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Andrea Benelli opened from middle position and Noah Boeken three bet. Someone behind Boeken smooth called and the Italian came along for the ride as well. Three way to the -flop where all players checked. The turn brought the into play and it was checked to Boeken who bet 4,700. The other player folded and Benelli raised it up to 10,200. Boeken made the call and the fell on the river. Benelli thought for a some time and then announced all in, effectively putting Boeken all in for his last 18,500. Boeken thought about it and then tossed in a single red 1,000 chip to indicate the call.
Benelli showed his and Boeken mucked, wishing his opponents good luck while doing so. Boeken, who just last month won the Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam for €306,821, told us he had ace-king and thought just nines would be a possibility for Benelli to have him beat. He never saw king-five coming apparently, maybe next time he'll be more on his toes when battling Benelli.
At about 9pm last night Dmitri Holdeew took down the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event for €226,400, having bested a field of 1,315. He'd have to finish fourth or fifth in the EPT Main Event to better that and the German, who lives in Vienna, has put celebrating his victory on hold to play some more poker. "No I didn't celebrate last night," he asked when I inquired if he'd had a drink last night.
Smart move as he's got 78,000 for a stack that's well above average.
It's getting to that point in the evening where players are putting their stacks at risk pre-flop with increasing regularity. Although Christophe De Meulder wasn't all in, his four-bet to 13,000 amounted to a third of his stack. You sensed he wasn't passing and Jakub Michalak must've realised this as he released his hand. Pot to De Meulder who's up to 43,000.
A couple of tables over Ioannis Apostolidis had three-bet shoved for 16,000 and Ka Kwan Lau, who had 1,600 in the pot already was weighing up a call. "You show one if I fold," asked Lau. "I'll show both if you fold and show me both," replied Apostolidis. Lau did fold, showing pocket eights as he did and true to his word Apostolidis showed as he took the pot.
For a lot of players at this stage they are in shove or fold mode, but on a few rare tables there are two or more big stacks who are still willing to duke it out with each other.
We joined the action on the flop of just after Ion Pavel from Romania seemed to have made a reluctant call facing a big bet from small blind Ciaran Burke, a PokerStars qualifier from Ireland. It was in the region of 5,000 and both players were sitting on stacks of over 100,000 with Pavel having slightly more. The turn card was the . Burke took his time to digest the card and bet a healthy 8,300. Pavel started talking to his opponent, trying to get a read or send out some information before making the call. on the river and Burke again took his time. He settled on a bet of 16,900 and now Pavel really started talking, going through all the options, asking if his opponent wanted a call. Burke responded, “You got ace, ten?” Pavel eventually settled on saying “I know I’m beat.” and made the call. He was right. Burke turned over for a full house and scooped a juicy pot.
Simon Deadman has had a rollercoaster couple of levels but at the moment at least it's one that's going uphill not downhill. He returned from dinner break with 100,000 but had dropped down to 38,000. However, thanks to winning two big pots against Jonathan Barusta he's back up to 110,000.
In the first Deadman raised to 1,200 from under-the-gun and then called when Barusta three-bet to 3,200 from middle position. The flop fell , Deadman checked, Barusta bet 4,100, Deadman check-raised to 11,600 and Barusta smooth called. The fell on fourth street, Deadman fired out a bet of 16,400 and Barusta folded.
Then a few hands later with the board showing Deadman (big blind) bet 8,900 and Barusta (early position) called. "I've got a nine," said Deadman showing , Barusta flung his pocket jacks into the muck as another pot escaped him.
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play four more hands before calling it a night. We're going to head down to the tournament floor to catch any last-minute action and compile a list of notable chip counts. Stay tuned for those as well as a full recap of the Day 1b action.
-flop where all players checked. The turn brought the 
into play and it was checked to Boeken who bet 4,700. The other player folded and Benelli raised it up to 10,200. Boeken made the call and the 
fell on the river. Benelli thought for a some time and then announced all in, effectively putting Boeken all in for his last 18,500. Boeken thought about it and then tossed in a single red 1,000 chip to indicate the call.
and Boeken mucked, wishing his opponents good luck while doing so. Boeken, who just last month won the Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam for €306,821, told us he had ace-king and thought just nines would be a possibility for Benelli to have him beat. He never saw king-five coming apparently, maybe next time he'll be more on his toes when battling Benelli.
just after Ion Pavel from Romania seemed to have made a reluctant call facing a big bet from small blind Ciaran Burke, a PokerStars qualifier from Ireland. It was in the region of 5,000 and both players were sitting on stacks of over 100,000 with Pavel having slightly more. The turn card was the 
. Burke took his time to digest the card and bet a healthy 8,300. Pavel started talking to his opponent, trying to get a read or send out some information before making the call. 
for a full house and scooped a juicy pot.
Deadman (big blind) bet 8,900 and Barusta (early position) called. "I've got a nine," said Deadman showing 