Patrick van Wolferen walked pas the media row and informed us of his exit. He was down to just 8 big blinds and moved in with . He ran that reasonable hand into a one a bit better; . Five blanks later it was Van Wolferen heading out the door.
His countryman Fokke Beukers lost a sizable pot too. He three-bet a player with and called the 20,000 shove that followed. Beukers was up against but was drawing slim after the flop came . The turn was a blank and Beukers lost the 40,000 pot.
From early position, Stefan Mattsson raised to 2,000 and his neighbor Piotr Zawadzki shoved all in for 8,900. Action folded back to Mattsson and he called.
Stefan Mattsson:
Piotr Zawadzki:
The flop came , giving Mattsson a flush draw. The on the turn and on the river were blanks however, and Zawadzki doubled up.
From middle position, Nerchaubough Tachajian limped in for 600. Christian Ostfelt in the cutoff made it 2,000 and his neighbor Nicolas Proust made the call. Both blinds folded, Tachajian made the call to make it three-handed.
The flop came and all of them checked. The on the turn saw Tachajian check again. Ostfelt bet 2,500 and both Proust and Tachajian called.
The completed the board and Tachajian checked again. Ostfelt bet 10,500 with 19,000 behind and Proust instantly folded. Tachajian thought about it for a bit longer, but folded as well in the end.
Griffin Benger came over to the media row to tell us another little anecdote.
Benger opened for 1,400 and one player made the call. The flop came with two hearts and a diamond and Benger fired 1,800. His opponent raised to 4,500 and Benger made the call. The on the turn made for an all red board and Benger checked. His opponent bet 9,000 with about 13,000 behind and Benger shoved all in. His opponent folded.
Benger looked to his right, and told his big stack neighbor; "Look at me... Look at me... I'm the captain now!"
The next hand that very same player opened for 1,400. Benger three-bet to 4,500 and told him once more who the captain (of the table was). Benger's neighbor folded and the Canadian GPL commentator raked in the chips.
"45,000" shouted Benger as we asked him how much he was playing while he got back to his table, "And a dream!" we heard him continue in the background.
One of the most popular CS:GO streamers on Twitch - Alan 'hotted89' Widmann - made his way to Malta to compete in the e-sports Battle Royale and the Unibet Open Main Event. We spoke to Widmann about his play, and the adrenaline rush he gets from poker.
Alessio Bassanelli made it 1,300 to go from early position and action folded to Romain Nardin. The Frenchman three-bet to 3,100 and Bassanelli made the call out of position.
Both players checked the entire board of and Bassanelli showed with a hopeful face. Nardin tabled and took down the small pot.
The fifth level of the day has started, so registration has now been closed. The clock tells us 151 players have registered, which would bring the total to 298. We await confirmation on the final numbers and prize pool information.
. He ran that reasonable hand into a one a bit better; 
. Five blanks later it was Van Wolferen heading out the door.
and called the 20,000 shove that followed. Beukers was up against 
but was drawing slim after the flop came 
. The turn was a blank and Beukers lost the 40,000 pot.
, giving Mattsson a flush draw. The 
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks however, and Zawadzki doubled up.
and all of them checked. The 
on the turn saw Tachajian check again. Ostfelt bet 2,500 and both Proust and Tachajian called.
completed the board and Tachajian checked again. Ostfelt bet 10,500 with 19,000 behind and Proust instantly folded. Tachajian thought about it for a bit longer, but folded as well in the end.
with two hearts and a diamond and Benger fired 1,800. His opponent raised to 4,500 and Benger made the call. The 
and Bassanelli showed 
and took down the small pot.