Myro Garcia opened the small blind and Joni Jouhkimainen one seat further moved all in with a rather small stack. Garcia called with the and stayed ahead of the of his opponent.
Raise to 2,500, three-bet to 8,000 by Roman Korenev in the small blind and Myro Garcia four-bet to 21,000. Korenev moved all in for ~ 35,000 with the and Garcia had an easy call with the . The board provided no help for the Russian and he is eliminated for the first time today.
Steve O`Dwyer opend for 2,800 and got one caller in the big blind, Ihar Soika.
They saw a flop of . Soika checked and then called a bet of 3,500 from O’Dwyer.
As the turn was being dealt O’Dwyer began a conversation with a waitress and didn’t really seem interested as the came off the deck and both player checked. The waitress left and the river was the .
O’Dwyer turned his steely gaze on Soika who checked. The Irishman thought for a while before placing a bet of 8,000 on the felt and Soika mucked his cards.
After preflop raise and calls from the button and big blind, the flop is checked through. On the turn Kamer Tamel in the big blind bets 3,500 and Robin Ylitalo as initial raiser and Alexander Kopylkov both call.
The is once again checked through, Tamel shows the . Ylitalo tabled and Kopylkov flashed . "Next time," he said with a grin on the face.
On the river, Benjamin Pollak as initial pre flop aggressor called off the 12,500 bet from Jonathan Karamalikis and then threw pocket jacks towards the dealer with the showing face up. Karamalikis showed the for the winning hand.
Last but not least Martin Jacobson doubled up on his second bullet. On the turn he got it in with against the of Daniel Zack. Zack was already drawing dead and the completed the board.
Sure it was not the biggest pot of today but highlights the last couple of hours for Griffin Benger. The EPT9 Berlin High Roller champion played a lot of small pots to slowly but surely increase his stack.
In the latest example he bet 6,500 on the river and Konstantin Puchkov was curios enough to see and paid. Benger turned over the and ace high indeed won the pot.
We didn’t catch the preflop or flop action but Selbst had called a bet in position on the turn from Ismail Erkenov and was now at the river looking at a final board reading .
Erkenov bet 35,000 and Selbst went about working the puzzle out, shifting in her seat, shaking her head and studying the board. When all the pieces were put together she decided to make the call but it must have been missing a piece as Erkenov tabled for the turned straight and Selbst mucked her hand.
[Removed:17] busted for a second time and it was once again Jason Lavallee, who took his chips. It all went in pre flop with for "MissOracle" via four-bet shove and pocket nines for Lavallee. No help on the board and Lavallee stacked more chips.
Benjamin Pollak had about 12 big blinds left when he moved all in with . Dario Sammartino called with the best starting hand in Texas Hold'em and the Frenchman could not celebrate a miracle.
but was surely disappointed to see Karamalikis flip over the . 
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and stayed ahead of the 
of his opponent.
board provided no help for the Russian and he is eliminated for the first time today.
. Soika checked and then called a bet of 3,500 from O’Dwyer.
came off the deck and both player checked. The waitress left and the river was the 
flop is checked through. On the 
turn Kamer Tamel in the big blind bets 3,500 and Robin Ylitalo as initial raiser and Alexander Kopylkov both call.
is once again checked through, Tamel shows the 
. Ylitalo tabled 
and Kopylkov flashed 
river, Benjamin Pollak as initial pre flop aggressor called off the 12,500 bet from Jonathan Karamalikis and then threw pocket jacks towards the dealer with the 
for the winning hand.
of Daniel Zack. Zack was already drawing dead and the 
and when it was checked to him a second time Dion bet 3,700. Greenwood made the call.
and now Greenwood changed tack and led out for 8,300.
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for "MissOracle" via four-bet shove and pocket nines for Lavallee. No help on the board and Lavallee stacked more chips.
. Dario Sammartino called with the best starting hand in Texas Hold'em and the Frenchman could not celebrate a miracle.
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