EPT Barcelona High Roller champion Thomas Muehloecker check-raised a four-way flop of from 2,000 to 6,100 and found one single caller to the turn. The Austrian moved all in for 16,025 and this proved to be too much for the opponent.
David Vamplew had got to the river of a board reading and checked it to the player to his left who bet 7,000 into a pot of 10,000.
Vamplew sat for a while staring into the distance. A few minutes ticked by before he made the call and was shown the rivered two pair before mucking. Vamplew let out a small sigh and his opponent said, “I know.”
“I’m used to it from you. That’s exactly what I expect from you” Vamplew replied witheringly.
EPT Loutraki finalist John Taramas bet 800 on a flop of and Joni Jouhkimainen check-called out of the small blind to see the on the turn. The Greek fired another bet of 1,500 and was called before the on the river got checked through. Jouhkimainen showed and that was enough to win the pot.
Eoghan O'Dea raised to 500 and was called by Mihails Morozovs on the button to see the flop of . The Irishman bet 750 and was called before firing 1,800 on the turn. Morozovs didn't go anywhere and tossed in the chips for the call.
The on the river should provide some fireworks, as O'Dea bet 3,700 and the Latvian raised to 10,950. O'Dea clicked it up to 27,500 and Morozovs moved all in for what looked like 38,000 in total. A few minutes passed and O'Dea indeed threw his cards into the muck.
Brian Altman emerged as one of the chip leaders after four-betting to 2,800 with pocket queens in the small blind. From one seat over, Ashley Mason five-bet shoved for 16,000 with pocket sixes and the board ran out jack-high to provide no hit for either player.
Mike McDonald called a bet on the flop and when it got to the turn of a board reading he again check-called, this time for 2,100.
The hit the river and when McDonald checked once more his opponent threw out a bet of 5,200. McDonald made the call but mucked when his opponent turned over for a rivered full house.
That put a bit of a dent in what was a pretty healthy chip stack up until now as a big pot got away from McDonald.
EPT Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin appears to be our current chip leader with 91,000 in chips and the biggest pot came off a rivered straight against Hossein Ensan. The EPT Barcelona third-place finisher of this year was away from the table but Hannes Speiser in seat one confirmed it.
Today Team PokerStars Pro Online Ike Haxton's playing another EPT series in Prague, but today we were more interested to hear when he played his first one. Haxton gave us the story and also looked back on that huge bluff he made against Ryan Daut at the 2007 PCA final table.