Dutch regular Luuk Gieles was seen tanking in position for a bit on a board of . His opponent in the big blind had already checked, and Gieles had the option to check behind or bet. There was already quite some chips in the pot and Gieles contemplated what to do.
He eventually decided on betting 1,750. His opponent didn't need any time to think it seemed, he might have just done that when Gieles was to act. The big blind called almost immediately, but mucked with hanging shoulders after Gieles tabled for the wheel.
Jasper Wetemans has dropped down to 10,650 after he ran the nut flush into the straight flush of Jan Ramik, and it cost him more than he would've liked.
The two players had reached the river of a board and the Dutchman bet 5,600 and then opened his hand when he thought Ramik had called. He's actually put out 8,500 which was more than 50% of Wetemans' bet so was forced to raise to 11,200. Wetemans had already committed to a call so had to pay the extra.
"You have a straight flush?" asked Wetemans. Ramik opened for that very hand.
"Look," Oleksandr Gnatenko just said as he called your reporter on the scene over, "This guy shows me his HendonMob and says he has good results."
Gnatenko, who was part of Team Ukraine during the Global Poker Masters, is known for his fun antics and he gave Heinz Kamutzki a fun rubdown about his live tournament results while scrolling the page on his iPad.
"That was your best result?" Gnatenko asked Kamutzki when pointing at his 23rd place finish in the EPT 10 Monte Carlo Main Event for €42,850.
Kamutzki laughed and showed that his 2014 was actually his best year on the international poker scene.
For now Gnatenko however has some work to do, as Kamutzki has more than $1,000,000 in live tournament results versus the Ukrainian's $530,000. Interestingly enough however, Gnatenko has the biggest result of the two, a victory in a Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament in Las Vegas for $95,879 back in 2011.
As this tournament goes on we will keep an eye on the German and the Ukrainian to see who will get the best of the other.
New players keep strolling into the tournament room and the big clock just jumped to 460 entries for today's Day 1 flight. Together with yesterday's 260 players we're up to 720 players for the Main Event. Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2, which will be at 12:00 noon local time tomorrow.
On a board of we saw Jorma Nuutinen bet out 800 from the big blind. He received two calls; a player in middle position and the player in the cutoff made the call.
The river came the and Nuutinen now bet 2,000 by tossing in two red 1,000 chips. The player in middle position called, the cutoff folded.
Hiroaki Harada just raised to 300 before the flop and Jochum Weenink called in position from the button. The flop came down and Harada bet 525, Weenink called.
The turn was the and this time both players checked. On the river the hit and the action was checked again. Harada showed and mucked when the Dutchman tabled .
Weenink sits on 31,000 right now after picking up a tiny pot in the second level of the day.
In the secondary tournament area downstairs, Nikolaus Teichert experienced yet another bad beat story and then informed the German colleagues. Teichert had raised to 300 on the button and Nandor Solyom three-bet to 800, calling a four-bet of his opponent to 3,500.
On a flop of rainbow, Solyom check-raised from 4,500 to 9,000 and was called by Teichert before the fell on the turn. The Romanian continued for 9,000 and received a call before the remaining less than 7,000 chips went in after a river. Solyom showed for a full house and Teichert's pocket aces were cracked.
Joining the action on the flop, an Italian in seat 1 as well as Farid Chati and Eugene Katchalov out of the blinds invested 1,800 chips after the Italian had made a continuation bet. The turn was checked through and the action was checked to the Italian on the river, triggering a bet of 4,000.
Both Chati and Katchalov folded and then proudly got shown for a successful bluff.
The table of Goran Mandic features EPT 11 Deauville champion Ognyan Dimov, Dermot Blain and Govert Metaal. The latter just limped from the small blind and Mandic raised to 500, which was called by the Dutchman. On the flop, both players checked and Metaal then won the pot with a bet of 850 on the turn.
. His opponent in the big blind had already checked, and Gieles had the option to check behind or bet. There was already quite some chips in the pot and Gieles contemplated what to do.
for the wheel.
board and the Dutchman bet 5,600 and then opened his hand when he thought Ramik had called. He's actually put out 8,500 which was more than 50% of Wetemans' bet so was forced to raise to 11,200. Wetemans had already committed to a call so had to pay the extra.
for that very hand.
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and Nuutinen now bet 2,000 by tossing in two red 1,000 chips. The player in middle position called, the cutoff folded.
and his opponent mucked.
and Harada bet 525, Weenink called.
hit and the action was checked again. Harada showed 
and mucked when the Dutchman tabled 
.
rainbow, Solyom check-raised from 4,500 to 9,000 and was called by Teichert before the 
river. Solyom showed 
turn was checked through and the action was checked to the Italian on the 
river, triggering a bet of 4,000.
for a successful bluff.
