Jake Cody flopped a set on a very wet flop and decided to play it cautiously on his way to taking pot.
The acton was three-way to said flop where all three checked. On the turn the Team PokerStars bet 1,900 and was only called by Oleg Bychkov. Both players went on to check the river and Cody opened . Bychkov mucked.
There was an open to 1,050 from under the gun, and Kane Kalas, son of the late legendary Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, moved all in for around 6,000 on the original raiser's direct left. Ramin Hajiyev re-raised to around 10,000, and the action folded back to the original raiser, who folded as well.
Kalas:
Hajiyev:
There was an ace on the flop, giving Kalas the lead, and the turn and river bricked , respectively. Kalas doubled to around 13,000 chips, while Hajiyev is still very healthy with 58,000.
The room is a lot quieter after the elimination of Griffin Benger. Maybe Mike McDonald and Pratyush Buddiga will be able to concentrate a little more from now on. The EPT Berlin High Roller champion was eliminated by Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso and took to Twitter to explain his exit:
Disappointed but silver lining is this is first EPT I get to enjoy side event sched! 5k > 2k turbos 2morow, 5k Wednesday, 2k Thurs, 25k Fri!May 06 2013
Micah Raskin opened to 700, Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville, who recently doubled up, three-bet to 1,900 two spots to his left, and the action folded back to Raskin, who called.
The flop fell , Raskin checked, and Neuville continued for 3,400. Raskin check-raised to 6,900, effectively clicking it back, and Neuville grabbed all of his blue chips, moving all in for effectively 27,000 or so.
Raskin instantly folded, and Neuville was shipped the pot.
She's blonde, beautiful and most definitely a woman, but Team Online's Tatiana ‘Mysters_Y’ Barausova is to be much feared at the tables too, as PokerStars Blog finds out.