Ivan Luca wanted to see how much big blind Vladimir Troyanovskiy had before he decided on his move. That move was then all in, but before it got to the Russian Thomas Butzhammer moved all in for 150,000. The blind folded and the cards were on their backs.
Tobias Peters raised to 25,000 after just having lost half his stack and Roman Korenev called on the button. On the flop, Korenev called a bet of 36,000 and then asked "how much behind'" after the turn when Peters had fired a second barrel worth 67,000.
Korenev made the call after some consideration to see the appear on the river. Peters immediately moved all in and the Russian had a decision to make. He did make the call and then spotted the bad news, as Peters had turned top pair with . The of the Russian were no good and Peters shipped the double up.
Tobias Peters raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Robin Ylitalo on the button clicked it up to 56,000. The Dutchman now reraised to 150,000 and eventually called off the 266,000-shove of the Swede, though it was not a snap call.
"Aces," Ylitalo said and then tabled his . That was terrible news for Peters as he only had and failed to improve on a board of .
It folded round to Davidi Kitai in the small blind who just completed, which seemd to tickle Tobias Peters in the big blind. “I don’t have the balls to raise.” Peters said and checked his option.
The flop was and Kitai bet 14,000. “I’m not folding the flop.” Peters said and made the call.
The turn card was the and Kitai indicated that was his card, betting 32,000 this time. Peters was going nowhere and made the call.
The river was the and now Kitai made it 55,000. Peters, who had been laughing along all the way, was still smiling as he counted out the calling chips and put them out.
Kitai showed him for top pair and that was good.
Peters showed him the , perhaps indicating that he was capable of a Kitai like queen high call, only this time it didn’t work out too well for him.
Thomas Butzhammer raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Ivan Luca called out of the big blind. Both players checked down the flop and the turn. Luca then bet 34,000 on the river and was called, flipping over as a result. Butzhammer could not beat that and mucked, seemingly annoyed.
Nikolay Komcharokov opened the action with a raise to 25,000 and Ivan Luca three-bet to 55,000 from one seat over. The Russian called and they headed to the flop of . Komcharokov bet 45,000 and Luca raised to 107,000. The Russian asked the dealer for the exact raising amount, took some more time to make his decision and then announced a raise: "300". With a very heavy Russian accent.
While sliding forward the stacks of T-5,000 chips, his hands were very shake but nonetheless it worked as Luca mucked his cards. Komcharokov becomes the first player above one million in chips.
Tobias Peters raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and was called by Garret Gruener in the big blind. On the flop both players checked through and the turn saw a check-call of Gruener for 27,000. On the river, the American now bet 50,000 and Peters called.
Gruener flipped over for a queen-high straight and Peters laughed, mucking the for a ten-high straight.
Roman Korenev opened for 20,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called before Davidi Kitai also tossed in the chips for a call. Garret Gruener then made it 50,000 from the small blind and Korenev called. Thorel put out the calling chips and Kitai did the same.
The flop was and it was checked to Kitai who bet a small 30,000. Gruener was the only player as the other two players folded.
The turn saw no action and on the river card Gruener checked and again Kitai bet 30,000.
Gruener shrugged and put out the chips to call. Kitai turned over his with confidence and it was good as Gruener mucked.
The table was suitably impressed. “Weird hand” Tobias Peters said.
“Why would you ever value bet that river?” Robin Ylitalo
“You doubled up without putting your stack at risk." Josip Simunic marveled.