From the hijack seat, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised to 1,200. John Duthie called from the cutoff seat, Kevin Schulz called from the button, and then play slid over to Stephen Chidwick in the big blind. Chidwick reraised all in for 11,025. Mercier, Duthie, and Schulz folded, giving Chidwick the pot.
During the EPT 11 Grand Final we caught up with REG Charity co-founder and chairman Adriano Mannino and Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree. Mannino explained the ideology behind Raising for Effective Giving and looked ahead at what's to come.
Salman Behbehani raised to 7,000 from early position and left himself just 1,200 behind. Greece's Georgios Zisimopoulos called from the cutoff, the rest of the players folded, and the two saw a flop of . Behbehani checked and shot a smile toward Zisimopoulos, who bet 1,500. Behbehani called off and the cards were turned up.
Zisimopoulos:
Behbehani:
Behbehani had some kicker issues, and they failed to get resolved as the blanked on the turn followed by the river.
"Time please!" came the call, and we headed over to the table to find not a river, but a turn dealt: . Time had been called on Scott Davies in a hand against Patrick Leonard. There was already 24,000 in the pot, and Leonard had bet out 8,100.
"You can raise me" said Leonard.
"Thanks" came the brusque response from Davies, before eventually folding.
"€100," Leonard offered to show him his hand.
"No," came the response.
"Ok, how about a Corona?" said Leonard, "Although I suppose that a Corona is going to cost about €100 anyway!"
A preflop raising war saw Brazil's Joao Simao and Moldova's Valeriu Coca each get in 22,800 preflop, which led to a flop. Simao checked from the small blind, and his trap worked perfectly as Coca moved all in for right around 25,000. Simao snap-called and it was no wonder the chips went in.
Coca:
Simao:
Both players held a big pocket pair, but Simao's was best. Neither the turn nor river had a bearing on the hand, and a disappointed Coca exited in the last level of the night.
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