Not long ago Team PokerStars Pro Maxim Lykov was sitting on a healthy stack. We're not sure what happened, but on our most recent pass he was down to just under 5,000!
He got those chips all in against Dan Shak, who has his iPad in hand and usual pack of Tic Tacs on the table.
Shak:
Lykov:
Lykov was in need of some help, and he found some when the flop paired his nine. The turn inspired Shak to let out a little laugh, and he watched with disinterest as the completed the board on the river. It was a small hit to Shak's stack and a small double for the Russian.
Georgios Karakousis from Greece opened to 2,000 from under-the-gun and Irina Batorevich from Czech Republic moved all in for just over 4,500. It folded all around back to Karakousis who didn’t instantly make the call. Instead he flipped over into the muck and Batorevich added some valuable chips to her stack but is still left short.
The board read and Martin Kabrhel gave it a long hard look. He splashed in just over 25,000, a bet which had his opponent, Igor Yaroshevskyy, covered. Yaroshevskyy made the call only to see the nut flush of Kabrhel. GG and he hit the rail.
Andre Goldbaum was in the big blind in a heads up pot with Jonathan Little with the board on the turn reading . He checked it and Little bet 2,500. A call from Goldbaum and off to the river which fell . Final check by Goldbaum and Little continued the aggression with a bet of 3,300. Goldbaum called and Little showed but Goldbaum’s top pair was the best hand. The action went straight into the notebook of Little who was straight back in the saddle the next hand opening for 1,000. The only caller was to his left, Akin Tuna, as the blinds folded. was the flop and a c-bet of 1,300 won him the pot but wasn’t good enough to be jotted down.
Team PokerStars Pro Maxim Lykov opened the action from the cutoff for 1,000 and received a call from Georgios Karakousis on the button. Fellow Team Pro Vanessa Selbst then came in with a three-bet to 3,100 from the big blind, Lykov called, and Karakousis got out of the way.
When the flop came down , Selbst bet 3,800, Lykov called, and the appeared on the turn. Selbst bet again, this time 8,300, but she couldn't shake Lykov as the Russian put in the chips to make the call. The river didn't see Selbst slow down, but she probably wish she did as Lykov wasted little time in calling her 17,700 bet. Selbst tabled the , but it was no good as Lykov had flopped a set with the .
On the very next hand, both Team Pros committed 6,400 preflop and saw a flop of . Selbst proceeded to check-call a bet of 4,900, both players checked the turn, and the completed the board on the river. Selbst then moved all in and Lykov couldn't fold fast enough.
Meanwhile, Mikhail Korotkikh has been eliminated from the tournament.
Andrey Andreev limped in first position and Jeffrey Rossiter was having none of it raising it to 1,500. Martin Hanowski called next to him as did Haxton on the button, Andreev let it go. They saw a flop of . Rossiter continued the betting for 4,100 and it was heads up to the turn as Haxton called. The turn was and again Rossiter bet, now 12,000. Haxton just had one question, “Twenty five behind?” He queried and he was right. Haxton bet enough to cover Rossiter who mucked his cards.