After a preflop all in, Shannon Shorr had a short stack all in for 42,800 with versus . However, the board ran out to give his opponent a flush and leave the American in desperate need of a double up.
Next to him is Anton Bertilsson and the runner up of EPT 11 Prague has almost double the current average.
A very short-stacked Daniel Ghionoiu was all in with and Bjorn Geissert looked him up with the . The board ran out and Geissert added more chips to his already impressive stack.
After winning a big pot with aces against kings EPT8 Campione champion Jannick Wrang looks set to make another deep run on the EPT. The EPT veteran talked to the PokerStars Blog about tough tables, wearing sunglasses at the felt and why winning that huge pot wasn’t as simple as it seems.
In a three-way all in, Gyorgy Moger was looking for a huge pot with , as Thomas Berends only held and Koray Aldemir went into the showdown with . The dealer burned and turned the and everyone chopped the pot thanks to the straight on the board. Especially Moger wasn't too happy to say the least.
Shannon Shorr was seen leaving the tournament room. When we headed over to his former table we didn't see anyone stacking a particular big amount of chips.
Jonathan Duhamel told us Shorr had only about five or six big blinds left when he started his last hand. A player opened with and called Shorr's small blind and short stack shove. Shorr had off suit but wouldn't improve enough for a double up.
Duhamel himself plays around 85,000; 45,000 under the average of 130,000.
After a raise from under the gun, Jesper Feddersen moved all in for around 50,000 in chips with pocket nines and Javier Rodriguez reshoved out of the small blind with to isolate successfully. The Spaniard improved and sent Feddersen to the rail. Rodriguez is not yet the current chip leader though, as Ismail Kalkan has slightly more.
As we arrived over on Table 2, Giuliano Bendinelli had already checked and Ignat Liviu was gathering chips to bet. We later learned from table mate Antoine Vranken what had happened before the river.
Giuliano Bendinelli had opened from the hijack and Ignat Liviu had three bet from the button. Bendinelli had called and check called bets on the flop and turn.
The river was the and we saw Bendinelli check his option. Liviu took his time making his bet. With a somewhat shaking hand the experienced Romanian high stakes player bet 58,000. Bendinelli instantly tossed in a 100 chip to make the call.
Liviu showed and Bendinelli sympathy showed his before he mucked.
A couple of days ago, Sam Trickett couldn't win a hand for love nor money. He represented Team UK in the Global Poker Masters and luck just wasn't on his side, losing every all in on his way to a team defeat.
Trickett is a big sports fan and a massive Man Utd supporter. Utd had a very important game on sunday that they managed to win and Trickett was very emotionally invested in the game. We'll let you make up your mind whether the result went the way Trickett would've hoped:
It's amazing sometimes the way a sports result can affect one's psyche. From yesterday afternoon, through to the near-climax of today, Trickett seems like a changed man. Before, when things weren't going right at the table, the Brit was fairly quiet and fidgety, getting out of his seat a lot. The last two days though, he's carried himself well, had a smile on his face and has led the conversations at the tables he's been at.
All that seems to have had a positive impact on his game as his stack has steadily grown to the point where he'll likely enter Day 3 with a top-ten stack. Last count he had 345,000. Trickett is one of the most dangerous players in the world when he's focused and he seems right in the zone at the moment.
Niccolo Ceccarelli raised before the flop to 5,100 from the cutoff and WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson called from the button.
The flop came down and Jacobson called another 6,000. The turn was the and this time both players checked. On the river the hit and Jacobson faced a bet of 18,000. The Swede folded and left himself with 53,000.
Jacobson hasn't had many chips all day and he looks to hang on as the day's about to end.
After a flop of , the player in the small blind check-called a bet of 16,000 by Dan Smith and then faced the shove of the American on the turn. That enforced a fold and Smith is still in it to win it.
versus 
. However, the board ran out 
to give his opponent a flush and leave the American in desperate need of a double up.
and Bjorn Geissert looked him up with the 
and Geissert added more chips to his already impressive stack.
, as Thomas Berends only held 
and Koray Aldemir went into the showdown with 
. The dealer burned and turned the 
and everyone chopped the pot thanks to the straight on the board. Especially Moger wasn't too happy to say the least.
and called Shorr's small blind and short stack shove. Shorr had 
off suit but wouldn't improve enough for a double up.
flop and 
and this time both players checked. On the river the 
, the player in the small blind check-called a bet of 16,000 by Dan Smith and then faced the shove of the American on the 
