A preflop raising war saw Pratyush Buddiga get his stack of 32,500 all in preflop against another player, who had the bigger stack by less than a T1,000 chip.
Buddiga:
Opponent:
Buddiga got it in as a huge favorite, and he was looking to dodge a ten. He did so on the flop, but the turn gave him another cards to worry about as a queen would give his opponent a Broadway straight.
The dealer burned one last time, and wouldn't you know it, she put out the . Buddiga could only shake his head and then made a beeline for the exit as the dealer verified the stacks.
Sam Trickett seemingly went on a bit of a heater before the dinner break and tweeted that he had a stack of 80k. We swung by his table to see how he is putting those chips to use.
Ivan Neytchev opened for 1,100 and with a quick glance at his cards Trickett raised him to 3,100 from the cut-off. The blinds folded and Neytchev barely gave it a second thought before sliding his cards to the dealer.
Sam Trickett with chips is always a force to be reckoned with.
Two players had got to the river on a board reading . Robert Bidlas, a live satellite qualifier from Austria had checked it over to Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Elky made a bet of 4,200. Bidlas then moved all in for around 20,000, a turn of events Elky clearly didn’t expect as he sighed deeply and shook his head. It took him a while and a shake of the head but he finally released his hand.
Jason Wheeler and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom each put in 2,600 preflop and took a flop of . Blom was first to act and wasted little time in checking it over to Wheeler, who tossed out a bet of roughly 4,000. Blom then sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 24,000 and Wheeler snap-called off for 23,000.
Blom:
Wheeler:
Neither player had a spade, but the flop still managed to hit them both. Blom flopped the nut straight, while Wheeler hit a set. The latter player needed the board to pair in order to stay alive, and if that were to happen it'd essentially mean the swede's tournament life as he'd be left with just 1,000 in chips.
The turn made it so another spade on the river would result in a chop, but that didn't happen as the peeled off. Wheeler failed to pair the board and his night came to an end here in Level 7.
On a flop Demidov checked to his opponent. Austrian player Werner Eichhorn bet 2,125 with about 12,000 behind. Demidov moved all in and Eichhorn contemplated his options. He ended up calling and he tossed his to the middle of the table.
Demidov opened and he added he had a straight draw as Eichhorn bent over the table to see what he was up to.
The on the turn took away some of Demidov's outs and the on the river wasn't one of the cards he still had left to hit.
Demidov is now short, the Russian Team PokerStars Pro has about 14 big blinds left.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
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Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
781.39 pts
2
Vanessa Selbst
736.22 pts
3
Thomas Muhloecker
594.30 pts
4
Georgios Karakousis
543.84 pts
5
Dominik Panka
540.78 pts
6
Adrian Mateos Diaz
520.87 pts
7
Mike McDonald
490.74 pts
8
Jonathan Little
480.01 pts
9
Jeff Rossiter
462.79 pts
10
Ondrej Vinklarek
444.14 pts
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Russian PokerStars player Ivan Demidov opened for 1,100 out of a stack of 13k. Beiyan Yu with a similar stack size raised to 2,300 and got a caller from the button who had them both covered. Back on Demidov who asked how much it was and made the call.
In the end it was checked all the way down on a final board reading . “Queen high.” Said Demedov and turned over . Yu turned over and that was the winning hand.
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flop, but the 
turn gave him another cards to worry about as a queen would give his opponent a Broadway straight.
. Buddiga could only shake his head and then made a beeline for the exit as the dealer verified the stacks.
. Robert Bidlas, a live satellite qualifier from Austria had checked it over to Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Elky made a bet of 4,200. Bidlas then moved all in for around 20,000, a turn of events Elky clearly didn’t expect as he sighed deeply and shook his head. It took him a while and a shake of the head but he finally released his hand.
. Blom was first to act and wasted little time in checking it over to Wheeler, who tossed out a bet of roughly 4,000. Blom then sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 24,000 and Wheeler snap-called off for 23,000.
peeled off. Wheeler failed to pair the board and his night came to an end here in Level 7.
to the middle of the table.
on the river wasn't one of the cards he still had left to hit.
. Yu turned over 
and that was the winning hand.
when Hansen check-called a 2,800-chip bet from the player on his left. The turn brought out 
and quickly both players checked.
popped up and Hansen lead out for 9,100. After a short hesitation his opponent called.
and he took down this pot.
