David Schable opened to 17,000 in the hijack and the small blind pushed all in for 80,000. The big blind folded and Schable instantly dropped in a couple of chips to signify a call.
David Schable:
Opponent:
"It's too easy," Schable noted as he continues to pick up premium hands. The board ran out and Schable scooped the pot with hardly any sweat.
Arik Filstein raised it up in middle position and was called by the button. The flop came and Filstein continued with a bet of 16,500. His opponent called and the landed on the turn.
Filstein checked this time and his opponent tossed in a small bet of 15,500 which Filstein called. The river was the and Filstein opted to shove all in for around 65,000. His opponent instantly folded but asked to Filstein to show his cards.
Filstein reached into the middle of the table and turned over his for a missed straight draw. "You asked to see so I show you."
Simeon Naydenov opened to 17,000 under the gun and received a call from a player in middle position. Action made its way around to the big blind, where Tomasz Cybulski three-bet all in. Naydenov asked for a count on Cybulski, which was totaled to be 106,000, and then went into the tank.
"One-oh-six (thousand)," Naydenov repeated as the number to call before looking over to the player in middle position. "And you have around 150 (thousand)." He thought about his decision for over a minute and then let his cards go and the player in middle position followed suit after about 10 seconds, resulting in Cybulski taking down the pot preflop.
Meanwhile, Zhong Chen was also spotted at the same table with a stack north of 400,000, making him one of the larger stacks in the room.
Peter Da opened to 15,000 from the cutoff and saw Antonio Russo three-bet all in on the button. Action got back to Da and he asked for a count, which was totaled to be 54,500, and then dropped in chips to call.
Antonio Russo:
Peter Da:
Da let out a bit of a sigh after seeing his suited king was dominated, leaving Russo in great shape for the double as the board ran out , leaving Da drawing dead by the turn en route to said double.
There was a raise in middle position and Philipp Zukernik three-bet shoved all in for 87,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to the initial raiser who quickly made the call to put Zukernik at risk.
Philipp Zukernik:
Opponent:
The flop came and things were looking grim for Zukernik who was searching for an ace. The on the turn got Zukernik out of his chair but the on the river was exactly what he needed in order to stay alive.
Pierre Calamusa raised it up to 12,000 from under the gun and was called by the button. Ralph Schumacher shoved all in for 68,000 in the small blind and Calamusa asked for a count before making the call. The button folded and the cards were tabled.
Pierre Calamusa:
Ralph Schumacher:
The flop fell to give Calamusa a straight and flush draw. "That's a good start," he stated. The on the turn left Schumacher in the lead with one card to come. The river was the and Calamusa nailed his flush to eliminate Schumacher and soar to the top of the counts.
Quan Zhou opened to 11,500 from under the gun and Pim Kuipers three-bet to 65,000 in middle position. The action folded back to Zhou who shoved all in and Kuipers quickly called off his stack of 78,500.
Pim Kuipers:
Quan Zhou:
Things were looking grim for Zhou and the flop of left him nearly drawing dead. The on the turn sealed the deal and the on the river was just a formality as Kuipers doubled up.