In front of PokerStars qualifier Helge Pedersen was a raise to 7,600 out of the small blind and then Cristiano Blanco moved all in for 32,675. Pedersen took some consideration before pushing forward his blue T-5,000 chips and putting Blanco at risk with . The Dane however only had one over card to the of Blanco and didn't get there on the board.
Gyorgy Moger opened to 1,100 from early position and called the three-bet of Paul Newey to 3,500, heading to a flop of . Moger continued with a bet of 2,200 and Newey shoved all in, holding pocket jacks for top set. Moger looked him up with the for the open ended straight and flush draw.
The turn improved the hand of the Hungarian and the river was a brick, as confirmed by Alec Torelli. Shortly after the table broke and every remaining player headed for a new temporary home.
With the board reading , a rather quiet Matas Cimbolas moved all in for around 24,000 chips when his sole opponent had led for 6,500. The Lithuanian enforced a fold and then glanced over: "There is only one way to win." Whether or not Cimbolas will be more talkative now after accumulating some chips is open for speculation.
Yet another big pot was played on the table of Christian Golob and it involved the Austrian as well as Thomas Berends. Berends check-called a bet on the flop and did so for 8,000 on the turn. The river saw Golob tossing 12,000 into the middle of the table with and Berends called with to seize another decent pot.
Shortly after, Golob was all in and at risk preflop for 20,150 with . Alexander Beck looked him up with pocket queens and the Austrian doubled on a board of . "Nice hand," Beck said to his opponent.
Joining the action on a three-way flop of , one player in the blinds as well as Jan Heitmann checked before the player on the button bet 2,000. Only the German called and they checked the on the turn. The Team PokerStars Pro then bet the river for 3,800 and was paid off to reveal as winning hand.
With around 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Germany's Ole Schemion bet 2,400 from the under-the-gun position and the Netherlands' [Removed:414] called from the hijack. After the completed the board on the river, Schemion bet again, this time 4,150, and he got paid off as Beumers tossed in a call.
Schemion tabled the for two pair, and it was good as Beumers sent his cards to the muck.
We happened upon a hand already in progress involving Ramin Hajiyev and Alec Torelli. There was already a considerable about in the pot when the former bet 17,100 on the turn and the latter called from the button.
When the completed the board on the river, Hajiyev thought for a solid minute before checking, and Torelli took an equal amount of time before moving all in for roughly 35,000.
Hajiyev hit the tank hard.
"You have jacks?" Torelli eventually asked.
"I do have jacks," Hajiyev replied, sounding a bit impressed. The man from Azerbaijan gave it about 30 seconds more thought, and then released his hand.
With that, Torelli chipped up to 86,400 while Hajiyev dropped to 41,300.
Christian Golob flat-called a raise by Thomas Berends and Sara Chafak called as well in the big blind to see a three-way flop of . As usual, Golob was trying to build a pot and that got Chafak out of the way, but Berends stuck around.
On the turn, Berends bet again and Golob moved all in with the to get a snap-call by Berends with . The Austrian was already drawing dead to win the pot and the meaningless river completed the board.
Juan Riera had just arrived at his new table and stacked double as many chips as the last count after dinner break. The Spaniard had opened as the player in the small blind was sitting out and the button three-bet, triggering a call. On a jack-high flop they got it in after a raising war and Riera's set of sevens held up against the pocket queens of the now busted opponent.
. The Dane however only had one over card to the 
of Blanco and didn't get there on the 
board.
. Moger continued with a bet of 2,200 and Newey shoved all in, holding pocket jacks for top set. Moger looked him up with the 
for the open ended straight and flush draw.
turn improved the hand of the Hungarian and the river was a brick, as confirmed by Alec Torelli. Shortly after the table broke and every remaining player headed for a new temporary home.
, a rather quiet Matas Cimbolas moved all in for around 24,000 chips when his sole opponent had led for 6,500. The Lithuanian enforced a fold and then glanced over: "There is only one way to win." Whether or not Cimbolas will be more talkative now after accumulating some chips is open for speculation.
flop and did so for 8,000 on the 
turn. The 
to seize another decent pot.
. Alexander Beck looked him up with pocket queens and the Austrian doubled on a board of 
. "Nice hand," Beck said to his opponent.
on the turn. The Team PokerStars Pro then bet the 
river for 3,800 and was paid off to reveal 
as winning hand.
, Germany's Ole Schemion bet 2,400 from the under-the-gun position and the Netherlands' [Removed:414] called from the hijack. After the 
to get a snap-call by Berends with 
. The Austrian was already drawing dead to win the pot and the meaningless 
