Players are on a 20-minute break.
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Rui Sousa knows what it's like to run deep in Barcelona. Last year, the Portuguese finished 48th for €17,920 in the Main Event, the year before that, he ended up in 18th place and banked €53,570.
In level 2, Sousa was already facing an all in bet for nearly all his chips. The board read ![]()
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and Sousa had bet 3,000. His opponent Viktor Ustimov responded by shoving for 25,400, which sent Sousa nearly five minutes in the tank.
With the Portuguese media swarming in to capture the moment, Sousa eventually opted to preserve his current stack and settled on a fold.
Chris Moorman had defended his big blind against a button raise from Alex Foxen. Moorman check-called 600 on a ![]()
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flop, before both players checked the
on the turn.
Moorman bet 1,500 on the
river and Foxen spent some time in the tank before calling. Moorman showed ![]()
for a set, Foxen showed ![]()
for the runner-runner straight and won the hand.
Over at Table 57, one of the farthest tables in the room, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst was in the big blind and in the hand against bracelet winner Allyn Shulman. On a ![]()
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flop, Selbst check-called a 700 bet from Shulman.
The turn brought the
and Selbst quickly check-folded to a 2,100 bet.
EPT7 Berlin final tablist Joep van den Bijgaart opened on the button and both blinds defended, including Lukas Splettstosser in the small blind. On the ![]()
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flop, Van den Bijgaart bet 600 and only Splettstosser called.
Van den Bijgaart fired 1,800 on the
turn and 5,800 on the
river, which received two quick calls from Splettstosser. Van den Bijgaart showed ![]()
for kings and nines, Splettstosser showed ![]()
for aces and kings to win the hand.
Photos by Rene Velli.
A player in the small blind led out for 2,000 on a completed board of ![]()
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. Fabian Quoss made it 7,500 to go in middle position, and a third player piled in 15,000 from the button. The small blind mucked, and Quoss immediately threw ![]()
into the middle.
"Fold?" the dealer asked.
"Of course."
He was right to be certain, as the winning player showed ![]()
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