On a flop of we saw Belgian Jeronen Vaneenoo check call a bet of 1,800 from the big blind. The one doing the betting was Marcin Horecki in middle position. The Polish PokerStars Team Pro asked another 4,600 on the turn and 10,000 on the river.
Vaneenoo check called all three streets, but quietly mucked after Horecki showed him for top set.
Imagine heading into Day 2 of a major event with almost 136,000 in chips and blinds at 400-800 and a running ante of 100 only to be gone within less than half an hour. That's indeed what happened to Michal Mrakes and there was only one player at his table that had covered him: Andrius Bielskis. We walked over to table 26 to find out what happened.
Bielskis confirmed that he had taken the entire stack of his opponent within two hands, both of which were four-bet pots preflop. The first one was an open to 1,700 by Mrakes, three-bet to 3,700 by Bielskis and four-bet of Mrakes to 11,700 which was called. On the rainbow flop, a continuation bet of Mrakes for 9,000 was called and Bielskis took down the pot after betting a river.
Onto the next big clash it was four-bet again and continuation bet on a flop as well as a second barrel worth 16,000 on the turn. The river brought a and Mrakes bet 24,000 to call the push of Bielskis with pocket aces. Unfortunately though, the Lithuanian flipped over pocket fours for the straight and is now the monster chip leader.
Brian Benhamou got the early action going with an open to 1,700 and picked up three callers including Joseph El Khoury and they got to see the first three community cards fall .
Checked to the raiser, Benhamou continued for 3,300 and narrowed the field to just El Khoury. The turn card was the and once more El Khoury called a bet from Benhamou, this time 5,200. They had similar stacks going into the hand with just over pot sized bets left for the river that fell the .
Benhamou took a few moments before putting out a bet of 12,500 and El Khoury took a few minutes to size up his opponent and decide on a plan. Eventually he put all of his chips over the line and got snapped off by Benhamou with . Close but no good as El Khoury had the nuts and sent him to the rail.
Ronan Monfort and Ronan Gangzhou Hu were engaged in a hand where the board read . Monfort checked over to his opponent who fired out a bet of 6,300. Monfort called and the two were off to the river.
The dealer put out the to pair the board on the river. Monfort checked once more and Hu moved out a sizable bet of 28,500. Monfort let it go and Hu raked in the pot. With this, Monfort's stack has dropped below the starting stack at about 29,000.
Steven Moreau lost a flip for average stack and after calling the all in of an opponent who had four-bet shoved with pocket nines. Neither the over cards or diamonds appeared and the Frenchman was gone. On the way out, Gaelle Baumann also walked slowly to the exit and has been eliminated as well.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov three-bet shoved for 13,900 with and got called by initial raiser Marco Leonzio with . The board ran out to get Katchalov up to almost starting stack.
Vicky Coren-Mitchell arrived a few minutes late and just arrived only to see her original table broke shortly after. She got moved to table 3 and exactly one seat off to where she had been sitting yesterday all day long.
Eugene Katchalov starts as one of the shorter stacks and just min-raised to 1,600, getting called by the player in the big blind. The Team PokerStars Pro made a continuation bet of 1,600 on the flop and folded to a check-raise of his opponent to 3,600. The next hand, Katchalov moved all in for 12,400 and claimed the blinds and antes.
Joining the action on the turn of a board, Dominik Panka as initial preflop aggressor checked to Jean-Philippe Rohr and check-called a bet of 6,100. The river was checked through and Panka showed the as first after the button, which was good.
we saw Belgian Jeronen Vaneenoo check call a bet of 1,800 from the big blind. The one doing the betting was Marcin Horecki in middle position. The Polish PokerStars Team Pro asked another 4,600 on the 
turn and 10,000 on the 
river.
for top set.
rainbow flop, a continuation bet of Mrakes for 9,000 was called and Bielskis took down the pot after betting a 
river.
flop as well as a second barrel worth 16,000 on the 
turn. The river brought a 
and Mrakes bet 24,000 to call the push of Bielskis with pocket aces. Unfortunately though, the Lithuanian flipped over pocket fours for the straight and is now the monster chip leader.
and 
. The board ran out 
and Pospiech hit the rail.
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and once more El Khoury called a bet from Benhamou, this time 5,200. They had similar stacks going into the hand with just over pot sized bets left for the river that fell the 
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. Close but no good as El Khoury had the 
to pair the board on the river. Monfort checked once more and Hu moved out a sizable bet of 28,500. Monfort let it go and Hu raked in the pot. With this, Monfort's stack has dropped below the starting stack at about 29,000.
. The board ran out 
to get Katchalov up to almost starting stack.
board, Dominik Panka as initial preflop aggressor checked to Jean-Philippe Rohr and check-called a bet of 6,100. The 
