Michael Telker was a little late back from the dinner break but he most certainly is back now and as loud as ever keeping up a constant stream of chatter reinforcing his claim to have been drinking steadily since the start of the tournament.
Soren Hansen opened to 1,200 and Telker threw out a bet of 4,225. Hansen moved all in and Telker couldn’t get his chips in the middle quick enough. Hansen turned over his cards and Telker asked “What’s that?” It was and Telker flipped over his getting a tease from Dominik Nitsche for always having kings.
The board ran out and with Telker claiming to have “Between twenty five and forty seven.” The dealer counted his stack at 25,700 and Telker doubled up.
Bulgarian player Bahar Musa opened the action with a raise to 1,100 from the under the gun plus one position. Right next to him Ruben Visser made it 3,000. Polish qualifier Dzmitry Urbanovich, who won one of the small side events in Deauville this year, cold four betted to 7,200 from the cutoff.
The button and both blinds quickly folded and Musa did the same after some thinking. Visser had other plans though, the EPT champ made it 15,600. Urbanovich made the call and the two were off to the flop.
Visser grapped a blue 5,000 chip and four red 1,000 chips and slid them over the line. Urbanovich thought for a little bit and then called.
The turn was the and Visser double checked his cards. He then tapped the table indicating he was checking. Urbanovich took 17,700 and placed it in the middle of the table. For a second it looked like Ruben Visser had some very creative plans on his mind, but in the end he folded.
Urbanovich grabbed his newly acquired chips and showed his hand: . "Good hand" Visser said with a sincere voice. "Kings?" Urbanovich asked. "King high" Visser replied.
Visser still has around 60,000. Meanwhile Urbanovich is up to 117,000.
After Stanek Klaus opened for 1,000 from the cutoff, EPT Champ Benny Spindler three-bet all in for 8,525 from the button. Both blinds folded and Klaus made a hesitant call.
Klaus:
Spindler:
Klaus seemed to immediately regret his decision, while Spindler sat silently as the dealer burned and put out the flop. Both players pair their ace, but Spindler's kicker had him well out in front. The turn meant Klaus needed to catch a ten on the river to eliminate his opponent, and much to Spindler's dismay, that's what came when the peeled off.
As we entered the tournament area the ever smiling Steve Watts wasn't smiling all that much for a change. His face told us enough, he had just been eliminated.
Former table mate Eoghan O'Dea told us that Watts had three bet the buttons open from the small blind with . The big blind cold four-betted to 9,000 and called Watts' shove for 13,000 total. The big blind had and would win the hand. "He was dead on the flop" O'Dea told us.
O'Dea is still doing fine, the WSOP 2011 November Niner (6th for $1,720,831) has about 75,000 in chips.
One name that keeps popping up here at the EPT Vienna is Skrill – which isn’t a player, but rather an online payment solutions company that aims to evolve “the way people pay and get paid globally.” Skrill is branded throughout the venue and also have a booth where players can sign up for their popular "Last Longer Competition."
The Skrill Last Longer competition will be held at each stop on this season’s EPT, of which they’re an official sponsor. The promotion is simple – players sign up for the promotion either online (preregistration is available) or at the Skrill booth (which will be present at each stop); don a Skrill patch; and then aim to be the last man or woman standing. The last player remaining will then receive their buy-in back via their Skrill account.
While Skrill is upping the ante for Season 10 with a bigger branding initiative, this isn’t their first appearance on the EPT; as a matter of fact, they were a sponsor of Season 8 and have held previous “Last Longer” promotions.
The company’s website provides a bit more information on Skrill, which rebranded from Moneybookers back in 2010:
“Skrill has been moving money digitally since 2001. We offer online payment solutions for businesses and consumers, allowing them to pay and get paid globally. Over 36 million account holders already trust Skrill. Our customers can send and receive money worldwide in 200 countries and 40 currencies, securely and at low cost, without revealing their personal financial details. Your business will benefit from our worldwide payment network with over 100 payment options. Whether through a simple one-step integration or a fully-tailored payment solution. Whoever you are, however you like to pay or get paid, trust Skrill to make your online payments simpler, faster and safer.”
Headquartered in London, Skrill is looking to make their presence known in the poker world with a commitment to customer satisfaction through innovation and service. Not only that, they’re looking to be more than just a company by becoming a trusted and respected member of the poker community.
Simon Ravnsbaek , a Danish PokerStars player, checked the flop and called a bet from UK qualifier Ryan Spittles of 2,900. The turn card was the and both players checked. The river card was the and Ravnsbaek checked once again. Spittles now bet 12,700 and a look of surprise shot across Ravnsbaek’s face. He thought about it for a while, the call would cost him about a third of his stack. In the end he made the fold and Spittles added another pile of chips to his growing stack.
Before the break Spittles tweeted in his characteristic understated style.
After Simon Deadman opened for 1,000 and another player called, Jack Salter raised to 4,450 from the cutoff. The other two players made the call and it was three-way action to the flop. Two checks saw Salter bet right around 4,000, and then Deadman sprung to life with a check-raise to 8,425.
The third player folded, and then Salter thought for around 30 seconds before relinquishing the hand.
There are lots of interesting dynamics now we are down to the last two levels of the night. Some players will have been playing at the same table as each other all day and some will have table breaks where they have pitched into a new situation. Many of the most obvious strategy changes are how different stack sizes are exploiting the approaching end of day as this hand illustrates.
Yordan Georgiev had a stack of 15,000 and opened on the button for 600. In the small blind was Yaki Hevron who had him covered and raised to 3,250. The big blind, PokerStars player Lasell Marvio King, had them both covered and cold four-bet to 7,600. He got two folds and showed the table the
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and Telker flipped over his 
getting a tease from Dominik Nitsche for always having kings.
and with Telker claiming to have “Between twenty five and forty seven.” The dealer counted his stack at 25,700 and Telker doubled up.
and Visser double checked his cards. He then tapped the table indicating he was checking. Urbanovich took 17,700 and placed it in the middle of the table. For a second it looked like Ruben Visser had some very creative plans on his mind, but in the end he folded.
. "Good hand" Visser said with a sincere voice. "Kings?" Urbanovich asked. "King high" Visser replied.
flop. Both players pair their ace, but Spindler's kicker had him well out in front. The 
turn meant Klaus needed to catch a ten on the river to eliminate his opponent, and much to Spindler's dismay, that's what came when the 
peeled off.
and would win the hand. "He was dead on the flop" O'Dea told us.
and Ravnsbaek checked once again. Spittles now bet 12,700 and a look of surprise shot across Ravnsbaek’s face. He thought about it for a while, the call would cost him about a third of his stack. In the end he made the fold and Spittles added another pile of chips to his growing stack.
flop. Two checks saw Salter bet right around 4,000, and then Deadman sprung to life with a check-raise to 8,425.
