Mikhail Morozov minraised from the button and Bernard Samaha called in the big blind to see an flop. Samaha check-called a 4,500 bet, resulting in a coming on the turn. Samaha checked again and Morozov bet 7,500 this time but Samaha made it 22,000. The Latvian moved all in and Samaha made the call.
Samaha:
Morozov:
A meaningless came on the river and Samaha has massively increased his chip lead.
Jamila Von Perger opened for 3,000 and was called by Ofer Stem on the button. They saw a flop of . Von Perger continued for 4,500 and faced a raise from Stem to 10,500. She took her time and made the call. The turn brought the . Von Perger checked and when Stem moved all in she wasted no time in calling and showing for top two pair. Stem was on a straight draw with but then on the river was no help.
Dani Parlafes opened to 3,200 and was raised from the small blind to 8,200 by Andrei Nikonov. Parlafes raised all in when the big blind folded and got a call. There were a few chuckles when Parlafes turned over against the of Nikonov. The cards came . The turn brought a flush draw but in the end they chopped it up.
“Well there goes my image.” Parlafes said about the Ace Ten shove.
Christoffer Stahle, one of the few Scandinavians who came to play this event, just doubled up to 90,000 after he won an all in preflop showdown with against Samy Zakhary's . There was a brief scare on the flop but the turn and river changed nothing in the end.
Rainer Kempe had bet pre-flop and got one caller, Valeriya Litmanovich in the big blind. They saw a flop of . Litmanovich checked, Kempe bet 8,000 and got a call. The turn was the . Litmanovich again checked, but when Kempe bet 9,800 she raised him to 20,000. Kempe looked slightly puzzled but made the call. The river was the . Both players checked. As Litmanovich was to the left of the button she had to show first and tabled . Kempe couldn’t beat that but he found out what that check raise was all about.
Steve 'MrSmokey1' Billirakis has just lost the last of his chips after Sari Haddad made a good call on the river for a huge pot.
The board was reading and Billirakis had moved all in on the river for 64,800 leaving Haddad faced with a decision to call off for most of his stack. Finally he made the call and Billirakis showed but Haddad flipped to win.
"Boom," said Marko Neumann offering Haddad a fist pump in respect.
Anzor Makthsev bet 10,400 on a flop of into big stack Bernard Samaha. Samaha raised him to 30,000. When Makthsev moved all in for his last 50,000 we can only surmise that Samaha felt he was priced in as he made the call with a sigh and showed versus the of Makthsev. The last two cards gave Makthsev his double up.
Hakan Kuşçu has just been knocked out. He was all in preflop with but found Alexander Sidorin more than happy to call him with those gorgeous looking . No help on the board and Sidorin is up to 165,000 as a result.