John Juanda first lost a good chunck of his chips in a pot where we just caught the river action. Juanda had 148,000 out in front of him from the big blind on a board of , and Jaroslaw Sikora from Poland was all in for just 135,000 more. Juanda tanked long, got the clock called on him, but folded in the end.
Not much later he squared off against Frederik Jensen. Jensen opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Juanda three bet to 62,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Jensen four bet to 156,000. Juanda tanked again and called.
The flop came and Jensen bet out 180,000. Juanda thought for just a minute and announced all in. Jensen wasn't happy and eventually reluctantly folded.
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John Juanda opened under the gun for 24,000 and action folded to Jeremy Ausmus who moved in for 67,000 from the cutoff. Concepcion Tacoronte on the button shoved all in for 105,000 and both blinds folded. John Juanda called us over, showed us his , and folded.
Jeremy Ausmus:
Concepcion Tacoronte:
"Ohhh what a bad fold!" Juanda laughed.
The board came which meant Ausmus and Tacaronte chopped the blinds, antes, and Juanda's raise.
It looked as though Florian-Dimitrie Duta had raised under the gun before the flop after which Pascal LeFrancois three-bet to 65,000 from the hijack. As we arrived on the scene LeFrancois was in the tank, as Duta had put out 168,000.
After a while LeFrancois called, and the flop brought to the table.
Both players checked and on the turn the popped up, tempting Duta to bet 92,000. The Canadian pro made the call and on the river the action was checked to him.
LeFrancois paused for a while before announcing he was "all in" and Duta folded right away.
Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari raised to 26,000 and Dominykas Karmazinas called from the small blind. Bernd Gleissner grabbed this chance to move all in from the big blind for 150,000 and Akkari opted to lay it down. Karmazinas called, and the showdown went as following.
Liviu Ignat, Denis Timofeev, and Maksim Semisoshenko all got their chips in the middle before the flop. Ignat was the shortest, Semisoshenko had both players covered.
Liviu Ignat:
Denis Timofeev:
Maksim Semisoshenko:
The flop came and Ignat and Timofeev both got up and ready to leave. The on the turn hit him though and the on the river was a blank.
, and Jaroslaw Sikora from Poland was all in for just 135,000 more. Juanda tanked long, got the clock called on him, but folded in the end.
and Jensen bet out 180,000. Juanda thought for just a minute and announced all in. Jensen wasn't happy and eventually reluctantly folded.
, and folded.
which meant Ausmus and Tacaronte chopped the blinds, antes, and Juanda's raise.
and Gleissner hit the rail.
