Ten minutes after winning a massive pot with aces, PokerStars Team Pro Arnaud Mattern was dealt pocket rockets again, and won another massive pot.
Mattern opened to 500 from early position, Robson Carlos Venturini three-bet to 1,200 near the button, and the action folded back to Mattern who four-bet to 4,400. Venturini responded by throwing out a rainbow stack of chips in the middle, Mattern moved all in, and Venturini snap-called.
Showdown
Mattern:
Venturini:
The board ran out , and Venturini stormed away from the table, muttering what we can only guess were "earmuff" words in Portuguese.
"I'm the new ElkY," Mattern chuckled. "This is such an easy game."
"That's ridiculous," tablemate and fellow Team Pro Liv Boeree added.
Mattern is on an absolute tear, and leads the pack with over 140,000 chips.
Picking up the action on an flop, Matt Jarvis and David Bach checked to the third player in the hand who bet 2,800.
Only Jarvis called to see the turn and he fired 5,100. His opponent called, landing the on the river. Jarvis took a few moments before betting enough to cover his opponent's stack, who quickly called all in for about 20,000.
Jarvis tabled , beating his opponent's to score the knockout.
Arnaud Mattern is up to nearly 100,000 after picking up a nice pot with two aces, eventually making a full house.
There was a raise, a reraise from Nam Le on the button and then a cold four-bet to 3,900 from the small blind before action fell on Mattern in the big blind. He five-bet to 7,250. Action folded back around to the small blind and he called, leaving himself with right around 16,000 to work with heading into the flop out of position against the French Team PokerStars Pro.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn. The small blind checked and Mattern bet extra small with a wager of 2,600. His opponent made the call.
The river completed the board, and paired it, with the . The small blind checked and Mattern bet 2,950. His opponent called and watched Mattern roll over the for aces full of nines. The small blind mucked and Mattern raked in the pot.
Eddy Sabat checked the flop to Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis. Veldhuis fired 1,200 and Sabat made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Sabat checked again. Veldhuis fired 2,300 and Sabat called after a minute. Veldhuis showed the for top pair, top kicker and Sabat mucked.
You're probably aware that PokerStars Team Pro Viktor "Isildur1" Blom won the Super High Roller last night, banking over $1.25 million. He's also a sicko (you probably know that too), and he just booked a last longer with Harry "UgotaBanana" Kaczka.
"How much?" Blom asked Kaczka.
"Any amount that will motivate you," Kaczka responded.
The two agreed on $10,000 because that's the buy in, but they continued the negotiations away from the table, and the wager could easily be higher. Blom also added that he won $4,000 playing blackjack last night.