The player under-the-gun raised to 500 and as the action worked its way around to Alexander Sack in the big blind there were four callers. Sack then moved all in for 4,000 and four of the five remaining players called.
The board of was checked down and all five players had to show their hands. Sack showed first, and watched in amazement as he beat the under-the-gun player's , another holding , the cutoff's and the button's to secure a quintuple up to 20,000, much to the bemusement of his tablemates.
Almost inevitably the two UK pros clashed and it was Sam Grafton who came out the victor and he recounted the hand that gave him close to double starting stack to bust Harwood.
Daniel Harwood limped for 200 under-the-gun and Grafton made it 650 from the button. Harwood called and they went to a flop of .
Harwood check-called a bet of 550 from Grafton and the turn card was the bringing two flush draws.
Harwood again checked and Grafton significantly upped the bet putting out 5,000. Harwood elected to call.
The river as the and Harwood moved all in for 21,000.
A little thought from Grafton before he called. Harwood tabled for a missed flush draw and the of Grafton with a straight won to felt Harwood.
On a flop of Lambros Vrakas checked to Lukas Zaskodny who bet 2,500. Said El Yousfi then raised to 7,000. Vrakas called and Zaskodny folded.
On the turn, which was the as Vrakas was waiting to act, El Yousfi made a big show of counting out his chips for his opponent to see. When Vrakas checked to him, El Yousfi said "Re-entry" in a sing-song voice and moved his remaining 16,525 chips into the middle. After some thought Vrakas called.
Vrakas:
El Yousfi:
Vrakas held a much-coveted Royal Flush draw, but El Yousfi was ahead and he would stay that way as the river came the doubling El Yousfi up.
Daniel Harwood has got 2017 off to a good start with close to $150,000 in cashes so far including 2nd place finish at the London PokerStars Festival.
Harwood has already had some success in Rozvadov this year when he took 2nd place in March for 10,881 and looks hungry for more and it didn't take long before he clashed with fellow UK Pro Sam Grafton.
The board at the river read and Sam Grafton bet 15,100 which represented 90% of his stack.
Harwood was on the button and asked Grafton, “What do you think I’ve got?”
“Ace ten of spades?” Grafton answered.
“Yeah good man,” Harwood continued before he let his hand go.
Grafton showed him the bluff .
Harwood then said he had in fact held ace-six and, “It looked so bluffy.” before informing Grafton that he was currently ahead of him in the UK live rankings for this year.
Catalin Pop, winner of the 888Live Rozvadov Main Event in February, has just taken his seat in the Main Event. He's already enjoyed some success at the WSOP International Circuit here in Rozvadov, finishing third in the 888 WSOPC Mini Event for €7,569.
The Romanian is a regular here at King's Casino, and will be looking to better his biggest live cash of €80,000 which he got for taking down the 888Live Main Event.
With the board reading Piotr Brodzik had bet 10,000 into a pot of around 8,000. Our Czech colleagues informed us that Marek Tatar had made a continuation bet on the flop and Brodzik called. On the turn Brodzik bet out, Tatar raised and Brodzik called.
Tatar was in a quandary. "I have one pair," he said, playing with his cards. "But maybe you missed this?" he said as he pointed to the two clubs on the board.
"I don't think so," replied Brodzik.
"No?" continued Tatar, "I think you deserve it," he said as he held the two blue 5,000-value chips in his hand. He eventually folded.
Petro Popovych raised to 250 from the cutoff and got one caller on the button before the big blind three-bet to 1,700. Both players called.
The three-bettor then bet 2,200 on a flop of and Popovych was the only caller. There was no action on the turn, which was the and the river came the .
Popovych watched as his opponent bet 5,700 and the Ukrainian then called. His opponent showed for ace-high and Popovych won the pot with for a king-high flush.
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was checked down and all five players had to show their hands. Sack showed 
first, and watched in amazement as he beat the under-the-gun player's 
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and the button's 
to secure a quintuple up to 20,000, much to the bemusement of his tablemates.
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and Harwood moved all in for 21,000.
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Lambros Vrakas checked to Lukas Zaskodny who bet 2,500. Said El Yousfi then raised to 7,000. Vrakas called and Zaskodny folded.
as Vrakas was waiting to act, El Yousfi made a big show of counting out his chips for his opponent to see. When Vrakas checked to him, El Yousfi said "Re-entry" in a sing-song voice and moved his remaining 16,525 chips into the middle. After some thought Vrakas called.
and Sam Grafton bet 15,100 which represented 90% of his stack. 
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Piotr Brodzik had bet 10,000 into a pot of around 8,000. Our Czech colleagues informed us that Marek Tatar had made a continuation bet on the flop and Brodzik called. On the turn Brodzik bet out, Tatar raised and Brodzik called.
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and Popovych was the only caller. There was no action on the turn, which was the 
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