On a board of , Thomas Muehloecker checked to JC Alvarado in the cutoff. Alvarado made a bet of 27,000 and Leon Tsoukernik on the button made the call, Muehloecker folded.
The turn came the and Alvarado moved in for 44,300. Tsoukernik thought for just a few seconds before slamming some 25,000 in the middle to make the call. Alvarado had for the over pair with a flush draw, Tsoukernik tabled . The river made no difference and Alvarado doubled up.
Ankush Mandavia raised before the flop and Dzmitry Urbanovich made the call from he big blind. The flop came down and Urbanovich check-called 12,000.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Urbanovich lead out for 15,000. Mandavia made the call and mucked when his opponent showed .
Tobias Reinkemeier raised from the button to 8,000 and Igor Kurganov defended his big blind. The flop came down and Kurganov check-called a bet of 9,000.
On the turn the hit and Kurganov checked again, after which Reinekmeier bet 25,000. This time Kurganov opted to check-raise to 78,000 and Reinkemeier called.
The river completed the board with the and Kurganov lead out for 55,000 with about 110,000 left behind.
Reinkemeier went into the tank for several minutes before letting go of his hand. Kurganov did not show his cards and took down this pot, chipping up to 360,000 in the process.
Martin Jacobson raised it up to 7,000 and his neighbor Sylvain Loosli made the call from the hijack. Nex tover was Dani Stern in the cutoff and he three bet to 30,000. The button and both blinds folded and Jacobson four bet to 68,000. Loosli now moved all in after contemplating his move for quite some time. Stern gave up rather quickly, and so did Jacobson.
Jason Mo opened to 7,500 and JC Alvarado in the hijack made the call. Leon Tsoukernik checked his cards, and moved all in for a little over 150,000 while exclaiming "It's break anyway, I'm gonna rebuy." "Rebuy!" he shouted through the room. Mo thought about it for a bit and called all in for his last 129,300, Alvarado folded.
Mo showed and Tsoukernik tabled .
Alvarado said he folded jack-ten of diamonds after the flop hit the board. The on the turn would have sealed the deal for him, but in the end the pot went to Tsoukernik after the completed the board.
The board showed when Andrei Streltsou bet 22,000 after Patrik Antonius had checked to him. Antonius tanked for a long time before slowly sliding chips forward in order to make the call.
Streltsou showed and with trip fives he took down the pot.
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As we arrived the turn was already out and Leon Tsoukernik in the hijack had just bet 70,000 with 121,000 behind on . Christoph Vogelsang moved all in from the cutoff and Tsoukernik tanked for quite a bit. At one point he said he had a king, but he wasn't too sure what to do with it. He tanked and tanked, telling Christoph and us he suspected the German to have pocket queens.
After some more time debating what to do, Mike Watson called for the clock. The floor came over and informed Tsoukernik he had one minute to act on his hand. After about half a minute, Tsoukernik asked how much time he had left and where the floor was looking. The floor pointed to the clock on the screen, and Leon laughed "The clock? I have a very nice Rolex right here!"
With ten seconds left the floor began the countdown. With just four seconds to act, Tsoukernik moved his chips over the line to call. Vogelsang showed for the straight with the flush draw. "I'm dead" said Tsoukernik, showing .
The river came the and Tsoukernik got up and gathered his things. He and Vogelsang discussed the hand for a bit more, and we overheard Tsoukernik say "You paid a lot on the flop."
, Thomas Muehloecker checked to JC Alvarado in the cutoff. Alvarado made a bet of 27,000 and Leon Tsoukernik on the button made the call, Muehloecker folded.
and Alvarado moved in for 44,300. Tsoukernik thought for just a few seconds before slamming some 25,000 in the middle to make the call. Alvarado had 
for the over pair with a flush draw, Tsoukernik tabled 
. The river 
made no difference and Alvarado doubled up.
and Urbanovich check-called 12,000.
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
.
and Kurganov check-called a bet of 9,000.
hit and Kurganov checked again, after which Reinekmeier bet 25,000. This time Kurganov opted to check-raise to 78,000 and Reinkemeier called.
and Kurganov lead out for 55,000 with about 110,000 left behind. 
. 
completed the board.
and with trip fives he took down the pot.
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