We arrived at the table with the board showing . 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson slammed a stack of chips totalling over 200,000 into the pot, forcing David Peters all in. He quickly made the call for his remaining 95,000 in chips and both players tabled their cards.
Jacobson:
Peters:
Jacobson had run into the over pair of his opponent and was unable to improve as the completed the board.
Christophe Vogelsang four-bt to 44,000 preflop and found a single opponent in Timothy Adams to see the flop of . The German bet 30,000 and was called by Adams before making it 60,000 to go on the turn. Adams folded and the German raked in the pot.
Jason Mercier was a bit later today but just sat down next to Steve O'Dwyer and Dan Shak. The PokerStars Team Pro sat down at the wrong table though and after a couple of hands was shown to the right one.
Mercier is coming straight from a win in the Alpha8 $100,000 St. Kitts for $727,500 just last week. It's not just all happy days for Mercier though, he stone bubbled a €10,000 Open Face Chinese tournament last night, a tournament ultimately won by PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade.
A short time ago Mike McDonald was nursing a very short stack and looked on the verge of elimination.
Fast forward less than a level and McDonald now has one of the biggest stacks in the room.
In the most recent hand he clashed once again with Adrian Mateos. McDonald opened to 4,500 from the button before Mateos raised it up to 14,000 from the big blind. McDonald made the call and both players watched the flop come down .
Mateos led out for 20,000 and was called. He bet another 45,000 which was called after the dealer produced the on the turn.
The completed the board and Mateos instantly moved all in for 128,700. McDonald made the quick call and watched as Mateos rolled over his for a straight. McDonald then turned over his for a rivered flush and the winning hand.
Igor Pihela opened the cutoff for 5,000 and Tobias Reinkemeier in the big blind made the call.
Reinkemeier check called a bet of 7,500 on and the dealer soon burned, and turned the . Reinkemeier checked for the second time, and called for the second time as well after Pihela bet 13,500.
The river came the and Reinkemeier checked one last time. Pihela bet out 35,000 and his German opponent picked up the necessary chips to call. He played around with the 25,000 and two 5,000 chips for a bit before making up his mind and folding his hand.
"Nice fold" said Pihela with a big smile. Soon he showed his and Reinkemeier said he folded two pair.
Sorel Mizzi sat down about half an hour ago and just increase his stack slightly in a hand with Leonid Markin. The Russian had raised and called the three-bet by Mizzi. Markin bet the flop for 15,000 and Mizzi called before betting again for 24,000 after the turn.
Mizzi tossed in five T-5,000 chips for the call and the on the river was checked to the Canadian. He bet 63,000 and that got through, as Markin mucked his cards.
Ivan Sosnhikov has just taken his seat. The Russian has $1 million in tournament winnings according to his Hendon Mob profile and the biggest score came off a win in the EPT High Roller here in Prague last year for € 382,050.
The table folded around to Mike McDonald on the button who raised it up to 3,500 in chips. Adrian Mateos then bumped it up to 13,000 from the big blind and was called.
The flop came down and Mateos bet out 12,000. McDonald thought for a moment before making the call.
The dropped on the turn and Mateos threw out another 22,000 in chips. McDonald asked what the bet totalled before making another call before the completed the board.
Mateos slowed down, checking his option. McDonald then moved all in for 57,200 in chips. Mateos waited for the dealer to cut out the bet before making the call.
McDonald confidently rolled over his for aces-up and watched as Mateos mucked his .
Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 4,500 and called the three-bet to 12,000 by Connor Drinan. On the flop both players checked and Thorel bet the on the turn for 6,000. Drinan called and then folded to a bet of 25,000 after the river.
The Frenchman then raised to 4,000 from under the gun and was called by Fedor Holz on the button and Brian Roberts in the big blind. Thorel bet the flop for 9,000 and only Holz called. The German also called the second barrel worth 25,500 on the turn before the fell on the river.
Thorel bet 30,000 and the WCOOP Main Event champion let go.
. 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson slammed a stack of chips totalling over 200,000 into the pot, forcing David Peters all in. He quickly made the call for his remaining 95,000 in chips and both players tabled their cards.
completed the board.
. The German bet 30,000 and was called by Adams before making it 60,000 to go on the 
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on the turn.
completed the board and Mateos instantly moved all in for 128,700. McDonald made the quick call and watched as Mateos rolled over his 
for a straight. McDonald then turned over his 
for a rivered flush and the winning hand.
and the dealer soon burned, and turned the 
and Reinkemeier said he folded two pair.
turn.
completed the board.
for aces-up and watched as Mateos mucked his 
flop both players checked and Thorel bet the 
on the turn for 6,000. Drinan called and then folded to a bet of 25,000 after the 
river.
