Govert Metaal told us about Jhan van Til's exit hand. According to Metaal Van Til had open shoved his last 15 big blinds in with and Barbero had looked him up with . The flop came a and Barbero eliminated his Dutch foe. Barbero plays around 90,000, Metaal has 135,000.
His countryman Paul Berende has also been eliminated. Berende shoved his last 22.5 big blinds in and was looked up by . Berende had and flopped top two on . Unfortunately for the Dutchman on a comeback, a hit the turn and Berende hit the rail.
On a flop of we saw Ofir Bakalo check from middle position to his neighbor Isaac Haxton. The PokerStars Team Online Pro made a bet of 10,000 and Bakalo made the call. Bakalo check called another 22,000 on the turn and the river came the . Bakalo checked again and Haxton shoved for what appeared to be just over 60,000. Bakalo tank folded.
"Show a jack!" the always cheerful Oleksandr Gnatenko laughed. "You want a jack? I can do that!" Haxton said, and he slammed the on the table.
You sometimes hear of a special connection twins have with each other where the one feels if something really good or bad is happening with his or hers brother or sister. If that's the case for the Belgian PokerStars Team Pro's Matthias and Christophe De Meulder, the latter must have felt something good a couple of minutes ago.
Matthias De Meulder isn't joined by his twin brother Christophe here in Barcelona, but so far the day has been pretty great for Matthias. He just told us about a hand where a player opened for 3,500 before the break. The player on the button made the call, the small blind added some chips, and De Meulder with the in the big blind called as well.
The flop came and the small blind and De Meulder checked. The initial raiser made a bet of 6,500 and the player on the button made the call. The small blind folded, De Meulder called.
An off suit fell on the turn giving De Meulder a straight. The Belgian Team Pro checked his option and saw the initial raiser bet 15,000 with 65,000 behind. The button called and De Meulder shoved all in, putting both his opponents to the test. The initial raiser called, the button folded.
De Meulder had to dodge board pair outs as the initial raiser had pocket fours. The river was a blank and De Meulder could start stacking.