Vitaly Lunkin raised the button to an unknown amount with and Erik Seidel flat called holding the . The flop came and both players rapped the table to see the pair the board on the turn. Seidel cut out a bet of 300,000 and Lunkin flat called.
The river was the and Seidel fired one last bet, this time making it 650,000 to go. Lunkin called but threw his hand at the muck after he saw Seidel's pair of kings. Seidel scooped up the pot and now has about 9 million in chips to Lunkin's 3.8 million.
Steve O'Dwyer opened for 260,000 on the button holding the only to have Erik Seidel, who looked down at the in the small blind, three-bet it to 625,000. After Lunkin folded the big blind, O'Dwyer opted to make the call and saw a flop of .
Seidel was first to act and wasted little time in betting 600,000. After 30 seconds or so, O'Dwyer announced that he was all in for 2.445 million and Seidel quickly called. "That's probably not good," O'Dwyer said even before seeing his opponent's hole cards. Indeed it was as O'Dwyer needed some help. The turn was anything but as it gave Seidel two pair and took away the majority of O'Dwyer's outs.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river, the last card O'Dwyer would see in the tournament before taking his leave in third place for €355,100.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 260,000 from the button with and found a call from Vitaly Lunkin in the big blind with . The flop came and both players checked to see a turn. Fourth street brought the and Lunkin fired 280,000. O'Dwyer called and the completed the board.
Lunkin moved 500,000 forward and O'Dwyer called the bet. Lunkin showed his hand for top pair which was good enough to take the pot. By suffering this hit, O'Dwyer is down to about 2.6 million.
Vitaly Lunkin opened for 260,000 from the button with the and Erik Seidel opted to just call with the in the big blind. The flop gave Seidel bottom set and he chose to lead out with it for 325,000. Lunkin, who flopped middle pair, made the call.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Seidel used two hands to come out with a big bet of 950,000. Lunkin quickly folded. With that, Seidel, who was the short stack at the start of three-handed play, is now the chip leader.
Erik Seidel opened to 240,000 from the button with and it folded over to Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind. O'Dwyer moved out a three-bet to 650,000 with and Seidel thought for a brief moment before announcing an all in bet. O'Dwyer quickly folded and Seidel dragged in the pot, moving up to 4.1 million in chips.
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Busy Tournament Room here on Day1a of EPT Barcelona
On one side of the rail the “haves”, those already in the Main Event and enjoying themselves after a few levels of play. On the other side of the rail the “have-nots”, those stuck waiting in a registration line, a line that never moves, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
After Vitaly Lunkin opened with a raise on the button, Steve O'Dwyer moved all in from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded the big and Lunkin made a quick call.
Lunkin:
O'Dwyer:
"Upside down nines," O'Dwyer yelled to his rail, which included Scott Seiver. It was a flip and the crowd leaned in close to see the flop come down . O'Dwyer was still in the lead but needed to sweat to more cards. He did so on the turn, and successfully made it through the river when the harmless peeled off. Ship the double to O'Dwyer.
and Erik Seidel flat called holding the 
. The flop came 
and both players rapped the table to see the 
pair the board on the turn. Seidel cut out a bet of 300,000 and Lunkin flat called.
and Seidel fired one last bet, this time making it 650,000 to go. Lunkin called but threw his hand at the muck after he saw Seidel's pair of kings. Seidel scooped up the pot and now has about 9 million in chips to Lunkin's 3.8 million.
only to have Erik Seidel, who looked down at the 
in the small blind, three-bet it to 625,000. After Lunkin folded the big blind, O'Dwyer opted to make the call and saw a flop of 
.
and found a call from Vitaly Lunkin in the big blind with 
and Lunkin fired 280,000. O'Dwyer called and the 
completed the board.
and Erik Seidel opted to just call with the 
in the big blind. The 
and Seidel thought for a brief moment before announcing an all in bet. O'Dwyer quickly folded and Seidel dragged in the pot, moving up to 4.1 million in chips.
turn, and successfully made it through the river when the harmless 
peeled off. Ship the double to O'Dwyer.