Talal Shakerchi busted and re-entered yesterday, but it turned out to be in vain as he had his fate repeated here on Day 2.
Shakerchi lost a good portion of his chips when Sorel Mizzi was all in preflop with . Shakerchi had him at risk with , but Mizzi managed to catch to win the race.
Not long after, Shakerchi shoved his last 72,000 from the button holding the and Patrik Antonius called him from the big blind with . The flop paired Antonius, but it also gave Shakerchi an open-ended straight draw with a flush draw. The turn didn't complete it, and neither did the river. Shakerchi missed his plethora of outs and hit the rail for the second time this tournament.
On a flop of , action exploded between Patrik Antonius and Dan Shak that resulted in the former being all in for 356,000. Antonius held the , which was looking to hold against Shak's straight draw. The turn gave both players a flush draw, though Antonius' was better. It didn't matter though, as the blanked on the river to give the Finn a double.
Soon after, Antonius opened for 25,000 from the hijack and Shak shoved for 246,000. Steve O'Dwyer then moved all in over the top, Antonius folded, and the cards were tabled.
Shak:
O'Dwyer:
Shak was in a bad spot and seemed to know his number had been called after the flop failed to help him. Fortunately for him, lady luck smiled upon him and the dealer burned and turned the . Neither player reacted, and both remained silent after the appeared on the river.
A monster pot just went down at the final table that saw Haralabos Voulgaris hit the rail and Martin Finger vault toward the top of the counts.
It began when Finger opened for 25,000 from the cutoff and Voulgaris three-bet all in for 209,000 from the button. The small blind folded and then Jeff Gross, who had both players covered, asked for exact counts on both stacks before moving all in over the top. Finger snap-called off for 668,000.
Voulgaris:
Finger:
Gross:
"What am I supposed to do there?" Gross asked of no one in particular before letting out a few expletives. Indeed, it was a big cooler, and there would be no surprises as Finger left both his opponents drawing dead on the turn after the board ran out .
Jeff Gross woke up with pocket queens again and lost again too. Gross had just 120,000 chips left and ended up all in against Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu.
We missed the hand when it happened, but we do know that Andrew Chen was just eliminated by the young German pro Ole Schemion. Chen got his stack all in preflop holding only to see Schemion wake up with . Chen failed to catch an ace and fell in 18th place.
Tobias Reinkemeier raised from the small blind to 55,000 and Viktor Blom called from the big blind.
The flop brought and Reinkemeier bet 75,000 and Blom called.
On the turn the popped up and Reinkemeier checked to Blom who bet 145,000 after a slight pause. Reinkemeier went into the tank for a while but eventually he made the call.
The river brought the and Reinkemeier checked once more. Blom checked behind and mucked when the German showed .
. Shakerchi had him at risk with 
and Patrik Antonius called him from the big blind with 
. The 
flop paired Antonius, but it also gave Shakerchi an open-ended straight draw with a flush draw. The 
turn didn't complete it, and neither did the 
river. Shakerchi missed his plethora of outs and hit the rail for the second time this tournament.
, action exploded between Patrik Antonius and Dan Shak that resulted in the former being all in for 356,000. Antonius held the 
, which was looking to hold against Shak's 
straight draw. The 
turn gave both players a flush draw, though Antonius' was better. It didn't matter though, as the 
blanked on the river to give the Finn a double.
flop failed to help him. Fortunately for him, lady luck smiled upon him and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Neither player reacted, and both remained silent after the 
.
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and Reinkemeier bet 75,000 and Blom called.
and Reinkemeier checked once more. Blom checked behind and mucked when the German showed 
.