Ivan Gaspar scoops the sidepot in this strange hand
This crazy hand started out innocently enough, with a raise from middle position to 1,700, and a call from the player next to act. Zdenko Pampurik saw this as a perfect opportunity to move all-in for his last 15,100, maybe to go to war, maybe to pick up some spare change.
That's where the wheels came off.
Stoian Ion called the 15,100 next to act, with Ivan Gaspar calling directly to his left, before the player in seat 1 (who had only recently taken his seat) moved all-in for 48,100 from the big blind.
The original raiser gave a look of mild surprise, as he cautiously folded his hand, while the player next to act just laughed as he pitched his cards into the muck. Ion folded, while Gaspar - who was now closing the action - shrugged and called it off. The dealer asked for the cards to be on their backs:
Pampurik
Gaspar
Seat 1
Gaspar was certainly live, and took the lead as the dealer spread a flop. The hit the turn, giving both hands a gutshot, but it was Pampurik who would come out on top when the completed his flush on the river. He would scoop the main pot, to bring his stack up to 65,000, better than quadrupling up! Gaspar took the side pot to show a 33,000 profit on the hand, while the player in seat 1 left the tournament area before he'd even warmed his seat!
As the blinds increase, some of our players are finding their stacks starting to dwindle and find themselves facing a decision: grind out their short stack, or go for the gamble before late registration closes in just under half an hour! We are seeing plenty of pre-flop all-ins, and low-equity post-flop check-raises from players desperate to run up a stack.
Timo Vogt is finding himself falling into the short-stack category, having doubled up a few hopefuls, a list that recently includes Ernst Strau, who 3-bet shoved his last 14,700 with . Vogt made the call with and just needed to fade the overcard, but failed to hold on once more, as he was outflopped on . The offered Vogt some gutshot outs to chop the pot, but the river left him frustrated, while Strau's gamble will keep him afloat a little longer.
Mica Tobosarevic looks to be our chipleader at the break
Players are now on a 30-minute break, after which re-entries will no longer be available. Anybody who has missed out will have a couple more opportunities to jump into Grand Prix Austria at Montesino, with a flight starting at 7pm, and a hyper-turbo starting later on at 1030pm.
119 players have entered, of 39 of whom exercised their choice to re-enter, and 97 of whom remain, sharing an average stack of 81,443. As we head to the interval, Mica Tobosarevic looks to be our chipleader, with a whopping 269,000 chips - that's over triple average!
We'll be playing down until 10% of the field remain, no matter what time that happens to be.
Angelika Hofbauer is doing a great job of holding on
Angelika Hofbauer is doing a great job of holding on! She moved her last 5,500 all-in with and so much as picked up her bag and left the table to go and tell her friend she was as good as out of the Grand Prix when she saw she was up against .
She paired up on the flop, with the turn offering her some gutshot outs as well. The river brought another to give her trips, with the dealer quickly glancing to see if there was a club in that cracked pair of aces before shipping her the 12,000-chip pot.
One orbit later, she found a great spot to move all-in, before the button ante came round to cripple her stack again. She was up against another pair, but was flipping this time, with versus . The dealer wasted no time affording her a pair on the flop. The bricked the turn, with the river coming close but not quite, as Hofbauer more than doubled up again, to almost 30,000.
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flop. The 
hit the turn, giving both 
hands a gutshot, but it was Pampurik who would come out on top when the 
completed his flush on the river. He would scoop the main pot, to bring his stack up to 65,000, better than quadrupling up! Gaspar took the side pot to show a 33,000 profit on the hand, while the player in seat 1 left the tournament area before he'd even warmed his seat!
. The 
offered Vogt some gutshot outs to chop the pot, but the 
river left him frustrated, while Strau's gamble will keep him afloat a little longer.
and so much as picked up her bag and left the table to go and tell her friend she was as good as out of the Grand Prix when she saw she was up against 
flop, with the 
turn offering her some gutshot outs as well. The river brought another 
to give her trips, with the dealer quickly glancing to see if there was a club in that cracked pair of aces before shipping her the 12,000-chip pot.
. The dealer wasted no time affording her a pair on the 
flop. The 
bricked the turn, with the