Michal Mrakas is relaxing behind his towering chip stack of 365,000. Not surprising, as Mrakes runs well on top of playing well. When Sejfullahu Jeton committed his last 16,000 from the button, Mrakes looked down at in the small blind and had an easy call.
Jeton had , got a sweat on , but didn't get there after the turn and river.
Sandro Pitzanti got his remaining 51,000 in with the and Martin Kabrhel started his usual table talk, then eventually called from two seats over with . The board came and Pitzanti spiked a ten to double.
Hand 2
From under the gun, Kabrhel raised and short stack Vojtech Ruzicka shoved for the last 26,000. Kabrhel called and then laughed when he saw the showdown. "Deuces? Pay me," Kabrhel joked.
Vojtech Ruzicka:
Martin Kabrhel:
The board ran out and Kabrhel failed to hit a heart or one of his over cards to lose yet another showdown.
€5,300 King's High Roller champion Vladimir Troyanovskiy has been among the more than 60 casualties in the first level of the day. The good news for the Russian is the upcoming €2,200 High Roller as of 2 p.m. local time, in which Troyanovskiy is very likely to join the action.
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Benjamin Benoit raised to 3,500 and short stack Armando Schiano moved all in for his last 32,900. Benoit eventually called and found himself with the worse kicker.
PokerStars Team Online Pro Jaime Staples started the day as one of the short stacks and had to give up his blinds, dipping to just 16,300. Dzmitry Rabotkin then opened from the button and Staples shoved out of the small blind, Rabotkin called.
Jaime Staples:
Dzmitry Rabotkin:
The board ran out and Rabotkin paired his ace on the flop to eliminate the Twitch hero from Canada.
Down to just 20,700, Peter Siemund moved all in from the cutoff and table neighbor Tomasz Wrobel called on the button, the rest of the table folded.
Peter Siemund:
Tomasz Wrobel:
The board came and Siemund was ready to grab his belongings and leave the table before noticing the straight on the river. Another player joked "good dealer," and the German is still in it to win it.
It's commonly heard around the poker pit in the first level of the day. Players are jockeying for position or are trying to double their short stacks. Players who busted out early include Vlado Banicevic, Jens Steuber, Parkas "Bobby" Somer.
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in the small blind and had an easy call.
, got a sweat on 
, but didn't get there after the 
turn and 
river.
and Martin Kabrhel started his usual table talk, then eventually called from two seats over with 
. The board came 
and Pitzanti spiked a ten to double.
and Kabrhel failed to hit a heart or one of his over cards to lose yet another showdown.
and Schiano doubled.
and Rabotkin paired his ace on the flop to eliminate the Twitch hero from Canada.
