Parker Talbot checked in the small blind on a flop, and Luke Brereton bet 1,500 from the big blind. Talbot called, and when the turn double-paired the board, he came out betting with 2,200. Brereton called. On the river, Talbot bet 4,250. Brereton nodded and called in short order.
Talbot showed for nines full. Brereton flashed the .
Patrick Leonard has just busted the PokerStars Championship Main Event after losing two big pots with pocket queens against ace-king. Leonard has opted to jump into the €10,300 High Roller straight away.
Sylvain Loosli has entered the field. The French former November Niner is best known for his fourth-place finish in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, but recently he's been up to a rather different trick. It's his pot-limit Omaha skills that have come to the forefront.
Back in May, Loosli posted a third-place finish in PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo €10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for €81,500. Here in Barcelona, he did even better in the same event, chopping heads up with Pedro Zagalo and then winning the match for an additional €10,000 and a trophy, banking €236,100 total.
After the win Loosli let the world know how happy he was that four-card poker is a thing:
THANK GOD THERE IS PLO ! Ship it!
— Sylvain Loosli (@SylvainLoosli)
We'll see if Loosli can make do with just two cards here today.
Igor Yaroshevskyy defended his big blind from a button raise and saw flop. The Ukrainian player checked and then raised to 3,800 when his opponent continuation-bet. Yaroshevskyy's raise was met with a reraise to 10,700. Yaroshevskyy called and the and got checked through.
Yaroshevskyy turned up and was good with sixes and threes.