A short-stacked Roman Korenev moved all in for 10,500 from the cutoff and received a call from Andreas Eiler, who had plenty of chips to spare in the big blind.
Korenev:
Eiler:
Eiler was ahead, but Korenev was drawing to two live cards. The flop wasn't particularly interesting, and neither was the turn. Korenev needed either a queen or jack on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked.
Simon Higgins from the UK opened for 2,400 and Vanessa Selbst raised him to 13,000. Max Heinzelmann four-bet from the big blind to 36,000 and it was back to the original opener Higgins. A five-bet to 90,000 from Higgins got Selbst out of the way and Heinzelmann threw his cards in too. The aggression of Higgins working a treat on that occasion.
They are instinctive to poker players, but sometimes these unwritten codes are broken, with catastrophic results for those who do so, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Thomas Muhlocker put the pressure on Steve O’Dwyer with an all-in bet on the river of a board showing . The clubs were out there, the straight was out there. O’Dwyer thought it over and made the call for his tournament life. Muhlocker turned over his , he had made the straight on the river. O’Dwyer turned over and they chopped it up.
A preflop raising saw PCA champ Dimitar Danchev get his stack of 71,800 all in preflop against EPT London champ Robin Ylitalo.
Ylitalo:
Danchev:
Danchev immediately regretted his shove, but his verbal frustrations ceased when the flop delivered him the lead with middle set.
Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Danchev doubled through Ylitalo, who was left with just 500 chips and eliminated in the very next hand.
Andreas Eiler moved all in and Roman Korenev clarified that he really was all in and made a half reluctant call with . They had similar stack sizes but Eiler was the one at risk with his . The board ran out and Eiler doubled and won a big pot.
Stipo Vladic had made it 22,500 on a board of and his opponent Martin Hanowski moved all in over the top of him with the bigger stack. Vladic looked pained and thought for a long time. The other players obviously respected that he had a genuine decision to make and gave him a decent amount of time, but eventually the clock was called. The 10 second countdown wasn’t quite reached when Vladic released his hand.
flop wasn't particularly interesting, and neither was the 
turn. Korenev needed either a queen or jack on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked.
. The clubs were out there, the straight was out there. O’Dwyer thought it over and made the call for his tournament life. Muhlocker turned over his 
, he had made the straight on the river. O’Dwyer turned over 
flop delivered him the lead with middle set.
turn nor 
river changed a thing, and Danchev doubled through Ylitalo, who was left with just 500 chips and eliminated in the very next hand.
. They had similar stack sizes but Eiler was the one at risk with his 
