It's been all Kaarel Lepik in the past hour as the Estonian just crushed another player's dreams.Lepik opened to 3,600 with and called a shove of around 10,000 extra from the player with
The flop all but sealed it and the on the turn gave Lepik another scalp. He's now up to an astonishing 395,000, way ahead of the rest.
An unknown player raised to 3,800 in early position and a player called in middle position. EPT13 Prague winner Jasper Meijer van Putten three-bet to 14,000 from the big blind.
The initial raiser four-bet to 30,000, which got the third player out of the way. Meijer van Putten snap five-bet jammed for 81,600 and his opponent went in the tank. After contemplating it for a minute, he slowly mucked his cards.
While we were shortly away for an item on the fabled €200 Omaha Flip Championship, which has the casino on edge, Kaarel Lepik started a rampage over at table 8. The Estonian build up his stack in short notice to a monstrous 305,000 and is now the overwhelming chipleader.
The Day 1b players are on their final fifteen-minute break of the day. After the break, two more levels of sixty minutes will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Domien Van der Elst opened to 3,000 on the button and both blinds Ronnie Espensen and Robert Svensson defended. The flop got checked to Van der Elst, who bet 6,000. Once again, both blinds made the call.
The turn was the and Espensen checked. Svensson shoved all in around 16,000, Van der Elst called all in for slightly less than that and Espensen also called all in with less.
Domien Van der Elst:
Ronnie Espensen:
Robert Svensson:
The river was a blank and both Van der Elst and Espensen were eliminated.
A massive clash launched Frank Meijer to one of the biggest stacks in the room. Meijer held and called on the button after a raise to 2,200 and a call.
The Dutchman flopped bottom set on a flop and saw the initial raiser bet out 4,500. The other player in front of Meijer shoved for 22,000 and Meijer shoved around 60,000. The initial better called the big shove as well, creating a massive pot of 170,000 in chips.
The initial flop better held and the other player showed . The turn and river didn't change the situation and Meijer scooped up the gigantic pot. After winning another hand, he's now at 195,000.
Dennis Holm raised to 2,600 from the cutoff, Monica Vaka called on the button, Uni Gilston called from the small blind and Hemin Darwish defended his big blind.
The flop was and Gilston and Darwish checked. Holm bet 5,000, Vaka folded and both blinds called. All players checked the on the turn.
The river was the and Gilston led out with a bet of 15,000. Darwish gave it some brief thought before making it 30,000. Holm spent two minutes in the tank before reluctantly folding his hand, which brought it back to Gilston.
After thirty seconds, Gilston clicked it back another time and made it 45,000 to go. Darwish wasn't backing down though.
"All-in!" he loudly said, a shove for 67,000 total. Gilston wasted no time in calling it off.
Uni Gilston:
Hemin Darwish:
It was a sick bluff by Darwish but Gilston wasn't about to fold the nuts. WIth Darwish' chips, the Dane skyrocketed to 160,000.