Felipe Costa raised to 21,900 and left himself another 100 chips behind. Action folded to Taran Parmar in the big blind and he glanced over at his opponent. "Do you want action?" the Canadian asked and ultimately Parmar just flat-called.
On the flop, Parmar was ready to toss in the 100-chip, and Costa grinned back "you can check." One led to the other, Costa called all in and the cards were tabled.
Felipe Costa:
Taran Parmar:
The turn and river were both blanks and Costa doubled.
Drama for the Maltese poker mama Jacqueline Cachia, as she narrowly missed out on the money.
Dan Shak raised to 8,500 and Gianfranco Visalli called. Daniele Colautti then moved all in from the cutoff and Cachia also called in for around 35,000 on the button. Shak went over the top and Visalli folded.
Jacqueline Cachia:
Daniele Colautti:
Dan Shak:
The flop improved Shak and he was about to eliminate two players just before the money. The turn was a blank, but the river provided the two-outer for Colautti, who doubled through Shak for 61,100 and sent Cachia to the rail.
Dmitry Yurasov opened to 7,000 in early position. Ole Schemion called from the cutoff, Peter Ockenden called on the button and Oliver Price defended his big blind. The flop was and Yurasov continued with 15,000. Schemion folded, Ockenden called, and Price folded.
On the turn, Yurasov showed no sign of slowing down with a bet of 42,000. Within mere seconds, Ockenden committed the calling chips. The on the river paired the board, and now Yurasov bet 66,000. Ockenden took a quick glance at the bet and rapidly called again.
Dmitry Yurasov:
Peter Ockenden:
Yurasov's top pair was no match for Ockenden's top two pair, and the online phenom had to ship a sizable portion of his stack over to the British expat living in Holland.
Blind on blind, Felix Schlott and Kees van Brugge got it all in. From the big blind, Van Brugge was at risk with only 26,800 in chips.
He had and had to hold against Schlott's . The flop gave Schlott a five but Van Brugge paired his ace.
"Queen me", asked Schlott to the dealer. However, he did not hit on the turn and river. Van Brugge doubled up and is still in contention to earn a spot in the money.
In the first hand, Benjamin Philipps shoved from the cutoff and Alexandru Baron called all in out of the small blind for 19,300. Once all other tables were finished, the cards were tabled.
It's always a tense atmosphere in a hand-for-hand situation, and Dietrich Fast's all in was no different. The winner of the €10,300 High Roller earlier this week jammed 19,000 from the button and fellow countryman Louis Cartarius looked him up in the big blind.
It took minutes before the hands on all the other tables were finished, which gave the railbirds and camera's plenty of time to swamp the table. Eventually, the hand went to showdown.
Dietrich Fast:
Louis Cartarius:
The densely packed crowd gathered to watch the flop being dealt.
"You can all go now," laughed Fast.
Fast's remark obviously opened the door for a jinx, and sure enough did the on the turn give Cartarius some straight outs. The river wasn't the ten he was looking for, and Fast doubled up.
Over on the feature table, Roberto Romanello raised from under the gun and Marko Popovic shoved for his last 27,200 on the button. Romanello called and they had to wait for all other tables to be finished.
Marko Popovic:
Roberto Romanello:
The board came and Popovic doubled, two hands remain
. The turn was the 
and Newey was down to the last card. The river was the 
and he fell just short of the money.
of Ismael Bojang. 
and Gavazzeni was send home empty handed.
flop, Parmar was ready to toss in the 100-chip, and Costa grinned back "you can check." One led to the other, Costa called all in and the cards were tabled.
turn and 
river were both blanks and Costa doubled.
flop improved Shak and he was about to eliminate two players just before the money. The 
turn was a blank, but the 
river provided the two-outer for Colautti, who doubled through Shak for 61,100 and sent Cachia to the rail.
on the river paired the board, and now Yurasov bet 66,000. Ockenden took a quick glance at the bet and rapidly called again.
and had to hold against Schlott's 
. The 
turn and 
river. Van Brugge doubled up and is still in contention to earn a spot in the money.
and Baron doubled.
wasn't the ten he was looking for, and Fast doubled up.
