Sam Greenwood raised to 52,000 and Ole Schemion made the call from the big blind. The flop came down and Schemion checked to Greenwood who bet 90,000.
Schemion slid forward a tall stack of 25,000-chips, and Greenwood double-checked his cards before moving all in. Schemion called off the 75,000 he had left behind, and the showdown went as following.
Greenwood showed , and Schemion let out a deep sigh as he tabled .
The board ran out , and Schemion let out another deep sigh, and he wished the other players "good luck," as he shook his head. We're down to nine players, and there will now be a redraw for the final table. The tournament is now on the money bubble.
The biggest pot of the past orbit is the only one that went to showdown.
Igor Kurganov opened to 55,000 and was called by Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind. Urbanovich then checked the flop, and Kurganov checked behind. The turn saw Urbanovich check-call a 67,000 bet before Urbanovich checked the river. Kurganov bet 150,000 and Urbanovich instantly called.
Kurganov: for a pair of kings
Urbanovich: for two pair, kings and jacks
Steve O'Dwyer has been quite active with a number of preflop raises and limps.
In one recent hand, O'Dwyer raised to 53,000 from the button and Igor Kurganov defended from the small blind. Both players checked the flop, and then O'Dwyer called a bet of 72,000 on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Kurganov checked and then quickly folded when O'Dwyer bet 185,000.
Igor Kurganov raised to 52,000 and Luuk Gieles made the call in position after which the flop brought . Kurganov bet 92,000 on the flop and Gieles made the call.
On the turn the hit and both players checked, after which the river brought the .
Kurgano checked again on the river and Gieles put together a bet of 145,000. Kurganov snap-called and Gieles showed . Kurganov tabled and he took down this pot.
Sam Greenwood completed his small blind and Thomas Muehloecker checked his option to bet from the big blind. The dealer spread the flop, a flop that Greenwood bet 31,000 on and Muehloecker called.
Greenwood bet again, this time 70,000 on the turn and was called again. Greenwood fired a third barrel on the river, making it 185,000 to go. Muehloecker didn't call this bet, instead he moved all-in and Greenwood quickly released his hand,
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened to 55,000 under the gun/in the hijack and Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff made the call. Kurganov folded his button but small blind Anthony Zinno made it 200,000 with about 600,000 behind.
Luuk Gieles in the big blind thought about it for a bit, asked how much Zinno was playing, and glared at Urbanovich's and O'Dwyer's stacks. He then announced raise, thought about it some more, announced it to be 350,000, and counted out the chips he needed. Urbanovich, O'Dwyer and Zinno all folded rather quickly after Gieles had put the 350,000 in.
Gieles is nearing the 3 million mark. Zinno, who lost two smaller pots before this hand as well, down to about 25 big blinds.
The field isn't playing hand-for-hand yet, but the tournament staff is paying close attention to the action at each table. If one table is taking a bit longer, they've asked the other table to hold up to ensure things are kept fair.
Some hands define the outcomes of poker tournaments and we may have witnessed one just now.
Luuk Gieles raised to 60,000 from under the gun, and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet to 156,000 from the next seat along at their five-handed table. Gieles called, and it was heads-up to the flop. Gieles checked and Urbanovich checked behind.
Gieles led for 255,000 on the turn and Urbanovich called to create an ever-growing pot. The river was the and Gieles counted out 150,000 chips, but left those behind and bet the rest of his stack, a bet of 795,000. Urbanovich looked shaken by this and shook his head, took a drink of his water, and then stared into space before tossing in a solitary 1,000 chip to signal a call.
It was the of Gieles that won the pot, a hand that Urbanovich couldn't beat as evident by him mucking his hand. With that, Gieles is up to 2,650,000 million chips while Urbanovich drops to 1,130,000.