A short-stacked Pascal Vos moved all for his last 24,000 and received a call from Wilfried Harig on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the cards were turned up.
Harig:
Vos:
Vos seemed to know it was all over as he began to rise, but he paused when the flop delivered him a gutshot straight draw. Harig paired his queen, but even so Vos was now drawing to four outs instead of three. Unfortunately for him, the blanked on the turn followed by the river.
Kurt Guldvik shipped is all in for his last 25,000. It folded round to the big stack at the table Ronny Kaiser who made the call with . Gulvik was out of his seat despite the great shape he was in. Maybe he didn’t feel it was his day or maybe he was just using the old get up from your seat trick.
The cards ran out . Guldvik held and sat back down.
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Rocco Palumbo opened from the button and was raised from the small blind by PokerStars player Mikita Badziakouski. The big blind called and when it got back to Palumbo he moved all in. Badziakouski checked the stack of the big blind player, had a think, and re-shoved. The big blind folded and the two players cards were on their backs.
Palumbo was at risk with and up against the of Badziakouski. The board ran out and Palumbo was busted.
Viktor Blom's table is going to be the feature table, so you'll be able to enjoy some live-streaming "Isildur1" action in about 10 minutes. On a recent break before his table moved, we had the chance to talk to Blom:
Viktor, how's the tournament going for you so far?
It's going good. I've been moved to a crazy table, so there've been a lot of big pots. It's been fun, really. I like it when there's things happening at the table. I'm having a good time for sure.
You're being moved to the feature table after the break. Do you like playing under the bright lights?
I don't really like it because it's so hot up there. On top of that, it's gonna take a lot of time for each hand to finish so we'll play less hands. I just prefer a normal table, but it is what it is.
You've done well in tournaments in the past, but do you enjoy them?
I enjoy them, but the first day is tough for me. I don't have a lot of patience, but when you go deep I think it's more fun to be in a tournament than in a cash game.
We talked to Sam Trickett on the last break, and he's going to play the Big One for One Drop this summer at the World Series of Poker. Is that on your mind?
Yeah, of course it's on my mind, but I haven't thought about it too much. I don't know yet, to be honest. I think I'll be at the World Series this year, but I'm not a 100 percent sure yet, though. It sucks so much that it's right in the middle of the summer. It's crazy as I won't be able to enjoy the World Cup that way. I didn't go last year but we'll see, I might be there.
Lastly, how are things online for you these days?
There have been some good games lately but I haven't been doing too well. I think I'm up some for the year, but I lost some back. It's going OK, I guess.
The question: “Excuse me, are you a member of the Bavarian Royal Family?” is not one we’ve ever had to ask before, but it was put to good use today, identifying among the field His Royal Highness Karl Ruprecht Prinz von Bavaria, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
Marc-Andre Ladouceur, PokerStars Team Online member, plays an interesting hand in which he gets three-bet on the river on Day 2 of EPT Vienna. He talks to Kristy about his thought process.