Mustapha Kanit raised to 5,900 from the button, and Fedor Holz called from the big blind. The flop brought out the , and Holz check-called 4,500.
The turn was checked by both players, and the river was the . Holz checked again, and this time Kanit bet 11,000. Holz check-raised to 39,000, and Kanit called after thinking for a bit.
Holz showed the to take down the pot, and Kanit mucked.
For a second we thought Tony G had bought into this event, as he was sitting at Table 1 in Seat 2 chatting with his buddy Leon Stoukernik. He asked us to take a photo, but then hopped up out of the chair and it was realized that he wasn't actually playing, just posing.
In other news, Pascal Lefrancois has rejoined after being the first one eliminated today.
Leon Tsoukernik and Tony G (photo: Neil Stoddart/PokerStarsBlog.com)
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Leon Tsoukernik has been busy playing cash games the past couple of days. In his own casino in Rozvadov he played in a live-streamed €500/€1,000/€2,000 cash game with a straddle that at one point reached €32,000. Earlier today we spotted him playing €200/€400 in the casino here in Barcelona, but now he has taken his seat in the €50,000 Super High Roller.
After Jason Mo raised to 6,000 from the cutoff seat, and Mike Watson called on the button, Tsoukernik casually squeezed to 22,400 from the big blind. Mo made the call, Watson folded.
The flop came , and Tsoukernik took another bite from his snickers bar, sipped on his coffee, and tossed in 47,000. Mo made the call.
The on the turn prompted Tsoukernik to bet 77,000 with about 100,000 behind. Mo folded, and Tsoukernik started stacking with a big smile.
"Write that down — first hand on Table 1, Seat 1... almost doubled!" he laughed.
On the other side of the table, Mo wasn't as excited as Tsoukernik was.
Juha Helppi has been eliminated, and he was joined on the rail by Cyril Andre. Alexander Trevallion bought back in to give the €50,000 another shot, whereas Dan Cates and Piotr Franczak sat down for the first time today.
At the end of the last level, Cyril Andre raised to 4,000 from the hijack seat. Jason Mercier raised to 12,700 on the button, and Andre called to see the flop come down . Andre checked, Mercier bet 10,300, and Andre called.
The turn was the , and Andre checked again. Mercier bet 24,200, and Andre called to see the land on the river. With the board completed, Andre moved all in for roughly 65,000. Mercier quickly called with the for top two pair, and Andre showed the losing .
On the button, Carlos Mironiuk raised to 5,700. Connor Drinan was next to act and made it 16,000 to go from the small blind. Play folded back to Mironiuk, and he announced that he was all in, having Drinan well covered. Drinan went deep into the tank, at one point asking Mironiuk why he went all in when it was for so much. Eventually, he made the call and tabled the . Mironiuk had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Drinan earned the double up. He was all in for 178,100 and doubled to just about 365,000.