Max Altergott was one of the players to late register at the start of Day 2. Many of those players failed to gain any traction, but not Altergott. He's already more than tripled his starting stack.
In a hand just before the break, Altergott opened for 2,400 from under the gun and was met by an all-in three-bet from France's Laurent Strouk, who was enjoying a massage. Action folded back to Altergott, who wasted little time in making the call.
Altergott:
Strouk:
Altergott was ahead with his black nines — which, as a fun fact, was the hand Phil Hellmuth held when he won the 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event — but was racing against the Frenchman. Fortunately for Altergott, the board ran out a low and he straightened out Strouk.
WSOP Europe champ Adrian Mateos was just seen doubling up in one of the last hands before the break.
On a flop of everyone checked. Mateos bet out 7,300 from the small blind on the turn. Charlie Carrel folded his big blind, Luigi Mario Grisa made the call from early position, Viacheslav Goryachev
folded from the hijack.
The hit the river and Mateos shoved all in for 35,300. Grisa tanked for a bit, and called with . That wasn't going to be enough, Mateos tabled for the rivered flush.
Giuseppe Carbotti opened for 2,300 from early position and received a call from Josh Prager in middle position. From there, Patrick Putnam three-bet all in for 27,300 from late position, Carbotti called, and Prager got out of the way.
Carbotti:
Putnam:
Putnam was in a prime position to double, and that's just what he did after the board ran out a clean .
Brian Roberts opened to 2,400 under the gun, and Patrick Nakache made it a three-bet to 6,800 from the cutoff. Roberts responded with an all-in shove, and Nakache called off his 30,000 or so.
Nakache:
Roberts:
Roberts got no sweat as a flop was followed by a turn.
Back on the fifth episode of the Remko Report, Jason Koon joined Remko Rinkema to talk about his dedication to fitness, a bout with depression, and several of his experiences in poker. Check it out below.
Phil Ivey earlier this week in the Super High Roller
At the start of the day we mentioned Phil Ivey having signed up to play in the Main Event today. It now turns out he unregistered before play started, so he didn't enter today.
Ivey is in Monaco and he played the €100,000 Super High Roller at the start of the festival, but didn't participate in yesterdays €50,000 turbo event or the Main Event today. Apparently, the $1,000/$2,000 games online are too good to miss out on.
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and he straightened out Strouk.
turn. Charlie Carrel folded his big blind, Luigi Mario Grisa made the call from early position, Viacheslav Goryachev
hit the river and Mateos shoved all in for 35,300. Grisa tanked for a bit, and called with 
. That wasn't going to be enough, Mateos tabled 
for the rivered flush.
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flop was followed by a 
turn.
