2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
"The key to No-Limit Hold'em is to put a man to a decision for all his chips"
With a complete board of in front of him, Maksym Lavrov was had checked to his opponent eMKey who had moved all in putting his opponent at risk. There was around 25,000 in the middle already, and it would cost Lavrov his entire stack of around 24,000 to call.
Eventually, Lavrov mucked his hand and eMKey added more chips to his stack. As the famous quote from Rounders says: "The key to No-Limit Hold'em is to put a man to a decision for all his chips."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
eMKey |
65,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Small Pot for Van De Linde
Joining the action on the turn, Jonathan Dartevelle bet 1,200 out of the big blind and was called by Ronald Van De Linde on the button. The river was checked through and Van De Linde rolled over for aces and deuces. Dartevelle mucked the and dropped below starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronald Van De Linde |
118,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Jonathan Dartevelle | 26,500 |
Updated Counts
Rokas Barzdzius re-entered while Sebastian Langrock sent a short stack to the rail with ace-queen versus ace-seven. Furthermore, Marek Blasko entered and has just below the starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronald Van De Linde | 118,000 | |
eMKey |
70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Jörg Kunz |
51,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Bahman
|
50,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Sebastian Langrock |
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Paulina Rimkute |
38,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
Ronny Voth |
35,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Onkel Otto |
33,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
Deividas Ciakas
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Sarah Hamid
|
32,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
Rokas Barzdzius
|
30,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Marek Blasko |
28,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Benjamin Benoit |
4,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
First Break of the Day
The first two hours are done and dusted with seven players already in the rail, and everyone has been sent into the first 10-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Blazek Among Chip Leaders
Roman Motovsky raised to 1,000 and Adam Blazek called before Vytautas Milbutas on the button three-bet to 2,000. Both opponents called and the flop fell . Action checked to Milbutas, who bet 2,300 to force two folds.
While Milbutas is on his second bullet, Blazek is doing much better with three times the starting stack in the first attempt.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Blazek |
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Vytautas Milbutas |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Khossrow Paydar Doubles Up
Ond a flop of Khossrow Paydar checked and another bet 3,550 into a pot of around 6,000. The third player in the hand, eMKey, called and Paydar then check-raised all in for 15,300. The first player folded and eMKey was left with a decision.
"Ten-Eight? No. Ace-Nine?" asked eMKey.
"Very close," said Paydar.
"How much is it," asked eMKey, gesturing to Paydar's stack. "I have Ten-Jack. Two overs and a gutshot."
He eventually threw in a chip to call.
Paydar showed for a set of sevens and true to his word eMKey showed . The turn was the but it was no help for eMKey who needed an eight on the river to eliminate a player. However, the river was the and Paydar doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
eMKey |
52,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Khossrow Paydar
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Stažys Builds Stack Without Showdown
Sebastian Langrock's raise to 1,000 was called by Jörg Ferdinand Kunz in the cutoff and Airidas Stažys then three-bet to 3,500. Langrock asked for his stack and folded while Kunz called. The flop came and a continuation bet of Stažys did the trick to win the pot.
In the meanwhile, Atze$Man has been eliminated on a different table and was spotted leaving the seat after failing to beat the of an opponent on a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jörg Kunz |
48,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Sebastian Langrock |
42,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
Airidas Stažys
|
32,000 | |
Atze$Man
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75