Toni Vardjavand called a bet of 9,000 by Daniel Montagnolli on the river of a board and the Austrian flashed queen-high, which Vardjavand had beat with . Several players tapped the table and said "good call."
This threw Montagnolli off the top of the counts while Andre Haneberg is right there now. He had already built a massive stack and just check-raised Jay Tse after defending his big blind in a three-way pot. The flop showed and Tse's bet of 1,600 was met by a raise to 4,225 by Haneberg, who forced a fold from the under-the-gun player and Tse. "Do you want to see?" Haneberg asked and offered to show one of his cards.
The flop read and Gevorg Gevorgian had bet 1,200 from the hijack. Aleksandar Tomovic had shoved for more than Gevorgian still had behind. He took some time but then called.
Aleksandar Tomovic:
Gevorg Gevorgian:
Tomovic had hit a set of kings and Gevorgian had top pair with the aces. He needed some help to survive this all-in.
The turn brought them the and the on the river were not the cards he was looking for as he grabbed his stuff and left the tournament area.
Moussa Khanafer led the PokerStars Open into Day 2 with the biggest stack and busted since, then jumped into the High Roller and busted a few hands later.
Khanafer had flopped bottom set with pocket deuces only to see Rishi Bhasin with for the nut flush on the turn. The river was a blank six and Khanafer called all in for the rest of it to see the bad news.
Also in: Thang Duc Nguyen, who entered towards the end of the previous level.
Hamza Miri raised to 1,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Peter Jaksland, on the button. [Removed:321] Quasim however, he raised to 3,400 from the big blind. Miri folded but Jaksland called.
The flop came , now Quasim bet 3,800 and Jaksland quickly gave up.
The second entry of Said Hossein Madani runs far better than the first attempt, as he just sent Fredrick Andersson to the rail.
Gevorg Gevorgian was all in for a mere 4,125 and Peter Jaksland called in the big blind with the . Gevorgian was ahead with and doubled on a roller coaster board of .
Thanat Chinphanitkit doubled for 6,600 with versus when spiking a two outer on the board much to the despise of Daniel Peche.
Salvatore Camarda took a hit when calling the shove of a short stack with for second pair and a gutshot only to see his opponent turn over for an over pair.
Last but not least, another Italian got value from Hamza Miri and that was Emanuele De Lemmi, who flopped two pair with on the board of . Miri called a bet of 1,500 on the river and mucked to see both stacks evened out.
Erkan Sonmez raised to 1,100 from early position and was called by Florian Bach, in mid-position, and Jesper Feddersen in the small blind.
They all checked through the on the flop and the on the turn. The river completed the board with the , Feddersen check-folded to the 2,300 bet of Sonmez. Bach, however, had called but mucked after Sonmez turned around for the rivered straight.
Toni Vardjavand inquired about the re-entry option before taking a seat in the last level while Andrey Andreev was already on his second bullet by then. Vardjavand was seated with the Russian and sure enough both clashed soon after.
On a board of , Andreev got his last 5,000 in with for two pair while Vardjavand looked him up with pocket nines. However, the on the river paired the board and Andreev's hand was no good anymore. As a result, the Russian became the first player to bust for certain after firing two bullets without success.