Blom is known for his super aggressive play and over sized bets from time to time when playing no-limit hold'em. He does know a different gear than warp speed 9.
Blom opened to 250 under the gun and got two callers, the player next to him and Jens Lakemeier in the cutoff position.
Blom made a 400 continuation bet on and both opponents called. The turn was the and all players checked their option.
The hit the river and Blom checked. The player next to him checked as well but Lakemeier bet out 1,600. Blom wasted no time calling, the third involved player folded.
With the cameras trained on Viktor Blom as he chatted to his friend Johnny Lodden, Jens Lakemeier was in a hand with him on a flop reading . Lakemeier led out for 400 and Blom made the call. The turn card saw a check from Lakemeier and when Blom threw out a bet of 650 Lakemeier folded.
Blom opened the next hand for 250 and when it folded to Lakemeier in the big blind he was undeterred and made the call. The two players saw a flop of . Checked to Blom who made a bet of 300 which Lakemeier called and they both checked the turn .
When the fell on the river Lakemeier changed tack and led out for 600. Blom weighed up the situation and flicked out the chips for a call. Lakemeier’s card headed straight for the muck however as he elected not to show and the pot headed Blom’s way.
Ziga Jamnikar, sitting next to Lakemeier, said sympathetically, “He’s too rich to bluff.”
Vienna is the Austrian capital and has one of the richest histories of any European city. Many kings and queens have lived in this majestic place, and it therefor it's fitting to pay extra attention to hands played here this week with that hand.
Dutch pro Jorn Walthaus, who currently resides in Hong Kong, just faced a raise from George Bogdan Ana who had made it 300 before the flop. Walthaus called the raise from the small blind and the flop brought out .
Both players checked and on the turn the hit. Walthaus lead into his opponent for 900 and Ana made the call. On the river the hit and Walthaus bet another 1,600. Ana went into the tank for quite a bit before he raised it up to 4,200.
Walthaus, using his usual imposing stare-down posture, took about 15 seconds before putting in another raise. The Dutchman made it 11,600 and Ana went back into the tank before ultimately making the call.
Walthaus tabled for a full house, while Ana flashed his before throwing his cards into the muck.
We happened upon the action with 1,400 or so in the pot and a board reading . Norway's Bernhard Svaeren was first to act in the big blind, and he opted to check. Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden took the opportunity to bet 650 from the hijack, and then Svaeren woke up with a check-raise to 1,650.
Lodden wasted little time in making the call and then watched Svaeren lead out for 2,300 on the river. Lodden responded with a raise to 8,600, and that sent Svaeren into the tank. After a minute or so he announced a call only to muck when Lodden rolled over the for a rivered full house.
It didn't take long for the first elimination of the day to occur. About 20 minutes into the level, Connor Drinan got his remaining stack all in on the river with a board reading . Drinan held the for a flopped set, but it was no good as Mikhail Petrov had flopped a bigger set with the . The cooler hand made it a short but not-so-sweet stay for Drinan in Vienna.
Meanwhile, both [Removed:2] and Christian Golob have been eliminated from the tournament here in the first level of the day.
As we have mentioned a table needs three players to start the action but in this case the button, Russian PokerStars player Tatiana Barausova, had chips in front of her seat but was temporarily away from the table. Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain was in the small blind and opened for 250. Kai Herold from Germany defended the big blind and they saw a flop.
Blain continued for 250 Herold made the call to see a turn card . Blain continued for 550 and again Herold made the call. The river was the and when both players checked Balin turned over having hit his pair on the river. No good though as Herold turned over the for the flopped top pair.
and both opponents called. The turn was the 
and all players checked their option.
hit the river and Blom checked. The player next to him checked as well but Lakemeier bet out 1,600. Blom wasted no time calling, the third involved player folded.
and beat out Lakemeier's 
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. Lakemeier led out for 400 and Blom made the call. The turn card 
saw a check from Lakemeier and when Blom threw out a bet of 650 Lakemeier folded.
. Checked to Blom who made a bet of 300 which Lakemeier called and they both checked the turn 
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fell on the river Lakemeier changed tack and led out for 600. Blom weighed up the situation and flicked out the chips for a call. Lakemeier’s card headed straight for the muck however as he elected not to show and the pot headed Blom’s way.
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hit and Walthaus bet another 1,600. Ana went into the tank for quite a bit before he raised it up to 4,200.
for a full house, while Ana flashed his 
. Norway's Bernhard Svaeren was first to act in the big blind, and he opted to check. Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden took the opportunity to bet 650 from the hijack, and then Svaeren woke up with a check-raise to 1,650.
and when both players checked Balin turned over 
