Dario Sammartino opened the action with a raise and Dmitry Yurasov three-bet to 4,800 on the button. Sammartino called and check-called on the flop for 4,700 as well as on the turn for 9,500. On the river he checked once again and Yurasov took out four blue 5k chips to make it 20,000 to go.
It was no snap call but Sammartino did run into the of the Russian.
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Davidi Kitai returned from dinner break with less than 20 big blinds and eventually got his last 11 big blinds in with . Roman Korenev looked him up with and the board stayed clear to award the pot to the Russian.
Andrew Chen opened for 2,000 from the hijack only to have Artem Litvinov three-bet to 4,600 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, Chen called, and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Chen check, as did Litvinov, and the action repeated itself on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Chen led out for 4,500 and Litvinov snap-folded . Ever the jokester, Litvinov started to reach for Chen's cards to have a look.
Chen laughed and navigated the cards past Litvinov's hands and to the dealer.
Meanwhile, Nick Maimone has busted the tournament once again, meaning he has officially been eliminated as he no longer has a reentry option.
Jean-Noel Thorel opened the action with a raise to 1,900 from under the gun and Dominik Panka, who is just featured in a PokerNews interview, three-bet to 4,900. In the big blind, Alexander Kopylkov three-bet to 12,000 and only Panka made the call.
On the flop, Panka called the 17,000 continuation bet of his opponent. Kopylkov then asked for the chip count of his opponent once the showed up on the turn before moving all in. Panka made a rather quick call with the but was in terrible shape against the of the Russian.
Only a deuce could save him with a split pot, the however was a blank.
When the high rollers began play just after 12 noon today there were few tables with more than the three player minimum required before the dealer can even shuffle the cards. Flash forward a few hours and the story is a little different, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
Artem Litvinov limped the button, Marc-Andre Ladouceur three-bet the small blind to 2500 and Mustapha Kanit one seat over as well as Litvinov called. On the flop, Ladouceur fired 4,000 and both opponents called. The turn and respective bet of the PokerStars Team Online member worth 10,400 was only called by Kanit.
On the river the popped up and Ladouceur moved all in for 24,800. Kanit folded and Litvinov pulled the out of the muck to reveal that he can also fold good cards. His words.
After a raise, Elliot Smith and Vladimir Troyanovsky in the small blind called to see the flop. Troyanovsky checked, the initial raiser made a continuation bet and Elliot Smith called. Troyanovsky reraised to 10,500 and called all in for 43,800 when Smith got his stack in.
Troyanovsky:
Smith:
Two kings in the deck with two community cards remaining, that's all Troyanovsky could hope for. The turn was no good and the river left him crippled on his second entry.
It was a quick slide for Henrik Hecklen, just two hands in fact.
In the first there was around 10,000 in the pot and a board reading when Hecklen checked and Joni Jouhkimainen moved all in for 14,000. Hecklen thought for awhile before calling, but mucked when Jouhkimainen rolled over the .
In the very next hand, Hecklen was in the small blind and got in a raising war with Alex Bilokur in the big. Hecklen wound up all in preflop for 21,600 and was racing against Bilokur.
Hecklen:
Bilokur:
The flop was gin for Hecklen as he flopped a pair and a flush draw, but just as he was getting comfortable the dealer burned and turned the . Bilokur hit his two outer to retake the lead, which he maintained when the blanked on the river.
A seemingly upset Hecklen huffed it out of the tournament room while Bilokur raked in the pot.