In poker, it's all about taking. Taking risks, taking chips, and taking the lead for that first place prize. But what about giving back? Jennifer Robles spoke with some players who are interested in more than just money - using their winnings to help make the world a better place and they're encouraging ALL other players to do the same.
Nível: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
A few players had concerns that some of the shorter stacks were taking too long to make decisions now they were two off the money bubble and it was slowing the game down on some tables. They wanted it to go hand for hand immediately rather than wait for one more player to get knocked out.
Scott Seiver put the case to the tournament director but it was turned down as it had never happened before and they didn’t want to set a precedent now, no matter what the special conditions. Instead the floor made an announcement that the position of the dealer button had been noted on each table and if one was taking significantly longer than the others there would potentially be a penalty for slow play. There was to be no deliberate stalling.
There will be one more player to lose, then there will be a table break and the tournament will go hand for hand until the bubble bursts.
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A huge double up for David Peters, he shoved over the top of Anatoly Filatov's raise and got called.
Peters: 
Filatov: 
The board came 
and Peters was getting ready to flick his cards into the muck and leave but the 
popped up on the river and he survived.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
||
Philipp Gruissem opened to 16,000 preflop and Mike Watson called in the big blind with just 22,000 behind. The flop was 
, Watson checked and Gruissem wished him good luck before moving in.
Watson replied, "I call, I have trips."
Watson: 
Gruissem: 
The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Watson survived the abyss.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
||
Igor Yaroshevskyy raised it up under the gun to 16,000. Action folded to Andrew Chen in the cutoff who three-bet all in for 131,000. The other players folded and Yaroshevskyy instantly called.
Chen knew he was in trouble with his 
as Yaroshevskyy tabled 
just as quickly.
The flop would save Chen though: 
. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Chen doubled up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
282,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
40,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Alex Kravchenko was short stacked and found himself all in with just 
. He got looked up by Simon Higgins who had a far better hand: 
.
Kravchenko hit a ten on the flop, but not more than that: 
.
Kravchenko got up from the table, and with big steps headed for the exit.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado | |
|
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With 32 players remaining, and 31 in the money, it's officially bubble time now. One more player will leave empty handed, all others await a prize of at least €46,150.
Update to follow.
The board read 
and Martin Finger made a bet of 130,000 which was about a pot sized bet. Byron Kaverman went deep in the tank. If he made the call it would be for most, but not all of his stack. There had been an all-in and a call on a different table and as they were hand for hand there was no question about him stalling for time.
Still the minute ticked by and eventually Finger called the clock on him. With five seconds to go Kaverman released his hand.
Finger showed the assembled crowd his stone cold bluff much to the appreciation of Scott Seiver. Kaverman didn’t look too happy about it though.
