Dmitry Morozov had shoved all in on the river of a board showing and Sasa Lalos was deep in thought. Morozov sat head down, eyes closed as the minutes ticked by. Two seats to Lalos’s left was Michael Telker who has again, apparently, been on the vodka all day and is loudly talking to his friend. He was asked by the floor a couple of times to be quiet and “Respect the game.” And on the second time he did.
Lalos continued to think. Call and it was all over. Eventually he released his hand and another player cried out “Show the bluff.” Morozov turned over as a big pot was pushed his way, one that would take several minutes to stack up.
Jamila von Perger, one of the Vienna fan favorites, has just been knocked out in a huge pot against Greek pro Iliodoros Kamatakis. Von Perger was far from happy with the way the hand played out, and in her eyes, the slowroll Kamatakis put her through.
The action started with a raise to 2,500 from Kamatakis under the gun and the action folded around to Von Perger, who called from the button. The player in the small blind three-bet to 7,500 and both Kamatakis and Von Perger called.
The flop brought out in this three-way pot and the small blind opted to check. Kamatakis, who has two EPT cashes under his belt, bet 9,000 and Von Perger threw in the chips needed to see a turn card. The small blind folded and the action went heads up to the turn.
On the turn a third spade popped up with the and Kamatakis bet another 18,200. Von Perger went into the tank for a bit before moving all in for a total of 93,900. This big shove was clearly not something Kamatakis had anticipated, as he went into the tank for several minutes. Ultimately he made the call and Von Perger exploded.
"Are you serious?" Von Perger squealed, as Kamatakis turned over for a set of eights.
One of the leading ladies of poker in Germany showed for a pair of jacks and she was drawing very slim.
"How can you slowroll me so hard?" Von Perger cried, as Kamatakis silently awaited the river card.
The river brought the and Von Perger was knocked out. Steaming Von Perger left the room as Kamatakis stacked a large pile of chips.
"She should never have queens or jacks there, always a set or a flush," Kamatakis defended his play after Von Perger had left.
Right or wrong, Kamatakis now has a mountain of chips while Von Perger will have to take solace in the fact that there will be more chances in the array of side events hosted here at EPT Vienna.
On a board Russian Team PokerStars Pro Maxim Lykov bet out 7,400. Seated a couple positions down was [Removed:254], and after some thinking the German player raised it up to 15,800.
Lykov gave it some thought but after two or three minutes he folded.
We weren't really planning on reporting that hand and had already crossed through the notes we had made, but then Abdalla tabled his cards. With a big smile on his face he showed his and and gathered the chips.
Lykov smirked, and continued his quest for more chips with a stack of about 130,000.
We reported earlier in the day that Martin Staszko had an opponent all in on the flop with seven outs that got there to severely dent his stack. Since then he has been steadily building it back up with plays like the one we just witnessed.
Quentin Crutel opened for 2,500 and was called by Vadzim Markushevski and Atanas Kavrakov. Staszko was on the button and made it 9,000. The blinds folded and so did all three of the other players. Add those chips to Staszko’s stack.
The flop was and with two players in the hand Aurelien Guiglini checked it to UK qualifier Ryan Spittles in the cut-off. Spittles bet 7,000 and Guiglini made the call.
The turn card was the and again Guiglini checked. Spittles made another bet, raming up the pressure to the tune of 12,500. Guiglini went in the tank. He shuffled he cards around for a short while and passed them to the dealer. Pot to Spittles.
After a raise to 2,500 from the cut off by start of day chip leader Mads Smith Hansen, and a call from the small blind, Mikhail Korotkikh pushed all in from the big blind for 26,100. Hansen made the call, the small blind folded.
Korotkikh had and was behind as Hansen showed . Korotkikh already got up from the table as he was the underdog in this situation. The on the flop didn't change a thing but the on the turn did. Korotkikh needed to fade the aces, queens and jacks now for the double up, and succeeded with the on the river.