 and repeated the same after some consideration once the river completed the board. This time it was for 6,500 and Piira tapped the table after his opponent showed .
Only a few hands later he got his remaining 11,000 Chips in preflop with the against the of Sam Chartier. The board blanked out and Piira was out.
Finnish PokerStars player Jorma Nuutinen opened and was then raised by 2011 WSOP Champ Pius Heinz to 1,500. Nuutinen made the call and the two players went heads-up to a flop of .
Nuutinen check called a bet of 1,300 from Heinz and they saw a turn card . Both players checked and when the river came the Nuutinen decided to lead out for 2,500.
A visibly frustrated Heinz pushed his cards away forcefully towards the dealer to relinquish the pot.
Adrian Mateos is the reigning WSOPE Main Event champion and just increased his stack to 72,000. Preflop he opened from the button and the big blind three-bet. Call by the Spaniard. On the flop Sergey Tikhonov continued for another 1,500 and Mateos called to do so again on the turn for 5,000.
The river completed the board and the Russian fired 12,400 with another 7,800 behind. Mateos moved all in with the by far superior stack and eventually inspired a fold from his opponent. He showed for king high!
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Sam Chartier opened the cutoff to 500 and Roberto Masullo on the button, Ronan Monfort in the small blind, and the big blind all called.
It was the hand right after the hand where Monfort doubled with a set of fours, and the fours would come out again; . Action checked to Chartier who dared to make a 850 continuation bet. Just Monfort made the call, both other players folded.
Monfort and Chartier checked the on the turn and the hit the felt. Monfort and Chartier once again checked and Chartier took it down showing for quads with a king. Monfort mucked his , still smiling after the big double up the hand before.
We only arrived on the turn to see Luigi Scamarcio bet 2,500 and John Haigh check-call from the big blind. Both then checked the river, Scamarcio showed and that was good versus . Just about 7,000 in chips for the clash of these two premium hands.
Simon Ravnsbaek opened for 450 under the gun and received calls from a middle-position player and the hijack. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst came along from the button, and after both blinds folded, four players saw a flop of .
Three checks put action on Selbst, and she bet 1,200. Ravnsbaek called, the other two players folded, and then it went check-check on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Ravnsbaek bet 2,500 and Selbst thought for a bit before making the call.
Ravnsbaek tabled the for a missed straight draw, which meant Selbst's was good.
"I already folded ace high to you when I'm pretty sure I was good," Selbst explained.
It wasn't that long ago when Joseph Cahill doubled up rather lucky and was back to 20,000. However he is now gone as we just got the media card. EPT Prague champion Julian Track bumped his stack to 60,000 as a result after flopping top set with pocket queens and Cahill's attempt with and middle pair went wrong.
PokerStars player Simon Ravnsbaek had three-bet from the button Davide Suriano’ s opening bet to 1,450. Back on the Italian, he four-bet to 3,300. The Danish Pro made the call and the two players saw a flop of:
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Suriano continued after a pause for a bet of 4,000 and rested his cheek on his left hand. Ravnsbaek responded by moving a bet of 8,600 forward, but when Suriano pushed the rest of his chips over the line the PokerStars player quickly folded.
turn the Finn called 2,100 and repeated the same after some consideration once the 
river completed the board. This time it was for 6,500 and Piira tapped the table after his opponent showed 
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against the 
of Sam Chartier. The board blanked out and Piira was out.
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. Both players checked and when the river came the 
Nuutinen decided to lead out for 2,500.
flop Sergey Tikhonov continued for another 1,500 and Mateos called to do so again on the 
for king high!
. Action checked to Chartier who dared to make a 850 continuation bet. Just Monfort made the call, both other players folded.
on the turn and the 
hit the felt. Monfort and Chartier once again checked and Chartier took it down showing 
, still smiling after the big double up the hand before.
river, Scamarcio showed 
. Just about 7,000 in chips for the clash of these two premium hands.
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for a missed straight draw, which meant Selbst's 
and middle pair went wrong.
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