We picked up with the action on the turn to see three players looking down at . Scott Seiver was the first of them and he checked over to Vladimir Troyanovskiy. With over 19,000 already in the middle, Troyanovskiy fired out 12,500. A third player in the hand thought for about 30 seconds before mucking his cards. Action was then back on Seiver and he thought for a moment before moving out calling chips.
The completed the board and Seiver rapped the table. Troyanovskiy took his time cutting out one final bet of 19,000.
"Call," Seiver announced almost immediately.
Troyanovskiy rolled over for a straight to the king and Seiver threw his cards away. Troyanovskiy dragged in a very sizable pot that brought his stack to around 98,000. Seiver, on the other hand, now sits around just 16,000.
Superstar footballer Gerard Piqué has come back to Casino Barcelona for another go at the tables, and this time he's jumped into the €10,000 High Roller. Along with the FC Barcelona star, a few others names have taken seats in the field, including Mike Watson fresh off his deep run in the Main Event.
From under the gun, Gerard Piqué limped in. In the next seat, Frederik Jensen raised to 1,500. Action folded around the table and back to Piqué, and he made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down , and Piqué checked. Jensen bet 1,800, and Piqué called to see the land on the turn. Piqué checked, and Jensen bet 5,500. Piqué folded, and Jensen won the pot.
Jensen showed the for a flopped full house, to which Piqué smiled.
Abi Khaitan raised to 1,500 from late position and found calls from both Philipp Gruissem in the small blind and Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind. The dealer fanned a flop of and all three players checked to see the hit the turn.
Gruissem fired out 5,000 and Thorel folded. Khaitan called and the river brought the . Gruissem slowed with a check and Khaitan fired 5,000. Gruissem instantly released his hand and Khaitan took down the pot.
Gruissem has dropped to around 70,000 while Khaitan has managed to work his stack up to around 60,000.
Back on June 30, 2013, Spain took on Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup final. Brazil defeated Spain 3-0 to win, and it was Spain's Gerard Piqué who earned himself a red card for a tackle against FC Barcelona teammate Neymar. Because of the red card, Piqué is suspended for Spain's World Cup qualifier match against Finland that takes place on September 6. That leaves some extra time for Piqué to play some poker, but like in soccer, there are certain rules you must abide by when playing.
In a recent hand, Piqué and one other player got involved in some preflop action where there was a raise and a call. Piqué prematurely exposed his hand to show that he had the , misunderstanding that there was still action pending. It was ruled that the raise and the call would stand, the Piqué had to play the hand from here on out face up on the table.
The flop came down , and both Piqué and his opponent checked. Everyone at the table was laughing while this happened, especially with Piqué's hand simply laying face up in the middle of the table exposed. The turn was the , and both players checked again. Then, the fell on the river and Piqué's opponent bet 7,150, claiming, "No, check this time."
Piqué tanked for a little bit, trying to figure out if his opponent was bluffing him, or value betting and trying to get a call. After all, the player could see Piqué's hand. Eventually, Piqué made the call with the queens, and his opponent showed the for a weaker two pair. Piqué was awarded the pot, but he was also awarded with something else a little less rewarding.
The floor had watched the hand play out, and promptly informed Piqué that he had to serve a two-hand penalty for prematurely exposing his hand with action still to be played.
. Scott Seiver was the first of them and he checked over to Vladimir Troyanovskiy. With over 19,000 already in the middle, Troyanovskiy fired out 12,500. A third player in the hand thought for about 30 seconds before mucking his cards. Action was then back on Seiver and he thought for a moment before moving out calling chips.
completed the board and Seiver rapped the table. Troyanovskiy took his time cutting out one final bet of 19,000.
for a straight to the king and Seiver threw his cards away. Troyanovskiy dragged in a very sizable pot that brought his stack to around 98,000. Seiver, on the other hand, now sits around just 16,000.
and was well ahead of Aido's 
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and Adams was able to double with fours full of tens. He now sits around 16,000 in chips.
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, and Piqué checked. Jensen bet 1,800, and Piqué called to see the 
land on the turn. Piqué checked, and Jensen bet 5,500. Piqué folded, and Jensen won the pot.
for a flopped full house, to which Piqué smiled.
and all three players checked to see the 
hit the turn.
, and both Piqué and his opponent checked. Everyone at the table was laughing while this happened, especially with Piqué's hand simply laying face up in the middle of the table exposed. The turn was the 
for a weaker two pair. Piqué was awarded the pot, but he was also awarded with something else a little less rewarding.
and was up against Kitai's 
