George Danzer's massage might need to be extended following a couple of difficult hands against Antonino Venneri.
In the first, Danzer bet 1,150 on a flop of and Venneri called. On the turn, Venneri turned aggressor, raising to 8,000 over Danzer's initial bet of 3,000. After a long tank Danzer's hand went into the muck with a dull thud.
A couple of hands later, Danzer min-raised to 800 from early position, with Venneri calling on the button and both blinds folding. On a board of Danzer check-folded to Venneri's bet of 1500. These hands left him with around 10,000 in chips whilst Venneri moved closer to starting stack.
With approximately 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , John Duthie, the founder of the EPT, checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 3,000 from PCA champ Kevin Schulz, who was sitting in the under-the-gun position.
When the double paired the board on the river, action went check-check and Duthie showed the . Schulz smiled and flashed the , knowing full well he could have lost a lot more had the board ran out different.
Super High Rollers were the talk of the table, and at a neighbouring table as Fabian Quoss listened in: "I can hear about 60% of what you are saying!"
Zachary Kerik, Charlie Carrel, Isaac Haxton, and Sam Cohen all had differing opinions on what it meant to play a 100k tournament. "€100k tournaments are all about money rather than attention," said Haxton. "Yeah, but when you've got 10% of yourself, that's not a lot of money" retorted Cohen. Carrel piped up: "But 10% of 1.2 million is still a lot of money." Kerik offered his opinion: "People play them to get on Pokernews and for other players to talk about them"
Back to the action and Fady Kamar, who had stayed silent during the Super High Roller debate continuation bet a flop of and found two callers in Sam Cohen and Charlie Carrel. The on the turn was checked around, and Kamar bet out 4100 on a river of the . Cohen called and Kamar tabled but he was beat by Cohen's
Meanwhile there was a roar from the Super High Roller. Every single head at the table looked over to see what the commotion was about. Whatever it means to play a Super High Roller, fellow poker players are still interested in them.
We missed the elimination of Scott Seiver, but we wouldn't be surprised if his chips found their way to Ole Schemion, who has vaulted up the counts and now sits with 85,000.
Meanwhile, at that same table, Sam Trickett got involved in a hand against Pierre Neuville. It began when France's Kevin Dodelande limped and Neuville did the same from the button. Trickett then raised to 1,500 from the small blind, Schemion folded the big, and the other two players called to see a flop of .
Trickett bet 2,600, Dodelande folded, and Neuville raised to 6,300. Trickett thought for a long time before making the call, and then both players checked the turn as well as the river. Trickett tabled the for nines and sevens, which was good as Neuville mucked his hand.
The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here at the EPT Grand Final, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.
Be forewarned, however, any abuse of the app will result in account suspension or termination.
Action folded to German pro Fabian Quoss in the small blind and he just limped. Mustapha Kanit exercised his option in the big with a raise to 850, and Quoss pushed back with a limp-raise to 2,800. Kanit called and the two saw a flop of .
Quoss was first to act and led out for 3,000, which Kanit called. When the dealer burned and turned the , Quoss checked, Kanit bet 5,400, and Quoss check-raised all in. Kanit snap-called for 17,375.
Kanit:
Quoss:
Kanit hit his gin card on the turn to crack the aces of Quoss, and the Italian was shipped the double after the meaningless river was put out.
and Venneri called. On the turn, Venneri turned aggressor, raising to 8,000 over Danzer's initial bet of 3,000. After a long tank Danzer's hand went into the muck with a dull thud.
Danzer check-folded to Venneri's bet of 1500. These hands left him with around 10,000 in chips whilst Venneri moved closer to starting stack.
, John Duthie, the founder of the EPT, checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 3,000 from PCA champ Kevin Schulz, who was sitting in the under-the-gun position.
double paired the board on the river, action went check-check and Duthie showed the 
. Schulz smiled and flashed the 
, knowing full well he could have lost a lot more had the board ran out different.
and found two callers in Sam Cohen and Charlie Carrel. The 
on the turn was checked around, and Kamar bet out 4100 on a river of the 
. Cohen called and Kamar tabled 
.
.
