Mike Watson, who finished runner-up in the €50,000 Super High Roller a couple days back, opened for 2,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way around to Thomas Muehloecker, who three-bet to 5,300 from the big blind. Watson responded by four-betting all in for 26,800 and Muehloecker made the call.
Muehloecker:
Watson:
An ace in the window on the flop was good news for Watson, and he shipped the double after the board ran out the and on the turn and river respectively.
Fedor Holz bet approximately 30,000 on a board after Sorel Mizzi checked to him, and the Canadian was in the tank when we got to the table. He decided on a call, and Holz turned over . Mizzi held and took the pot. Holz's second and final bullet doesn't appear to be going any better than the first.
Pablo Melogno Cabrera opened for 2,200 from early position and Artem Metalidi called. When action reached Walid Bou Habib in the cutoff, he three-bet all in for 28,000. Action folded back to Cabrera, who called, and Metalidi got out of the way.
Cabrera:
Habib:
Habib was dominated, and he saw his tournament life extinguished after the board ran out a clean .
There's always one hand that goes straight into the break, with players filing out from other tables drawn to it to rail the action. In this particular pot Artur Koren had put Patrick Leonard all-in on a board of .
"So big on every street," deliberated Leonard as he passed his remaining stack of chips from hand to hand, "So big on the turn."
It was nearly eight minutes into the break when Koren asked if he could leave the table. The dealer said no and Koren then asked for the clock.
"I don't want the clock because I don't want to hear the countdown," said Leonard, still contemplating his options with a pained look on his face, "If I hear the countdown I'll call."
The minute elapsed, Leonard's hand was declared dead and Koren scooped the pot.
"I've got to go to the loo," said Koren, dashing from the tournament room nearly ten minutes after all the other players.