On a board, Dominik Nitsche called the all in for 107,500 shove from Hassan Fares. Nitsche had pocket queens, but that hand was no good as the Frenchman showed a set of sixes. The on the river wasn't the paint Nitsche was looking for, and he was knocked down to 13,000.
The next hand Craig McCorkell opened under the gun to 11,000, and Hassan Fares called. Dominik Nitsche shoved for his 13,000, and both McCorkell and Fares made the call.
Fares and McCorkell checked the entire board, and Nitsche said he had a set, and showed . McCorkell had and Fares showed . Triple for Nitsche, but he's still short.
Joao Viera has beaten a 110-strong field to take down the €1k EPT PLO Hi/Lo Championships at EPT11 Barcelona. The Portuguese pro, who finished eighth in the PCA €25k High Roller in January for $157,940, received €27,500 for last night’s victory. It was his second EPT side event title – he also won a £2k side event at EPT London in Season 9.
Viera, currently 8th in the Portugal all time money list, has topped $400,000 in lifetime tournament winnings. There were 15 players paid from the €106,700 prize pool including British WSOP bracelet winner and EPT Sanremo finalist Barny Boatman, Artem Litvinov, who took part in the final heat of the new PokerStars “Shark Cage” TV show and Norway’s Jan Sjavik.
In a button (Mo) versus small blind (Barer) situation, the two players got their chips in before the flop. Mo had the worst of it with , as he was up against Barer's .
The board was full of clubs, but that made zero difference for these two. Mo, who started the hand short, eliminated.
Michiel Brummelhuis lost most of his stack in a kings versus aces situation. Nicolas Chouity was the one holding the aces, the EPT Monte Carlo winner plays a stack of just over 500,000 ever since.
Brummelhuis still had some chips left after that, but Ami Barer took those in a blind battle not much later. Brummelhuis had in that hand, and was up against Barer's . The board wasn't doing Brummelhuis any good, and he was out of the tournament. "Ok, that was fun" the former November Nine said with a somewhat sarcastic voice.
Barer's and Chouity's table mate Aku Joentausta has a lot of chips as well, the Fin is seated out of position against Chouity with 453,000.
From under the gun, Adam Levy raised to 8,000. Toby Lewis called from the next seat, and then last year's defending champion, Thomas Muehloecker, reraisd all in for 60,500 on the button. The blinds folded, and then both Levy and Lewis folded, to give Muehloecker the pot.
Salvatore Bonavena and Mustapha Kanit checked the flop, and then Philip Sternheimer bet 14,000. Ihar Soika folded, and then Bonavena check-raised all in for 86,000. Kanit folded, and then Sternheimer followed suit, and Bonavena won the pot.
Benny Spindler opened for 8,000 from late position, and Lukas Berglund three bet the small blind to 22,000. Frederik Jensen in the big blind shoved all in for over 130,000, and Spindler folded. Berglund thought for a bit, and called all in for a little less than Jensen had.
Jensen:
Berglund:
The flop was low but not good enough for Berglund, and the on the turn and on the river were of no help either. Berglund eliminated, Jensen with a bit more comfortable stack.
board, Dominik Nitsche called the all in for 107,500 shove from Hassan Fares. Nitsche had pocket queens, but that hand was no good as the Frenchman showed a set of sixes. The 
board, and Nitsche said he had a set, and showed 
. McCorkell had 
and Fares showed 
. Triple for Nitsche, but he's still short.
, as he was up against Barer's 
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in that hand, and was up against Barer's 
board wasn't doing Brummelhuis any good, and he was out of the tournament. "Ok, that was fun" the former November Nine said with a somewhat sarcastic voice.
flop, and then Philip Sternheimer bet 14,000. Ihar Soika folded, and then Bonavena check-raised all in for 86,000. Kanit folded, and then Sternheimer followed suit, and Bonavena won the pot.
flop was low but not good enough for Berglund, and the 
on the turn and 
on the river were of no help either. Berglund eliminated, Jensen with a bit more comfortable stack.
