Jesper Hoog must have scooped yet another big pot in the first level, because he was firing two barrels against Carlos Chadha on a board of . On the river, Chadha check-raised from 8,000 to 28,000 and Hoog let go after giving his opponent a brief stare down.
EPT Grand Final winner Adrian Mateos raised to 2,200 and was called on the button by Szabolcs Mayer. Both players checked the flop and turn of and saw the on the river. Mateos bet 3,000 and was called by Mayer. The Spaniard showed and scooped the pot as he moved up to around 150,000
Last year was a huge one for American Anthony Zinno. He won back-to-back WPT titles to start the year, booked a massive WSOP bracelet win in the summer, and in his chase to win GPI Player of the Year, he scoured the globe plying his trade, even winning an EPT side event in Malta.
While he fell just shy of winning the coveted POY title, he still amassed $3,778,904 in tournament winnings and had the kind of year the poker world won't soon forget.
Zinno now has two legs of Poker's triple crown, but the third, an EPT Main Event title, has still eluded him.
That may soon change, though, as he's here in Dublin and is making a run at it on Day 2. Moments ago, he saw Florian Decamps fire 3,700 at him heads-up on an board to the turn.
Zinno responded with a raise to 10,000, but Decamps hung around. Finally, when Decamps checked the river, Zinno bet a healthy 11,000. Decamps mulled it over for a few seconds before making the call. He mucked when Zinno turned over the flush.
With that pot, Zinno crested the 200,000-chip mark and now sits among the leaders.
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Pierre Calamusa limped in from the cutoff and Walter Treccarichi raised to 3,200 from one seat over to get called by the Frenchman. On the flop , Calamusa check-raised from 4,300 to 10,500 and Treccarichi called before the Italian then bet the turn for 13,200. Calamusa check-called and checked again the river.
Treccarichi fired a hefty bet of 33,000 and Calamusa eventually called to see his opponent flip over ace-jack off suit, Calamusa scooped the pot with . Another Frenchman is also thriving in Fabrice Soulier.
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From the small blind, Bertrand "ElKY" Grospellier check called a bet of 3,000 on . The hit the turn and Grospellier check called another 8,200.
With the completing the board, Grospellier checked for the third time. In the big blind, Darrell Goh shoved all in for 18,200. Grospellier tanked long and hard, and called.
Goh showed for the rivered flush and Grospellier mucked.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised from early position to 2,100 and was three-bet by Kristof Coenen in the small blind to 5,000. Mercier called and the pair saw the dealt. Coenen put out a continuation bet of 5,000 and Mercier called.
The turn was the and after a short period of deliberation Coenen moved all-in and was snap-called by Mercier. The Belgian held and had turned a wheel, but Mercier had raised pre-flop with and had turned a higher straight. The river was the and Mercier eliminated Coenen early on day 2.
Charlie Carrel raised and Cathal Shine just flat-called from two seats over before Jason Tompkins jammed for what looked like 20,000 with pocket tens. Carrel folded but Shine snapped with the and the board ran out .
Earlier today, Adrian Apmann was cut down to less than starting stack but the German was now sitting atop a nice 55,000 again. The German said he flat-called a raise and two players behind him on the button and big blind also headed to an ace-high flop. Apmann's small bet saw a shove of the player on the button with for second pair and Apmann's for top pair held up.
It is unclear if the departed player was Amgd Nadr or Michael Ferrari, but both are also out as their media cards were waiting on the desk.