WCOOP Main Event winner Fedor Holz played against Phil Ivey for the first time, and he gave us his thoughts on it. On top of that Holz, who recently turned 21, also elaborated on his extensive World Series of Poker schedule.
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened for 27,000 from middle position and action folded to Ole Schemion on the button. The German super star three-bet to 68,000 and both blinds quickly folded. Urbanovich four-bet to 155,000 and Schemion made the call after some tanking.
The flop came and Urbanovich bet 175,000. Schemion didn't need much time to make up his mind and called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Urbanovich thought about it for just a bit, and then announced all in for, what we counted was, 279,000.
Schemion instantly got a pained face and Urbanovich moved his head down and had it rest on the rail, to not show any tells. Schemion needed some minutes but eventually folded. Urbanovich mucked instantly.
In the last hand before the break, Team Online's Isaac Haxton raised to 31,000 from the button only to have Erik Seidel three-bet to what appeared to be 75,000 from the small blind. Haxton made the call and the flop came down , which saw Seidel continue for 113,000.
Haxton made the call and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Seidel led out for 115,000 and Haxton popped it to 515,000, leaving himself roughly 275,000 behind. Seidel, who barely had him covered, paused for 30 seconds or so and then announced that he was all in.
Haxton hit the tank hard as the clocked ticked several minutes into the break. Haxton leaned back in his chair, nibbled on his nail, and at the end of it all made the call.
Seidel tabled the for the rivered nuts, and Haxton revealed his inferior two pair with the .
"Really well played," Haxton complimented his opponent before the dealer verified the stacks.
Phil Ivey and Isaac Haxton have fired 20 bullets between them at the big buy-in events on the EPT, but neither has ever recorded a single cash. Can they break the drought and nab €2 million here this week?
We're not sure how the action unfolded, but we do know that Vladimir Troyanovskiy just doubled through reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year George Danzer. It happened when the Russian got his stack of 451,000 all in from the small blind and was at risk against Danzer in the big.
Danzer:
Troyanovskiy:
The flop delivered Danzer a gutshot, but he missed as the paired the board on the turn and the blanked on the river. Ship the double to Troyanovskiy.
Igor Kurganov opened the button and Mikita Badziakouski three-bet from the small blind to 110,000 with 335,000 behind. The big blind folded and Kurganov moved all in. Badziakouski wasn't too excited calling, but he reluctantly did so anyway.
Remko meets up with Vanessa Rousso at WPT National Johannesburg to discuss her relationship with the organizers in South Africa, her difficult 2014, her love for music and philanthropy, and much more.