On Table #41 Gerald Mester was sitting in the under-the-gun position and had limped in. The player on his left did the same. The player in late position raised to 1,600. The cutoff called, so did the players in the blinds. Mester however then decided to shove all in, everyone folded back to the player in the small blind. She decided to call. Mester flipped his cards open but the player in the big blind hadn't acted yet. The dealer quickly tried to cover the exposed cards with his hands but it was too late, everyone had seen Mester's hole cards already. The big blind opted to fold but showed he had .
Gerald Mester:
The small blind:
The board ran out - no danger for Mester as he more than doubled.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann, partypoker Pro, has taken a seat in this tournament too after finishing second in the High Roller yesterday for €24,500 after having played heads-up for almost four hours.
He wasn't involved in the hand though where Nikola Padanovic eliminated a player with his versus the of his opponent on a board.
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 3,500 and was called by the player in mid-position, Stefan Petkovski, in late position, and the player in the big blind.
The flop came , everyone checked to Petkovski who bet 4,900. The player in the big blind called and the rest folded.
They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Petkovski showed which was good enough for his opponent to muck her cards.
The players have gone for their 30-minute dinner break. At the end of the break, the late registration and/or re-entry period will be over. After that, we'll soon know the final details of how many players will go through to tomorrow. Even if they don't make it through to tomorrow via this flight, there's still one more hyper-turbo tonight in about 45 minutes and another one tomorrow morning at 10am.