Andrew Lichtenberger opened for 2,500 from the button and Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet to 7,500 from the small blind. Fabian Quoss in the big blind tossed in a 25,000-chip and announced an amount he was raising to - we think it was 17,000. Lichtenberger knew enough and folded but Troyanovskiy had bigger plans. He five-bet to 67,500 and Quoss shoved all in for just 200 more. Troyanovskiy of course made the call.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
Fabian Quoss:
The board ran out and Quoss doubled, leaving Troyanovskiy short in the process.
The feature table in this event is amazing with the likes of Ivey, Rossiter, McDonald, Tollerene and Holz. The live stream with cards up coverage starts in about 100 minutes. The downside is that we can't get too close as we don't want to walk through the five buzzing cameras of course.
That's why we just caught a little bit of the action in a big hand just now. On a board of it was Dario Sammartino who shoved all in. Kitson Kho made the call holding but he was in dire straits as Sammartino had the .
The river came the and Kho was excited hitting his queen, only to realize mili seconds later that Sammartino had made his flush. Double up for the Italian, Kho now short.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy got his short stack of 15,000 all in preflop and found himself racing against Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger.
Lichtenberger:
Troyanovskiy:
Troyanovskiy was ahead, but not after the flop came down . Troyanovskiy got out of his seat after the dealer burned and turned the , and then headed for the exit when the blanked on the river.
We missed the action unfold, but we do know Brian Rast got his stack of 83,000 all in preflop and was flipping against 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Martin Jacobson.
Jacobson:
Rast:
Rast was looking to hold to ship a big double, and that's just what he did after the board ran out .
Igor Kurganov, who finished runner-up last night in the $25K Challenge, raised to 2,500 from the cutoff only to have David Peters three-bet to 8,100 from the small blind. Kurganov made the call and then bet 10,000 after Peters checked the flop. It did the trick as Peters quickly released.
Players have been sent on a short 30-minute dinner break. Upon their return, they will play four more levels during which time the feature table will be live streamed on a 30-minute delay on which you will be able to watch by clicking here.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and 2015 GPI Player of the Year Byron Kaverman each put in 4,500 preflop and then the former checked the flop. Kaverman did the same and then Mercier bet 5,800 on the turn. Kaverman called and then both players returned to checking on the river.
Mercier tabled the for queens and nine, which was good as Kaverman mucked.