We didn't see the action, but Niklas Hambitzer got his 610,000 stack in from the button against big blind Andreas Samuelsson, who held . Hambitzer was dominated with , but that changed on the flop, which brought him two draw. He missed them, but did find the on the turn to double up.
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Uwe Ritter opened from early position for 45,000 and found callers in Shyam Srinivasan, Maurice Hawkins, and the player in the big blind. The flop came and it was checked to Srinivasan who bet 65,000. Only Hawkins called.
The turn was the and the two players checked.
The river was the and Hawkins checked. Srinivasan bet 125,000 and was quickly called by Hawkins. Srinivasan showed for kings and queens and Hawkins tabled for the rivered diamond flush.
Stefan Jedlicka shipped into an unopened pot from the small blind for 155,000 and was called by Diego Ventura in the big blind.
Jedlicka:
Ventura:
Jedlicka said he wouldn't hate a four on the flop, but it was flopping to put him way behind. He asked for a seven, but an hit followed by the .
Despite the disappointing end, Jedlicka has plenty of be happy about from this PCA trip, as he also cashed for $158,740 when he got third at the LAPT here last week.
Three players still alive here near the end of Day 4 cashed in the PCA Main Event a year ago, highlighted by one of the current big stacks, Shyam Srinivasan, who final-tabled last year and finished sixth. Both Tim Reilly and Dylan Linde also made the cash here in the Main Event in 2014, and have both already guaranteed themselves even better finishes this time around as described on the PokerStars Blog.
Emrah Cakmak raised to 45,000 in the cutoff, Benjamin Pollak called from the big blind and the flop fell .
Pollak check-called 50,000 from Cakmak to see the turn where he check-called another 120,000 from Cakmak. Both checked the river and Pollak tabled for a pair of jacks.
Cakmak, however, turned over for a pair of queens to win the pot.
Niklas Hambitzer opened from the button to 45,000 and Andreas Samuelsson moved all in from the big blind for 385,000 total. After getting a count, Hambitzer made the call with and was racing against his opponent's .
The flop moved Hambitzer into the lead as it came . The turn was the prompting Samuelsson to say "good turn" as it gave him an open-ended straight draw. He would hit that draw on the river and let out a "yes" while pumping his fist. With that double up Samuelsson moved to 800,000 in chips while Hambitzer dropped to slightly below that amount with 710,000.
Uwe Ritter opened under the gun and was called by only Juan Etcheverry, on the button. Ritter fired 77,000 on the flop, and Etcheverry called. The Argentinian called another barrel of 104,000 on the turn, and a finished the board. Ritter bet 157,000, and Etcheverry cut out calling chips and leaned back in his seat. A few minutes later, he pushed them in.
Ritter immediately tabled , and Etcheverry flung his cards muckward.
Ronaldo raised to 80,000 from early position and Eugenio Pacelli Mattar three-bet to 200,000 from middle position. Action folded back to Ronaldo who shoved for 536,000, and Mattar cut out chips for a call before pushing them into the pot.
Ronaldo:
Mattar:
Ronaldo was looking for a king, but he added two more outs on the flop. Unfortunately for him the turn and failed to improve his hand, sending him to the rail in 26th place.
Ronaldo wished his tablemates good luck before heading to the rail and signing some autographs for fans. The former football standout gave us a lot of fun moments during his Main Event run. The poker industry is certainly sad to see his run end.
. Hambitzer was dominated with 
, but that changed on the 
flop, which brought him two draw. He missed them, but did find the 
on the turn to double up.
and it was checked to Srinivasan who bet 65,000. Only Hawkins called.
and the two players checked.
and Hawkins checked. Srinivasan bet 125,000 and was quickly called by Hawkins. Srinivasan showed 
for kings and queens and Hawkins tabled 
flopping to put him way behind. He asked for a seven, but an 
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turn where he check-called another 120,000 from Cakmak. Both checked the 
for a pair of jacks.
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. The turn was the 
prompting Samuelsson to say "good turn" as it gave him an open-ended straight draw. He would hit that draw on the 
river and let out a "yes" while pumping his fist. With that double up Samuelsson moved to 800,000 in chips while Hambitzer dropped to slightly below that amount with 710,000.
finished the board. Ritter bet 157,000, and Etcheverry cut out calling chips and leaned back in his seat. A few minutes later, he pushed them in.
turn and 
