Viktor Blom, one of the most legendary online poker players in history for his nosebleed exploits in no-limit and PLO games, has taken a seat. Blom took a shot in the Main Event but couldn't get anything going yesterday. However, he's this year's second-biggest online cash winner, so it's doubtful he's hurting at all after that loss.
Another player who just grabbed a seat is Jens Lakemeier. Playing as "Fresh_oO_D" on PokerStars, Lakemeier is a mixed game legend and showed off his skills in the $2,500 Big Bet event at the WSOP, winning his first bracelet and $112,232.
Martin Kozlov was in the big blind and facing off with Maksim Pisarenko on a board of , with both putting in what looked to be 3,000, though we didn't see who was the aggressor. The river was the and Kozlov fired in 10,000. Pisarenko seemed less than pleased but eventually splashed in a call.
Kozlov showed for the nut flush. Pisarenko showed he'd had two pair and blockers, not to mention a diamond flush draw to the nuts: .
Robert Fuchs opened for 1,000 under the gun and got three-bet to 3,000 from Alexander Petersen a couple of seats over.
"Just put it in, you know you're going to," Petersen said with a smile as Fuchs thought.
However, Fuchs announced a pot-sized reraise. Petersen snap-called for 9,400 and they saw an flop. Petersen called a continuation-bet of 6,000. The turn was a and Fuchs potted all in for 29,700, a tad less than pot.
"There's always a rebuy," Petersen as he called.
Petersen:
Fuchs:
Petersen needed a deuce or a seven, but he hit a worthless boat when the fell.
On a board of , Jan Suchanek bet 3,000 from middle position and received a check-call from David Frieling, who was under the gun. The river was a , bringing flush and full house possibilities. Suchanek bet 7,000 when checked to and Frieling snap-called, waiting for Suchanek to show.
The Czech player rolled over for a flush and kept his other two hidden.
"Slowroll?" Frieling said with a smile.
Suchanek showed , meaning he was indeed playing the flush. Frieling had it beat with .