Tom Marchese has lost half of his stack in the first level and the majority of it has headed the way of Isabelle Mercier. The pair just clashed, in your classic all-in pre flop coin flip situation, and Mercier came out on top.
We joined the action at the turn and the board was showing . The players in the hand were Day 1a chip leader Martin Kabrhel, in the hijack seat, and Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth, in the cutoff. Kabrhel checked, Toth bet 11,500 and Kabrhel made the call. The final card was the and Toth moved all-in when checked to. Kabrhel, who hadn't stopped staring at Toth throughout the whole hand, had a little bit of think time before mucking his cards.
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden has just found his much needed double up. He open shoved for 17,600 in the cutoff and Tudor Grangure called on the button.
Yury Kerzhapkin raised to 1,600 in middle position, John Eames made it 3,500 in the small blind and Kerzhapkin called. The flop was and Eames led for 3,300 and Kerzhapkin made the call. The turn was the and both players checked and we saw the on the river. Eames thought for a while before putting Kerzhapkin all-in and he quickly folded.