Team PokerStars Germany's Michael Keiner just bet out 8,000 on a board. His opponent was Estrellas Barcelona 2013 winner Soenke Jahn and he made the quick call.
Keiner showed his for top two but that hand was no good. Jahn turned over and raked in the rather big pot.
Bad news for Keiner who now has about 19,000 left. We counted Soenke Jahn at about 80,000 already.
As play gets under way, staff at the Festsaal sweep along the aisles dishing out sugary treats. But while some are at a loss as to what they are, nobody is in any doubt that this is a pretty spectacular place to play cards, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
With one limper before him Jannick Wrang bumped it up to 500. This started a cascade of callers and we saw a flop 6 handed of . Wrang bet 850 and was called by the button Andras Kovacs and the big blind Andreas Pitzl. Down to 3 players for the turn card which was checked around and the river similarly saw a reluctance to bet. Amid much shrugging of shoulders Pitzl turned over his and was awarded the pot.
From the hijack Maurice Schepp raised to 400 and Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Danzer check-called 500.
On the turn the hit and this time Danzer check-called 600. The river completed the board with the and once again Danzer checked. Schepp bet 2,300 and Danzer check-raised to 8,000.
Schepp tanked for quite a while facing this big raise, but eventually he reluctantly called. Danzer showed for a rivered flush and Schepp mucked his cards.
The flop showed and both blinds checked to Michael Piper who bet 725 and the player in the small blind called. Sergio Aido, seated in the big blind, check raised to 2,500 and Piper made the call. The small blind tanked for a bit and folded creating heads-up action on the turn.
The turn brought the and Aido fired out another 4,800 into Piper who went into the tank for quite a while. The third place finisher of EPT San Remo 2010 ended up making the call and on the river the hit.
Aido stared into the distance for about a minute before checking, and Piper checked behind quickly. Aido shook his head and tabled and Piper took down the pot after showing .
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