On Wednesday, August 26, all staff and players are required to undergo an antigen test when they arrive at the Merit Royal Hotel, Casino and Spa as per local regulations during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The testing facilities will be located at the entrance or in the lobby of the hotel and will be open from noon until 5 p.m. local time.
Ali Imsirovic had raised from the cutoff and David Stamm was all-in from the small blind for 595,000. Shao Hua Zhan was down to his last 20,000 in the big blind for Imsirovic to make the call.
Shao Hua Zhan:
David Stamm:
Ali Imsirovic:
The board ran out for Stamm to hold with the higher kicker as no one hit a pair to eliminate Zhan as the bubble boy while earning a full double through Imsirovic.
The 12 remaining players are now in the money and play continued to finish this level before the day will end.
Sergio Aido raised to 200,000 from the hijack, keeping 30,000 behind and Christoph Vogelsang was the only one to make the call on the button.
The flop came for Aido to tank and then check. Vogelsang took a few seconds too and then put Aido all-in. Aido used a time bank card while keeping an eye on the other table but when no action developed there, he decided to make the call.
Sergio Aido:
Christoph Vogelang:
The turn was the to not help Aido as he was left with three outs but the river completed the board with the for Vogelsang to improve his overpair to a set to bust Aido in twelft place.
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Vladi Chaoulov defended his big blind,
The flop came , Chaoulov check-raised the 40,000 continuation-bet of Vogelsang to 150,000 and got called.
They then both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Chaoulov bet 300,000 for Vogelsang to tank for a while and then make the call. Chaoulov checked his cards for the last time and then flicked them into the muck. Vogelsang asked the dealer if he should still show. She said it wasn't necessary. He still showed the for the pair of nines.
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Saman Nakhjavani called on the button. Johan Guilbert three-bet to 240,000 from the small blind and only Vogelsang made the call.
The flop came , Guilbert tanked by using two time bank cards and then opted to check. Vogelsang bet 130,000 for Guilbert to call.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river completed the board with the for Guilbert to check for the last time. Vogelsang shoved with the bigger stack for Guilbert to snap-call. Vogelsang tabled the for the flopped set but Guilbert held the for the higher set. Guilbert had 540,000 behind to double up for.