Eric Rabl made a massive hero call in a hand that began with him opening and getting called by Niklas Astedt.
Rabl continued with a bet on the flop of and Astedt called. Rabl bet again on the turn and Astedt raised Rabl called.
Rabl checked on the and Astedt bet to put him all in. Rabl made the call. PokerNews arrived at the table as Astedt could only show for queen-high and Rabl showed for just a pair of fives.
The big call pushed Rabl over the million mark and left Astedt with less than three big blinds. The Swedish online grinder made a disappointed frown and gave Rabl a stare that lasted several seconds.
Two hands later, Astedt open-jammed his stack of 37,000 and was called by Jacob Amsellem in the big blind.
Niklas Astedt:
Jacob Amsellem:
Things just weren't going Astedt's way as he ran into a hand that had him dominated. The board ran out and Amsellem's made two pair for Astedt to be eliminated.
Artur Martirosian raised to 35,000 on the button and was called by Damian Salas in the big blind.
After the duo checked the flop, Salas check-called a bet of 80,000 from Martirosian.
Salas checked again on the river and Martirosian bet 215,000. Salas made the call.
Martirosian showed for top pair, top kicker, but Salas showed , hitting his kicker on the river to snatch the pot away from Martirosian and cross the million chip mark.
Dario Sammartino has gone from a million chips to zero in two hands, with Kyriakos Papadopoulos the beneficiary, who now leads the tournament.
In the first hand, Sammartino was in the small blind and Kyriakos Papadopoulos in the big blind with approximately 60,000 in the pot on the flop.
Sammartino bet 25,000 and was raised to 75,000 by Papadopoulos. Sammartino than came back with another raise to 190,000, which Papadopoulos called.
The duo then checked the turn, but on the river, Sammartino moved all in for Papadopoulos' remaining 447,000.
After using four time banks, Papadopoulos called.
Sammartino showed for a pair of fives, while Papadopoulos had for a flopped two pair.
That pot sent Papadopoulos over a million chips, then just a couple of hands later, he finished off Sammartino in another big pot.
As retold by Papadopoulos, Luis Fonseca moved all in for 150,000 in early position, Sammartino then moved in over top in middle position for 550,000, and Papadopoulos called to put both players at risk.
Luis Fonseca:
Dario Sammartino:
Kyriakos Papadopoulos:
The board ran out , giving Fonseca a triple up, but the side pot saw Papadopoulos eliminate Sammartino with his tens to soar near the chip lead.
As Saar Wilf relayed to PokerNews, a player was all in for 170,000 and Ramon Colillas raised to 600,000. Saar Wilf then re-raised all in and Colillas folded what he said was queens.
It ended up being the right move as he was against and the of Wilf. The right move, that is, until a queen on the flop would have given him a set and held up for the best hand.
Though he would've won a big pot, it was a disciplined and impressive fold from the PokerStars ambassador and 2019 PSPC champion.