From under the gun, Bruno Soutavong raised to 3,600. In middle position, And El Mannan Qasem reraised to 7,300. Play folded back to Soutavong, and he moved all in. With about 70,000 left in his stack, Qasim tanked for a bit, then folded. Soutavong won the pot and moved near 400,000 in chips.
Two Euros doesn’t tend to buy you much in the casinos of the world, but if one invests wisely in an online satellite, and puts the hours in, it’s possible to land yourself with a top 10 stack in a tournament with more than a million up top. PokerStars Blog meets Marius Irimia, on a €2 spin-up.
Benjamin Pollak opened for 3,400 from the hijack and his neighbor Aslan Daurov from Russian three bet to 10,100 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded and Pollak four bet to 20,400. Daurov made the call with just under 35,000 behind.
The flop came 
and Pollak shoved all in. Daurov made the call instantly.
Pollak sighed, shrugged, puffed, and rolled his eyes upon seeing the showdown:
Benjamin Pollak: 
Aslan Daurov: 
The 
on the turn and 
on the river didn't change a thing and Pollak had to forfeit 34,700 of his chips to his neighbor. Pollak wasn't happy about it and just about shoved them into his neighbor's stack. Daurov started stacking while Pollak frowned some more.
After doubling up Raniszewski, Team Online's Liliya Novikova got right back into action. She was first lucky enough to chop with 
against Daniel Dvoress's 
as the board ran out 
. The next hand though, she wouldn't be so lucky.
She pushed all in under the gun for her last 11,600 and action folded to Haresh Thaker from the United Kingdom. He called from the hijack and all others folded.
Haresh Thaker: 
Liliya Novikova: 
The board came 
and with the rivered flush, Thaker send Novikova packing.
The player in the hijack opened with a raise to 3,200. PokerStars Team Online Pro Liliya Novikova three-bet all in from the cutoff for her last roughly 28,000. Tomasz Raniszewski was on the button and thought for a moment before moving all in for less. The blinds and original raiser folded, leaving the hands to be turned over.
Raniszewski: 
Novikova:
The board ran out 
, allowing Raniszewski's pocket aces to hold as the best hand. Novikova was forced to ship 21,000 to her neighbor, leaving her with just about 7,000 in chips.
It looked as though Joao Simao had raised under the gun when Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden called from the button for 2,700. Former PokerNews hostess, and current World Poker Tour anchor, Lynn Gilmartin was seated to Lodden's direct left and she moved all in for 36,300.
Simao moved all in as well, and Lodden folded right away.
Gilmartin:
Simao: 
The board ran out 
and the ace on the river kept Gilmartin in the tournament.
"Now I have to change my strategy," Gilmartin said with a smile, as she now has some real chips to play with. Moments after winning this pot Gilmartin tweeted that she won another pot, and currently she sits on 91,000.
In a three-bet pot, Brian Altman and Alexander Roumeliotis saw a flop of 
. Altman checked, Roumeliotis bet 8,000, and Altman called.
The turn was the , and Altman check-called a bet of 13,400 from Roumeliotis before the dealer landed the 
on the river. Altman and Roumeliotis both checked.
Altman tabled the 
, and Roumeliotis mucked.
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