Immediately after the bust-out of Jan-Peter Jachtmann Anatoly Filatov took the seat on the very right of Jurgen Kracht. Filatov had brought 935,000 chips to the table, and with Kracht at 950,000, it looked to be quite the race for the one million mark.
Filatov ended up winning that race quite handily, as he just raked in a massive pot against Kracht in a blind-versus-button showdown. The action was folded around to Kracht on the button and he min-raised to 20,000. Filatov cut out a raise to 65,000 and put it over the line, and Kracht made the call.
The flop was checked through before Filatov bet another 65,000 on the turn. Kracht called. The river saw Filatov fire 110,000 and Kracht instantly made the call, but his hand quickly hit the muck when Filatov showed down .
"Well, that's one way to get to a million chips. Aces," Kracht said and shot his tablemate an envious look while Filatov added another tower to his already booming castle of chips.
Lukas Soucek entered this High Roller during the first few levels of play today, but he has done wonders with his 100,000 chips starting stack. Right now he is the closest contender to Anataoly Filatov after scoring a knockout with against for a 350,000 pot.
The pot was already raised when Ognjen Sekularac on the button three-bet to 62,000. Kacper Pyzara in the small blind moved all in and after a bit of contemplation Sekularac threw a chip over the betting line indicating a call.
Kacper Pyzara:
Ognjen Sekularac:
The flop left Sekularac drawing to running straight cards, and when the landed on the turn, he was drawing stone dead. The river was just a formality, and Pyzara scooped up the pot.
Former EPT Grand Final winner Jan Bendik was among the chip leaders coming into Day 2, but he's had a very quiet day at the felt and has been sporting a short stack the last few levels.
It seems like cards haven't gone his way either, as he just shot the dealer a frustrated look after folding yet another hand preflop. Apparently, that was all it took because the very next hand he picked up and moved all-in for 180,000. No one wanted to play with the Slovak, and he took down the blinds and antes moving above 200,000 once more.
Lukas Soucek were doing well not more than half an hour ago, but the Czech has lost some big ones and just had to hand over another 200,000 to Polish player Prezes.
Soucek raised to 26,000 from the button and called when Prezes reraised to 86,000 from the small blind. The flop saw Prezes fire another 55,000 and Soucek call, and the price was 115,000 on the turn. Both players checked through the river, and Prezes showed down to scoop the pot.
With the conclusion of level 16, the remaining 20 players was just given a 30-minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air by 7.50 p.m. local time.
The King's Big Bang recently kicked off. The tournament offers a lofty €50,000 guaranteed prize pool for a €110 entry. Currently, there are 191 players in the field of that tournament with late registration open until the end of Level 11. Players can also re-enter up to two times during this period.
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flop was checked through before Filatov bet another 65,000 on the 
turn. Kracht called. The 
river saw Filatov fire 110,000 and Kracht instantly made the call, but his hand quickly hit the muck when Filatov showed down 
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for a 350,000 pot.
flop left Sekularac drawing to running straight cards, and when the 
landed on the turn, he was drawing stone dead. The 
river was just a formality, and Pyzara scooped up the pot.
and moved all-in for 180,000. No one wanted to play with the Slovak, and he took down the blinds and antes moving above 200,000 once more.
flop saw Prezes fire another 55,000 and Soucek call, and the price was 115,000 on the 
to scoop the pot.
