Aliaksei Zhuk was talking in Russian between hands with Andrey Gulyy when they were reprimanded by the dealer. A passing floor man was called however and he clarified that it was English only during hands. If the dealer was shuffling then anything goes. Zhuk explained that it was tiring speaking English all day and welcomed the chat in Russian between hands.
Aliaksei Zhuk then opened the pot for 3,900 and was called by Angel Guillen on the button and Philippe Barouk in the big blind.
They saw a flop of and it was checked to Guillen who bet 6,700. Barouk folded but Zhuk made the call. The turn was checked and when the river came the Zhuk bet 10,000.
Guillen was thinking about it but in the end he made the fold.
EPT9 Deauville High Roller runner up Tim Reilly has been playing well online this year and because of it has focused more on his health and less on travel. He couldn't miss the EPT Grand Final however, and catches up with Jennifer Robles regarding his situation at the break.
We saw Nick Maimone sitting with a healthy stack, and he was kind enough to tell us how he got it.
According to him, he opened for 2,700 holding and was met by a three-bet to 6,500 from Aleksandr Gofman. Maimone responded by four-betting to 13,500, Gofman called, and the flop came down with two hearts.
Maimone bet 9,500, Gofman called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Maimone bet again, this time 14,500, and again Gofman called. Both players then checked the river, and Gofman mucked upon seeing Maimone's ladies.
Kamutzki made the call and then checked the river. Ung opted to check behind, and Kamutzki announced, "Two pair."
Ung then tabled the for a rivered flush. The look on his face seemed to indicated that he knew he was playing it weak, and then he added, "[I was] tempted but..." He never finished the sentence.
We ran into Dutch Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Lüske near the help desk outside the tournament area. That's not a good place to run into people when the tournament is going on in full force. Lüske was so kind to tell us the details of his bust out.
Lüske had a 60,000 stack when he called an early position open with . The rainbow flop connected pretty well with Lüske's pair of fives and he called the 4,000 continuation bet from his opponent. Lüske called the 8,000 bet on the -turn as well, and another 17,000 on the -river. His opponent had for a straight and beat Lüske's set of fives.
With just 16,000 remaining he saw someone open before him. Lüske shoved with and the initial raiser made the call holding . Lüske said he was pretty happy with the situation, but his mood changed after a seven gave his opponent a pair to beat Lüske's ace-nine high.
After we found Mike McDonald's seat empty, Rhys Jones told us the hand in which he eliminated the Canadian.
After there was an initial raise to 3,200, Jones made it 8,300 in position before Mike McDonald cold four-bet to 19,000 from the big blind. The original raiser folded and Jones called.
The flop was and McDonald continued with a 15,000 bet, Jones made the call to see the on the turn where McDonald fired 24,000 but again Jones made the call. The river was the and McDonald moved all in for his final 48,000 - Jones made the call with and McDonald could only show .
Dani Stern is up to 140,000 after he got his stack in on a flop with against Daniel Brickwell. Brickwell held and lived up to his name by missing on the turn and river. The German player was crippled as a result.
Finnish TeamPokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck opened for 4,000 and Mustapha Kanit was getting a massage in the small blind thinking what to do. Artem Litvinov was next to him in the big blind and was trying to get at his cards to make him fold. Kanit though raised to 9,100.
Litvinov insisted that the dealer look at the cards he was folding and then released his hand. Wahlbeck made the call and they saw a flop of . Litvinov jumped out of his chair and clapped his hands. He left the table for the rest of the hand.
Kanit bet 8,500 and Wahlbeck made the call. The turn card was the . Kanit bet 17,000 and Wahlbeck made the call. The river card was the . Kanit bet 28,000 and Wahlbeck had a think. In the end he folded and Litvinov returned to the table to pretend to beat Kanit over the head for raising him out of the pot.
“You have a set you lose.” said Kanit. Litvinov swore he had folded and would have flopped a set. He then insisted that Kanit show him one of his cards which he peeked at and then tried to deny seeing.
The dealer turned over Kanit’s .