The cards of Faraz Jaka were already in the muck and he paid off fellow American poker pro Dan Smith on a board of . Smith had the still tabled and both players confirmed that Jaka had lost an expensive flip with ace-king to drop down to just 40,000.
Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen is the latest player who ran out of chips. Down to his last 11,100, Stammen picked up in middle position and went all in. Big stack David Urban was in the big blind and called the shove with .
The flop already gave both players a chuckle, and sure enough the landed on the turn to seal it for Urban. Stammen said his goodbyes with a smile and headed out of the room.
Patrik Antonius and his fellow tablemates have been moved to the feature table, which means the first table featuring Charlie Carrel, Igor Kurganov and Jack Salter is back in the field.
Viacheslav Goryachev doubled a short stack with versus in a preflop all in, as the board ran out and was then soon after all in for the very same 22,300 out of the big blind. Initial raiser Iliodoros Kamatakis, who reached the final table of the EPT Main Event in Dublin in 2016, looked him up.
Viacheslav Goryachev:
Iliodoros Kamatakis:
The board came and Goryachev dodged plenty of outs to stay in contention.
In a four-bet pot with 19,000 invested preflop, Alexander Debus and Leonardo Vilela ended up checking down the board of entirely and Debus flashed . Vilela had that beat with and the hand could have ended differently if it wasn't for the ace on the flop.
One table over, Igor Yaroshevskyy opened to 3,300 and called a three-bet to 10,500 by Jason Wheeler on the button. The flop came and Yaroshevskyy checked, Wheeler bet 10,000 and that ended the hand right there.
From early position, Artan Dedusha opened for 4,000. Small blind Dan Smith three-bet to 14,000 and the big blind folded. Dedusha wasn't doing the same, he called in position.
Smith bet 13,000 on the flop and 20,000 on the turn. Dedusha called rather quickly both times. The on the river completed the board and Smith shoved. Dedusha had a big decision with about 40,000 or so behind.
As Smith slid forward the large tower of chips to put his opponent all in, the PokerStars live stream cameras swarmed in and started taping the scene. The two camera teams attracted onlookers from other tables which made for a bit of a crowded situation for a hand not even all that big or exceptional.
"No pressure," Moreira de Melo said with a sense of irony. With the red lights of the cameras still on, the microphones precisely positioned above the table and more and more people watching, things didn't get any easier for Dedusha.
To make matters worse, Moreira de Melo started offering people water since she was getting some anyway. Dedusha pondered some more and by the time Moreira de Melo had made sure the entire table was hydrated enough, Dedusha announced his call.
Smith revealed which was good enough to take down the sizable pot. Dedusha mucked and made his way to the exit.