On a board we saw the small blind check his option. Vladimir Troyanovskiy bet out 2,100 and his neighbor on the button made the call. The small blind quickly folded and Troyanovskiy showed . The player on the button tabled for a backdoor flush and raked in the chips.
Someone in front of Atanas Gueorguiev opened and the number two of the all time Bulgarian money list made the call. The player on the button squeezed to 1,600 and the initial-raiser made the call. Gueorguiev now resqueezed to 5,600 and the player on the button thought about it for quite some time before calling. The initial raiser folded.
Gueorguiev made a quick 4,300 bet on and his opponent on the button made the call. The turn came the and Gueorguiev instantly checked. The player on the button thought about it for a little bit, before betting 8,700. Before the 8,700 was in the middle, Gueorguiev had allready pushed all in for 26,300 as instantly as possible.
The button thought about it for a good two minutes before someone called the clock on him. The floor came over and informed the player he had one minute left to act. After about ten seconds the button folded, and Gueorguiev started towering his chips again.
It isn't the most exciting hand we ever reported on, but the small ones count as well.
Jorn Walthaus just raised it up to 500 before the flop and received two calls. Both players instantly folded though after Walthaus made a 900 continuation bet on .
Walthaus, who's seated at the same table as Sergey Rybachenko, is up to around 38,000.
The president of Live Events International, Mike Peltekci, gave a small speech during play yesterday. In it he thanked all the players for being here, and emphasized the beauty of a shared love for a game bringin people from all over the world together. An excerpt from that speech:
"I have to thank all of you, players, friends, our partners and all the staff of LIVE Events International. Thank you for being here and for sharing with all of us this opportunity to socialize. We will always work to arrange times to be together, in friendship, to share a passion and fun but with the certainty that it is being together in harmony that makes us feel good. It’s time to give importance to the relations between people and take care of each other."
The German player in the cutoff opened before the flop, and Jorn Walthaus in the big blind was the sole caller.
The flop came and Walthaus checked to his opponent. The German player made a continuation bet and Walthaus raised to 1,500. Walthaus' opponent raised to 3,600 and Walthaus three bet to 8,500. The call followed and the dealer got busy dealing a turn: .
Walthaus pushed 30,000 worth of 5,000 chips forward. His opponent had to make the decision for his tournament life as he only had 22,250 left. After about a minute or so he made the call.
Walthaus proudly showed his , but would soon find out he was about to chop the pot. His opponent had and the river was of no importance.