Marcin Chmielewski raised it up to 750 from the cutoff, only to see Vladimir Troyanovski raise it up once more, making it 2,000 on the button.
Chmielewski made the call and the two saw the flop. Chmielewski checked and Troyanovski continued for 2,200. Chmielewski wasn't impressed and opted for a check-raise to 6,500, which made Troyanovski fold.
[Removed:17] put in a raise to 750 from the cutoff and Martin Kozlov folded his button. In the small blind, Alexandros Kolonias decided to throw in a three-bet to 2,500. Stephen Chidwick quickly folded his big blind, but Yan stayed around to see a flop.
The dealer spread out and Kolonias opted for a check, as did Yan. The on the turn, and river were checked as well. Kolonias showed which was enough to win the hand.
Satish Sanan limped in from the button and small blind Scott Seiver bumped it up to 1,300. Big blind Max Silver had even bigger plans and three-bet to 5,300. Sanan had seen enough and got out of the way. Action was back on Seiver and he four-bet to 13,000. Silver tanked for a bit before he called.
The flop came and Seiver slid forward a big tower of 5,000-chips to put Silver all in.
Silver, with 27,375 behind, said "Too gross!"
Seiver, calm as ever, answered "Aces versus kings usually is."
The two exchanged some words, mostly debating who had the aces and who had the kings in supposed classic set-up, before Silver went back into thinking-mode.
After 4 minutes or so, Silver made the call. It wasn't aces versus kings.
Scott Seiver:
Max Silver:
The on the turn and on the river were both blanks and Silver doubled up to 81,850.
He lost some of that the following hand, check-calling both the -flop and -turn before check-folding the -river against Oleksii Khoroshenin.
Martin Finger opened with a raise on the button. Pratyush Buddiga three-bet to 3,200 from the small blind, Sylvain Loosli cold-called from the big blind, and Finger called as well. On the flop, Buddiga continued with 6,000, which netted two snap-folds from his opponents.
Buddiga is looking to repeat his performance from EPT Barcelona, where he took down the €25,500 Single Day High Roller for a whopping €690,275. The American started off well here in Malta, finishing fourth in yesterday's €10,300 High Roller, boosting his bankroll with a €61,690 payday.
On the heads-up flop of , Sylvain Loosli bet 1,250 in the hijack and Steve O'Dwyer called from one seat over in the cutoff. The on the turn triggered a bet worth 3,000 by Loosli and a call before the Frenchman then made it 7,500 to go on the river. O'Dwyer called and mucked once he was shown the by Loosli.
Soon after, O'Dwyer raised to 750 twice in a row. In the first hand he grabbed the blinds and antes. The second hand saw Martin Finger three-bet to 3,200 in the small blind and O'Dwyer called. On the flop, Finger bet 3,800 and O'Dwyer came along. There was no betting action on the turn and Finger took down the pot uncontested by betting the river for 11,500.
Yesterday's €10,000 High Roller winner Dietrich Fast, just joined the tables. He was looking for a head start, but Anthony Zinno slowed him down.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 800 and Zinno, seated on the button, made the call. Fast threw in a reraise to 4,000 and Zinno was the only caller.
The flop came down and Fast continued for 2,200. Zinno took his time, before raising to 10,000. Fast wasn't ready to play such a big pot right away and tossed his cards in the muck.
On the flop, the action went check, check between Charlie Carrel in the big blind and Alexandros Kolonias on the button. Carrel then bet the turn for 2,000 and Kolonias clicked it up to 4,500. Carrel called to see the on the river and check again immediately.
Kolonias bet 5,000 and immediately the face of Carrel showed frustration. He gave it more than a minute of consideration and then slid the cards into the muck.
With around 5,000 chips in the pot and the board reading , Nick Petrangelo threw in a bet of 4,000, after Sylvain Loosli had checked to him from the big blind. Loosli weighed his options and made the call.
The river brought the and Loosli checked again. Petrangelo put him to the test by firing out a big bet of 16,700, with only 15,000 behind. Loosli went into the tank and took his time while getting a massage. After several minutes he opted to fold.
Scott Seiver opened with a raise to 700 in early position and Max Silver called one seat over. Dan Shak three-bet to 4,000 on the button, which Seiver called. Silver, however, put in a re-raise to 13,200. Shak called and after some deliberation, Seiver folded.
The flop came and Silver confirmed Shak's remaining stack (around 15,000) before moving all in. Shak thought for thirty seconds before relinquishing his holding.