Dragan Kostic opened the action with a raise to 400 from the under the gun plus two position. Two seats down Markku Koplimaa made it 1,075 from the hijack. The cutoff, button and both blinds folded and Kostic made the call.
Kostic checked to his Estonian opponent who fired out a 1,075 continuation bet. Kostic called rather quickly.
Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Kostic checked again and Koplimaa bet out a hefty 3,525. Kostic thought about it for some time, but folded in the end.
After preflop raise we see the first barrel on the flop and Yordan Georgiev then fires 1,750 on the turn. Vincenzo Scarpitti makes the call from the button and then looks at his opponent with the Dr. Dre headphones on top of a hoodie after the Bulgarian made it 3,250 to go on the river. Ultimately the Italian called with and it was a split pot against .
UK PokerStars player Mathew Frankland opened for 450, and was raised by Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel from the button to 1,500. The small blind then made it 3,600 and when the big blind folded the action was back on Frankland.
Frankland’s response was to fire out another raise to 7,800. A slight pause while Duhamel appeared to weigh up the situation but the bet got through the two other players and the pot was pushed to Frankland.
Jonathan Duhamel tangled again with the player who was the small blind in the previous hand, now on the button. Duhamel opened from the cut-off, was raised to 1,350 and when Duhamel made it 3,800 his opponent made the call. The blinds had folded at the first raise so it was a heads-up pot.
The flop was . Both players checked to see the turn card come the .
Duhamel led out for 3,300 and was called. The river was the and when Duhamel checked his opponent moved all in for 15,000. Duhamel didn’t look too happy with this development and after a brief grimace his cards hit the muck.
On the turn, Antonio Buonanno bets 2,500 and one seat further Henrik Hecklen made a rather quick call to see the river. Buonanno moved all-in and the Dane asked for a count before making a rather reluctant call and table . His opponent from Italy showed and doubled up to ~ 22,000.
PCA finalist Shyam Srinivasan just won the previous pot and then accelerated the action once again with a three-bet to 1,200. Initial raiser Imed Ben Mahmoud from Tunisia called to see the flop where he check-called for 1,300. On the he repeated this for another 2,300 in a rather unmotivated / frustrated way before checking the river. Srinivasan made it 4,300 to go and the Tunisian check-folded the .
As we walked up to table 3 there were three players with cards in front of them, and the flop was already out on the table; .
Carlos Sanchez Brito checked from the small blind and Natalie Hof checked her big blind. The third player involved checked as well and the dealer got busy dealing a turn; .
Brito bet out 1,100. Hof made the call, the third player folded.
The hit the river to complete the board. Brito checked and Hof thought about betting. She reached for chips and placed 1,950 across the line. Brito instantly tossed in a single chip to make it known he was calling.
Hof looked kind of surprised and worried with the instant call, but there was no reason to. She tabled her and Brito mucked.
Giovanni Salvatore from Italy was in a pot with Vanessa Selbst. They had got to the river on a board reading and Salvatore checked it over to the aggressive American.
Selbst threw out a bet of 3,600 and Salvatore indicated a call by flicking a single chip on the felt. Selbst turned over the and emitted a quick snort of disbelief as Salvatore turned over the winner .
On a turn, Michal Polchlopek check-called a bet of 3,000 before both players checked the river.
Polchlopek asked "Do I have to show first?" and he indeed had to as he was the first player after the button. His was no good versus and he is down to only 12,000 in chips.