Romanian player Nihat Karyagdi started today as the absolute short stack and he didn't make a big come back.
Tamer Kamel opened to 20,000 and was met by two all ins behind him. Both Sven Krieger (all in for 222,000) and Nihat Karyagdi (all in for 51,000 from the small blind) went for it. Kamel thought about it for some time but eventually decided to fold.
Karyagdi was at risk with his . His opponent, German player Krieger, had the best of it with his . Karyagdi flopped good with , but it wasn't going to be good enough. His additional outs weren't going to materialize with the on the turn and on the river.
We missed the action preflop and on the flop but saw Stephen Chidwick bet out 23,000 on a board from the big blind. Aleksey Ponakov, under the gun, made the call to see a river. The inspired Chidwick to bet 66,000 and after a minute or two of thinking, Ponakov made the call. Chidwick tabed
Andrew Chen has almost one million chips after eliminating Litauras Armanavicius in 58th place.
It was the Lithuanian who got the action started, raising to 21,000 from under-the-gun, next to act Chen flat called and Nikita Nikolaev (button) and Moshe Elazar (big blind) both came along too.
On the flop Armanavicius bet 50,000, Chen raised to 129,000 and when it folded back to him Armanavicius smooth called, with 240,000 behind.
On the turn Chen set Armanavicius all-in and he tank called.
Chen:
Armanavicius:
The Lithuanian was drawing dead to Chen's top set and the meaningless completed the board.
I picked up the action on the turn of a board to see Ana Marquez (middle position) betting 75,000 into a pot of roughly 250,000 and Tamer Kamel (cut-off) smooth calling.
The completed the board, Marquez checked, Kamel bet 135,000 and after getting a count Marquez called.
Kamel:
Marquez:
They both had broadway, although Marquez had been freerolling with her royal flush draw. "You're not supposed to have a jack in your hand when I have two," said Kamel. Before adding. "I should've moved all-in on the river."
A huge hand to tell you about from the feature table, one that saw a double elimination and give Ole Schemion the chip lead.
It all went in pre-flop with Schemion covering both players, Andrea Benelli was all-in for 207,000 and Igor Yaroshevskyy all-in for 277,000.
Schemion:
Benelli:
Yaroshevskyy:
Schemion had both players dominated and he only strengthened his grip on the hand on the flop, the turn ended the hand and the completed the board.
After that hand Schemion is up to 1,721,000 and is chip leader, other counts at the feature table include: Max Silver (597,000), Sergey Baburin (169,000) and Jorma Nuutinen (215,000).
Kevin Iacofano bet out 20,000 on a flop from the small blind. Next over was Ari Engel in the big blind who wasted no time bumping it up to 60,000. Morten Klein in early position thought for at least four minutes but eventually folded. Joao Simao folded the button and Iacofano pushed all in. Engel snap called and we again had a big showdown at table 1.
Engel had the for top pair and the flush draw. Iacofano had for the same top pair and the open ended. The on the turn took away some of Iacofano's outs and the on the river wasn't one of the remaining. Engel is now up to about a million in chips it appears.
Max Silver is up to 1,365,000 after doubling though Ludovic Lacay, who is now down to 649,000.
Lacay opened to 20,000, Silver flat called, Ole Schemion three-bet to 67,000, Lacay four-bet to 160,000, Silver shoved for 606,000, Schemion folded and Lacay called.
Silver:
Lacay:
It was another massive cooler at the feature table, the board ran and Silver scored a huge double.
Simon Mattsson open shoved the cutoff for 175,000. The button quickly folded but Artem Metalidi in the small blind made the call. After the big blind mucked his hand, Mattsson found out he was in trouble. The Swede must have hoped he would have a coin flip with his but that wouldn't be the case. Metaldi showed up with and wouldn't get in any danger: .
We arrived at the table in time to see Joao Simao making his exit, his cards were already face down, but Tamer Kamel filled in the blanks for me. Yury Gulyy was the assassin and did the deed after making two pair with the on a board. Simao, who got his stack of 166,000 all in preflop, had held the .
With 52,000 in the pot and a flop of , Russia Victor Sheerman checked from the big blind and France's Romain Chauvassagne bet 20,000 from the button. Sheerman responded by moving all in for 129,000 and Chauvassagne thought long and hard before making a seemingly reluctant call.
Sheerman:
Chauvassagne:
Sheerman got it in good with top pair, which was ahead of Chauvassagne's middle pair. The turn actually improved Sheerman to two pair, and he seemed confident in his position.
"Yes," Chauvassagne exclaimed when the spiked on the river. Sheerman was not fazed and quickly pointed out that he was good as he held two pair with jacks and nines. Chauvassagne pointed out that he had made trip eights, and it took Sheerman a moment before the realization set in.
Once it registered, he shook his head, vented a bit, and then headed to the payout desk in 52nd place.
. His opponent, German player Krieger, had the best of it with his 
. Karyagdi flopped good with 
, but it wasn't going to be good enough. His additional outs weren't going to materialize with the 
on the turn and 
on the river.
board from the big blind. Aleksey Ponakov, under the gun, made the call to see a river. The 
inspired Chidwick to bet 66,000 and after a minute or two of thinking, Ponakov made the call. Chidwick tabed 
board to see Ana Marquez (middle position) betting 75,000 into a pot of roughly 250,000 and Tamer Kamel (cut-off) smooth calling.
flop, the 
turn ended the hand and the 
for the same top pair and the open ended. The 
on the river wasn't one of the remaining. Engel is now up to about a million in chips it appears.
and Silver scored a huge double.
but that wouldn't be the case. Metaldi showed up with 
