On Thursday Dmitri Holdeew won the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event, good for €226,400. He barely had time to catch his breath before playing Day 1b of the EPT Main Event on Friday. He made it through in good shape and is having an equally pleasing Day 2. He's up to 166,000 and the only player who covers him at his current table is Team PokerStars Pro David Williams who has 238,000.
Max Silver is up to 160,000 after winning a pot against Anton Komarov. It was three-bet pre-flop with both Silver (hijack) and Komarov (cut-off) putting 13,000 in each before the flop of was dealt. On the flop Silver checked, Koarov bet 11,000 from his stack of 31,000 and Silver had a think. He uncapped his cards and peaked at them again, he left them at such an angle that you felt they were soon to be folded, but no he recapped them and placed a large stack of blue 5K chips over the betting line, to set Koarov all-in.
The Russian thought about it for a while before folding his hand, pot to Silver.
Victor Podofedenko had three bet to 8,200 over an open and a call when he faced a cold four-bet shove to 18,300 from Michel Dattani, a PokerStars player from Portugal. Podofedenko would be crippled but still in if he called. He made the call with his and faced the fearsome of Dattani. The board ran out and Dattani got a good double up.
Team PokerStars Pro David Williams was short on Day 1, but he's thriving on Day 2. Senior Editor Chad Holloway catches up with him on the second break of the day.
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Vadim Belov was stood up, the sign then of a man all-in and closer inspection revealed that he had shoved for 88,400 on a flop. Akin Tuna had already bet 12,500 and was debating whether to call the extra 75,900. After a minute or so he did indeed make the call.
Tuna:
Belov:
Tuna was ahead but not by much, according the PokerNews Odds Calculator he was a slim 53%-47% favourite to have his hand hold up. The turn gave Belov instant service and meant he was a 100% lock to win the hand and the meaningless hit the river.
Tuna is down to 113,000 after that hand whilst Belov is up to around 195,000.
After glumly nursing a short stack for most of the day, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov has managed to spin it up to over 130,000 unseen by the reporting team. He still looks pretty glum mind you but at least he is back in the action. Szabolcs Mayer opened under the gun for 4,000 and it folded around to Katchalov’s big blind and he put in the chips to call. The flop was and Katchalov check called a bet of 4,500. They both checked a turn card , and when the completed the board Katchalov opted to lead for 9,000. Mayer’s card’s inched towards the dealer and he finally let it go.
was dealt. On the flop Silver checked, Koarov bet 11,000 from his stack of 31,000 and Silver had a think. He uncapped his cards and peaked at them again, he left them at such an angle that you felt they were soon to be folded, but no he recapped them and placed a large stack of blue 5K chips over the betting line, to set Koarov all-in.
and faced the fearsome 
of Dattani. The board ran out 
and Dattani got a good double up.
flop. Akin Tuna had already bet 12,500 and was debating whether to call the extra 75,900. After a minute or so he did indeed make the call.
hit the river.
and Katchalov check called a bet of 4,500. They both checked a turn card 
, and when the 
completed the board Katchalov opted to lead for 9,000. Mayer’s card’s inched towards the dealer and he finally let it go.
