A player limped from under the gun, Jarod Ludemann called on his direct left, Dan Shak tossed in a call from the hijack seat, and Dan Smith raised to 2,200 in the cutoff. The under-the-gun limper called, Ludemann folded, and Shak called.
The flop fell , the player under the gun checked, and Shak announced, "all in."
"How much?" Smith asked immediately.
Shak pushed his chips forward, and the dealer broke them down to reveal that the commodities trader had open-shoved for 12,925. Smith mulled the decision over for a bit - it would've cost him the majority of his stack - and ultimately folded. The player under the gun quickly called, having Shak slightly covered.
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Shak was a dog on the flop, but the turn was the , giving him trip eights. The completed the board, and Shak, who reached the final table of this event last year, doubled back to a starting stack.
Max Lehmanski and an opponent were heads up on a board of . The German tossed out a bet of 8,000, his opponent called, and Lehmanski showed for a single pair of nines.
The player held onto his cards for an extra 10 seconds or so before sending them spiraling into the muck, and Lehamanski picked up the pot.
There was a bit of a commotion at the table right in front of the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, and when we rose to investigate the situation, we saw that there was a three-way all in in progress.
The money went in on a flop of , and Jason Tompkins, who was at risk for 30,800, was ahead with . Another player showed for an open-ended straight draw, and both players were covered by a third who had for a flush draw.
The turned, giving Tompkins an unbeatable full house. The player with jacks could still survive with a brick on the river, but the completed the board, sending him to the rail.
Tompkins, who is 20th on the Irish all-time money list, was shipped the massive pot, and now has over six figures.
With around 9,000 in the pot and a board reading , Martin Finger bet 3,000 and received a call from his opponent in the big blind. The German tabled the for two pair, and the big blind seemed crestfallen that Finger's flopped flush draw had somehow turned into a runner-runner two pair. It was obviously good and Finger was pushed the pot after the big blind mucked.
Joe Kuether was faced with a small all-in bet preflop, and quickly made the call with . His opponent rolled over a dominated , and Kuether's hand held up as the board ran out .
Earlier today online legend Viktor "Isildur1" Blom was stuck in reverse. The Swede quickly lost 2/3 of his starting stack and seemed as if he wasn't overly invested in the tournament. That's all seemed to change here in Level 4 as Blom is mixing it up and quickly chipping up.
In a recent hand, a preflop raising war between Blom and his opponent resulted in the latter being all in for roughly 8,300.
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It was a race, and in this hand Blom was the one to cross the finish line after the board ran out a safe . Blom scored the knockout and is nearly back up to the starting stack.
On the flop, one player checked, and then Fabian Quoss checked. Jamie Pickering bet 1,200, and the fourth player involved called. The first player and Quoss folded.
The turn was the , and Pickering bet 3,000. His only opponent left folded, and Pickering picked up the pot.