On a -board, Jens Lakemeier in the small blind had both 28,000 and his cards open in front of him. His opponent, cutoff Julian Stuer, had 102,000 in front of him and his cards closed.
The floor and some players from other tables had gathered. It turned out Lakemeier had bet the river for 28,000. Stuer had put in a short cylinder of chips which Lakemeier had interpreted as a call. There were some 25,000-chips mixed in, though, so it was in fact a raise and not a call.
Lakemeier's hand was still live and he had the option to call or fold, raising wasn't allowed anymore. Lakemeier eventually folded, leaving the pot to Stuer. On top of losing the hand, he also received a 4-hand penalty.
Start of day chip leader Jerry Wong opened under the gun for 18,000 and his neighbor William Kassouf called. The action folded to Niall Farrell in the small blind and he squeezed to 70,000. The big blind folded and action was back on Wong. He shoved for 335,000 and Kassouf folded. Farrell called.
Niall Farrell:
Jerry Wong:
The board came and besides picking up a chop out on the turn, the board brought nothing exciting for Wong. The November Niner made his exit, EPT Malta champion Niall Farrell started stacking.
Niall Farrell opened under the gun and got calls from Jerry Wong a couple of seats over and then William Kassouf on his left. The flop came and Farrell bet 32,000. Both Wong and Kassouf called. On the turn, action checked to Kassouf and he fired about 110,000. Two snap-mucks followed.
We caught the last two streets of a pot that would grow quite big. On a board of we saw Samy Ouellani bet 90,000 from the small blind. His opponent, Anton Yakuba in the cutoff, called.
The river came the and Ouellani checked. Yakuba hesitated not long and quite comfortably slid forward his entire stack of 189,000. Ouellani tanked long and hard and eventually had the clock called on him. Eventually, he called with . Yakuba had only to show for and departed, Ouellani started stacking.
Vlado Banicevic bet 31,000 from the small blind on a flop, and Alexander Ivarsson called from the big. Banicevic checked the turn, and Ivarsson fired in 45,000. Banicevic uncapped his cards, thought awhile, then pushed all of his chips in, about 300,000. Ivarsson folded after briefly thinking, and Banicevic showed .
Maksim Nosenko put in all of his chips from middle position, and so did Alexander Ivarsson on the button.
Nosenko:
Ivarsson:
Ivarsson expressed disgust at the cooler but that changed quickly when flopped. Now, it was Nosenko feeling sick, and neither the turn nor the river helped him come back.
Andreas Samuelsson bet 40,000 from the cutoff on a completed board of , and Mustapha Kanit called from the small blind. Samuelsson showed for the flopped boat and dragged the pot.