Van Tiep Nguyen, who finished second in the €5,300 partypoker German Poker Championship High Roller here in Rozvadov not long ago, open-shoved for 44,400 from the hijack and saw Pierre Mothes in the cutoff and Cheng-Wei Yin on the button both jam as well.
Van Tiep Nguyen:
Cheng-Wei Yin:
Pierre Mothes:
The board of let Nguyen triple up while Yin won the tiny side pot for 5,900.
After a raise to 5,100, Silviu Togui moved all iun for 28,400 from the cutoff and Erik Sturkenboom called on the button. This forced out both players in the blinds and the initial raiser.
Silviu Togui:
Erik Sturkenboom:
The board of brought no surprise and that was it for Togui.
Pavel Stolar came into the day as the chip leader and he has just been cruising through the day so far with around the same stack. Artan Dedusha and Ivan Baric have both building up their stacks to close in on the 300,000 chip mark.
With around 18,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of . The big blind checked and Martin Kabrhel fired 16,000 from early position. Michal Stipsky raised to 35,500 on the button and the big blind moved all-in for 38,100. Kabrhel tanked for a couple minutes before making a min-raise to 60,200. Stipsky announced all-in and Kabrhel instantly called for his remaining stack.
Kabrhel:
Stipsky:
Big Blind:
Kabrhel was out front with a set of jacks but wasn't in the clear yet. The turn was the and the river landed the . Kabrhel doubled through Stipsky and eliminated another opponent to close in on 300,000 chips.
With more than 60,000 already in the middle, Jose Ponce bet the flop for 50,000 and had to call the shove of Hossein Ensan for little more, 84,000 in total.
Hossein Ensan:
Jose Ponce:
The turn locked up the hand for Ensan, and he even improved to a full house on the river to double. In the previous level, he had lost quite a few chips to Ponce and got them back now.
According to Georgios Zisimopoulos, Jerome Sgorrano busted before the break against Marek Tatar while the seat of the Belgian was now filled with big stack Adriano Scagnetti. Sgorrano's raise was called by Tatar to see a flop of and Sgorrano check-called a bet before doing so again on the turn.
Sgorrano moved all in blind before the river and called the shove of Tatar with , Tatar had turned the straight with .
Tatar took a hit for his stack just now after losing a race with against the pocket fives of Peter Bstieler.
The first two hours have been played and the field has been reduced to the last 189 hopefuls, which were sent on a 15-minute break to get some fresh air, drinks or a snack at the free buffet.
Viktor Kovachev raised to 4,000 from middle position and was called by Phil Hellmuth in the small blind along with the big blind. The flop came and Hellmuth led out for 6,600. The big blind folded and Kovachev raised to 16,600. Hellmuth called and then checked blind.
The turn was the and Kovachev checked as well to see the on the turn. Hellmuth made a small bet of 7,000 and Kovachev raised to 41,500. Hellmuth bounced out of his chair and started talking to himself. He flashed a card to Kovachev sitting across the table and then tossed them to the muck.
"I knew you couldn't beat a queen, that's why I led out. I was baiting you!" Hellmuth starting spewing words but did not get a response. "I see you. We're going to play all day and I can see you," Hellmuth continued to rant as Kovachev quietly stack the chips.
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let Nguyen triple up while Yin won the tiny side pot for 5,900.
brought no surprise and that was it for Togui.
. Kabrhel doubled through Stipsky and eliminated another opponent to close in on 300,000 chips.
flop for 50,000 and had to call the shove of Hossein Ensan for little more, 84,000 in total.
and Sgorrano check-called a bet before doing so again on the 
turn.
river and called the shove of Tatar with 
, Tatar had turned the straight with 
against the pocket fives of Peter Bstieler.
and Kovachev checked as well to see the 
