When we approached the table, the two of them were already allin and all the cards were already out. We're not sure when the chips went in, but in the end Alex Bilokur won with his , that's for sure. Oleksii Khoroshenin had and couldn't beat Bilokur's turned flush: .
PokerStars sent us the list of players who reentered. The €46,150 players receive for min cashing this event, will not be enough to get these players into the black:
On a flop of Pascal Lefrancois checked it over to Timothy Adams who bet 18,200. Lefrancois made the call.
The river card was the and a last check from Lefrancois saw Adams move all in. Lefrancois mulled it over for a bit but he flicked his cards out in front of him to make the fold.
Artem Litvinov likes to be the centre of attention, the table captain and the joker in the pack. Today though, so far he has been unusually subdued. Sometimes with his earphones plugged in, sometimes without, he has largely been keeping his own council.
Sat on his immediate right is Michael Telker, himself a talkative fellow but in a slightly different way as he likes to play the naïf nit to the other seemingly more experienced and aggressive players. Telker too though has been keeping schtum.
Perhaps it is the fact that the prize pool has been announced and no one has yet made the money. The thought of a €1,105,000 would probably focus most minds on the task at hand.
Dan Smith in middle position and Govert Metaal got their stacks in before the flop. Metaal was the fevorite by a mile holding . Smith had and needed some help to eliminate the sole Dutchman playing today.
on the board and Metaal's aces held up. Smith had to forfeit 122,500 of his chips, but still has some to play with.
Things are going pretty quick around here, players keep busting out and others are finding double ups. Watson is one of the latter group as he just doubled through Oleksii Khoroshenin.
Watson found himself all in with and was up against Khoroshenin's . Watson paired his ace on the flop, and the two remaining jacks stayed in the deck: .
JC Alvarado raised it up to 9,000 before the flop from the under the gun plus two position. Action folded to Martin Finger in the small blind who three-bet to 27,500, and Alvarado called.
Finger fired 25,500 on and Alvarado called. The 100,000 pot wouldn't get bigger than that, both players checked the on the turn and on the river.
Finger reluctantly showed and wasn't going to win the pot with the second nut low. Alvarado had and took it down.
Govert Metaal opened for 4,000 and was raised to 14,000 by Paul Klann in the cutoff. The blinds folded and Metaal made the call.
The flop was and Metaal check-called a bet of 18,000 from Klann. They both checked the turn and the river . With no action on the river Metaal was obliged to show first. He turned over for a full house.
, that's for sure. Oleksii Khoroshenin had 
and couldn't beat Bilokur's turned flush: 
.
Pascal Lefrancois checked it over to Timothy Adams who bet 18,200. Lefrancois made the call.
and a last check from Lefrancois saw Adams move all in. Lefrancois mulled it over for a bit but he flicked his cards out in front of him to make the fold.
. Smith had 
and needed some help to eliminate the sole Dutchman playing today.
on the board and Metaal's aces held up. Smith had to forfeit 122,500 of his chips, but still has some to play with.
and was up against Khoroshenin's 
. Watson paired his ace on the flop, and the two remaining jacks stayed in the deck: 
.
and Alvarado called. The 100,000 pot wouldn't get bigger than that, both players checked the 
on the turn and 
on the river.
and wasn't going to win the pot with the second nut low. Alvarado had 
and took it down.
and the river 
for a full house.
