Natalia Breviglieri raised to 2,000 from the very first position, and both Aleksandar Tomovic and Anatoly Filatov came along for the ride. The prompted checks from both of the partypoker Ambassadors before Tomovic fired 3,300. Filatov and Breviglieri called.
The players checked through the turn, and when Tomovic was checked to once again on the river, he cut out 7,500 and put them over the betting line. Filatov wanted no part of it, but Breviglieri called after a minute of contemplation.
Tomovic sighed in defeat and turned over , but was still awarded the pot as Breviglieri slid her cards into the muck.
"A value bet," a tablemate asked Tomovic?
"Rather a value bluff," Filatov quickly answered, which resulted in quite a few chuckles around the table.
Partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri was down to 26,000 chips and bluffed the rest off to Czech Republic's Jan Mach.
As we saw her standing up from her chair she explained that she lost her stack on a semi-bluff. The hand unfolded with Breviglieri check-raising the flop with a gutshot straight draw before check-jamming still on a draw the rest of her chips on the turn. Mach, who flopped a straight, called on both streets and his stack grew to 145,000 after Brevliglieri couldn't improve her hand to a better straight on the river.
Brevliglieri shared that she plans on re-entering today. Her fellow partypoker Ambassador Anatoly Filatov then added with a smile, "and tomorrow."
Polish player Norbert Berent is only the second player to surpass the 200K chip mark. Berent just scored a knockout when his bested the of an opponent on a board, and Berent is now sitting at a solid 225,000.
In the last hand before the break, Germany's Alex B. entered the pot with a raise to 1,800 and both Sonay Kehya in the small blind and Kacper Pyzara in the big blind made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop, and both Kehya and Pyzara check-called a bet of 2,200 from the German. Same thing happened on the turn, this time for 4,500 before the players checked through the river.
"I got it," Pyzara quickly announced showing for quads besting the of Alex B. and the of Kehya.
Pyzara hastily raked in the pot before leaving for the break alongside the rest of the high rollers.
Anestis Anagnostidis raised from first position, and Norbert Berent behind him made it 5,600 total. Fabian Gumz made the call on the button before Pasquale Braco raised to 13,500 out of the small blind. Anagnostidis wanted no part in it and folded, and with the action back on Berent he five-bet to 23,200. Only Braco came along for the flop, where the Italian check-called 12,000.
Braco checked again on the turn, and this time the bet was 30,000 from Berent. The Italian gave it quite a think before finally releasing his cards into the muck, and Berent added another small tower to his castle of chips.
The €550 King's Omaha Challenge began yesterday and is now in the money deep into Day 2 with six players left guaranteed at least a €1,995 payday.
Among the players left are Pavul Guris, Greko Gregor and Antonin Felfel. Other players on the table asked for nicknames to be used including "Gypsy King" and "El-Turco."
A winner will eventually be crowned today with the remaining players having their eyes on the €9,690 top prize.
Natalia Breviglieri promised she would re-enter after she was eliminated. After the break was over, she got back into the mix with a fresh starting stack of 100,000.
Also on her table is Philipp Gruissem, who also has around a starting stack despite not re-entering.
WSOP bracelet holder Paul Michaelis has turned up to join the High Roller crowd, and he just found a crucial double with the mother of all poker hands — pocket aces.
Michaelis got his last 20,000 in with on a board and was called by an opponent holding and drawing to a mere two outs. The river was the , and the German scored the double.