Tobias Reinkemeier bet 3,500 from early position and Jonathan Duhamel dumped 8,400 across the line on the button. The small blind folded, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier made the call and this brought Reinkemeier into the action as well. All three players checked the flop and we moved onto the turn.
Turn:
ElkY bet 18,800, Reinkemeier folded and Duhamel made the call.
River:
ElkY seemed confident when he made the bet of 44,400 but that confidence was soon wiped off his face when his Canadian stable mate moved all-in. Duhamel had the white haired wonder covered, and after a few dejected facial expressions ElkY ditched his hand.
"Show me a heart…show me a heart," ElkY begged.
Duhamel looked at his cards, smiled and said, "I do have one heart," before mucking his hand unseen.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 2,500 in early position and both blinds made the call. The flop was and the action checked through to the pre flop raiser and ElkY bet 4,600. Dieter Albrecht was seated in the small blind and called and the big blind folded. The turn was the and both players checked before we finally saw the on the river. Albrecht checked, ElkY bet 14,500 and Albrecht folded.
Talal Shakerchi raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Justin Bonomo and Will Molson called in succession. Artem Litvinov was seated in the big blind and squeezed out a three-bet of 11,000 which all three players called. So with around 35,000 in the pot we saw a flop of . Litvinov checked, Shakerchi bet 24,000, Bonomo folded, Molson folded and Litvinov made the call. That was the end of the action as the turn and river were checked through. Shakerchi showed for one pair but Litvinov took the pot with for a higher pair. Litvinov pointed to his Gods and gave the thumbs up to his young lady who is watching from the sidelines.
Two names have been added in Patrik Antonius and Erik Seidel. In order to accommodate them into the tournament, the staff has removed a player from each table and formed a new one. Here's how things currently look.
From the cutoff seat, Govert Metaal raised to 3,800. Dieter Albrecht called on the button and the flop came down . Metaal bet 4,000 and Albrecht raised to 12,000. After a minute, Metaal called.
The turn went check, check after the fell and the landed on the river. Again, both players checked.
First, Albrecht showed the for a missed flush draw that was now just ace high. Metaal showed the for a turned pair of tens after flopping an open-ender and won the pot.
On the next hand, Dan Shak raised to 4,100 from early position and Metaal called from the hijack seat. Albrecht called in the cutoff seat and Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the small blind.
The four players took a flop and action checked over to Metaal. He bet 11,000. Next in line was Albrecht and he fired in a raise to 26,500. Gurtovoy and Shak folded before action fell back on Metaal. He also folded and Albrecht won this one.