With 77,500 in the pot and a board reading , Haralabos Voulgaris bet 50,000 from the hijack and online star Christoph Vogelsang thought for a good spell before tossing in the call. Voulgaris tabled the for a full house, which was good as Vogelsang had a flush with the .
With around 65,000 in the pot and a board reading , Dan Cates bet 32,000 from the small blind and Talal Shakerchi called from the cutoff. When the completed the board on the river, Cates moved all in for his last 81,000 and Shakerchi snap-called.
Cates tabled the for the rivered nuts, and Shakerchi shook his head in disgust before showing the .
"I did get lucky for sure," Cates said of his runner-runner flush.
We happened upon the action with around 80,000 in the pot and a board reading . Martin Finger had bet 73,000 from the big blind, and action was on Dario Sammartino on the button. The latter thought long and hard, but eventually decided to fold his hand.
We missed the elimination of Igor Kurganov, but we can tell you that while one player exited the tournament, two more joined. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst has opted to reenter after busting to Daniel Negreanu not long ago, while another player from the Macau contingent, Lo Shing Fung, has jumped into the action for the first time.
Dan Smith opened for 4,500 and was called by Fabian Quoss in the cutoff and Jonathan Duhamel in the big blind. Three players saw the flop come .
Duhamel checked to Smith who bet 13,000 and only Quoss made the call.
The turn card the . A check from Smith saw Quoss bet 28,000 and with one more look at the board Smith smiled and folded saying, “Fabian, you’re playing great.”
Ole Schemion opened the hijack for 5,100 and Steve O'Dwyer made the call from the cutoff. Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind squeezed to 17,000 and action was back on Schemion after the big blind folded.
Schemion four-bet to 36,500 and O'Dwyer quickly released. Reinkemeier shoved his 135,200 stack into the middle, Schemion made the call.
Ole Schemion:
Tobias Reinkemeier:
The flop gave Reinkemeier a gut shot: . It would stay a gut shot though and nothing more than that: on the turn and on the river.
Ole Schemion is the chip leader, Reinkemeier is on the rail.
After an open from early position Ping San Chan raised it 10,000 and faced a four-bet from Igor Kurganov in the big blind. The original raiser folded and Chan clarified how much Kurganov had behind (90k) before making the call.
The flop was . and Kurganov led out for 19,000. Chan put a pile of T25000 chips over the line. If Kurganov wanted to continue he would have to put the rest of it in. He didn’t and folded.
In the first hand he has played, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu eliminated fellow Team Pro Vanessa Selbst. We're unsure where the money went in but as we arrived at the table Negreanu had made a straight on the river of an board with against Selbst's for a big pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened for 3,200 from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Igor Kurganov, who three-bet to 10,600 from the big blind. Mercier made the call and then fired out 12,200 when his German opponent checked the flop.
Kurganov made the call and the check-called another bet, this time 28,000, when the dealer burned and turned the . When the completed the board on the river, Kurganov checked for a third time and Mercier fired out a hefty 68,000. Kurganov hit the tank for about 90 seconds and then flicked his cards to the dealer.
, Haralabos Voulgaris bet 50,000 from the hijack and online star Christoph Vogelsang thought for a good spell before tossing in the call. Voulgaris tabled the 
for a full house, which was good as Vogelsang had a flush with the 
.
, Dan Cates bet 32,000 from the small blind and Talal Shakerchi called from the cutoff. When the 
completed the board on the river, Cates moved all in for his last 81,000 and Shakerchi snap-called.
for the rivered nuts, and Shakerchi shook his head in disgust before showing the 
.
. Martin Finger had bet 73,000 from the big blind, and action was on Dario Sammartino on the button. The latter thought long and hard, but eventually decided to fold his hand.
. A check from Smith saw Quoss bet 28,000 and with one more look at the board Smith smiled and folded saying, “Fabian, you’re playing great.”
on the turn and 
on the river.
board with 
against Selbst's 
for a big pot.
