The player in the cut off raised it up to 500 and Sam Chartier made the call from the button. Roberto Masullo in the small blind called as well, and so did Ronan Monfort in the big blind.
Both blinds checked to the initial raiser on and he checked as well. Chartier on the button bet out 1,100 and Masullo called. Monfort in the big blind check raised to 3,350 and just Masullo called.
With the out on the turn, the battle of the blinds would heat up. Masullo checked, and called as Monfort bet out 5,250.
The fell on the river and once again Masullo checked. Monfort pushed his entire stack in, and stared straight ahead.
Masullo thought about it for quite some time before tossing in three blue 5,000 chips. Monfort tabled his for the flopped set and Masullo added 1,750 and mucked to give Monfort the pot.
Among the most recent eliminations is Tim Finne who we caught on the rail. Angel Guillen confirmed the hand history as well after sitting next to him. Finne had just lost a bigger pot when he had to give up the river, and then saw the under-the-gun raise of Dmitry Ponomarev to 600. Finne three-bet to 2,100 in the small blind and got a call by the Russian.
On the rainbow flop with one club Finne bet 2,200 - call. Same for the turn with a barrel worth 5,100, and then the American moved all-in for his remaining 15,500 when the river completed the board. Ponomarev snap called to crack the of Finne with the for the back door straight.
The other players below have been sent to the rail as well in Level 4.
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Adrian Naya opened the button to 500 and Joseph Cahill in the small blind announced all in. While the black and red all in triangle flew through the air, the big blind folded. It was 9,350 total for Naya to call and he thought about it for quite some time. Eventually he called and the cards were placed on their backs.
Cahill knocked on the table as in defeat and Naya showed his . Cahill tabled his with a blush of shame on his cheeks.
The flop would put him in the lead though, and he wouldn't forfeit that anymore. The on the turn and on the river were blanks, and Cahill doubled up.
Vincenzo Scarcella, the dapper Italian gentleman in a suit and tie, opened for 550. Quentin Lecomte, a young French player on his immediate left in a hoody and earphones raised him to 1,500. Scarcella made the call and the two players saw a flop of .
Both players checked and saw a turn card . Scarcella checked and Lecomte threw out a bet of 2,100. Back to the older player, Scarcella check-raised to 4,200.
Lecomte threw his hand in, and as the chips were pushed his way Scarcella tossed the face up on the felt.
Artem Metalidi raised preflop from under the gun, and one seat over, Hugo Felix three-bet to 1,300. The cutoff called as well as Christopher Lachave in the big blind. Metalidi then four-bet to 3,900 and only the cutoff and big blind called to see the flop.
Lachave open-shoved for 23,575 chips and Metalidi asked the cold caller in the cutoff how many chips he had behind before moving all-in himself. The cutoff quickly folded and Lachave turned over the ... Metalidi had that beat with the and immediately killed all hopes for a flush with the turn. The was meaningless and Metalidi emerged as the chip leader with 72,000.
Andrea Dato had made it 500 preflop and got three callers including Enrico Mosca. The flop of saw Dato continue for 650 and with Mosca the only caller the two Italians went heads up to the turn.
The saw Dato continue for 1,100 and again get a call. When the river came the a last bet of 1,400 from Dato saw Mosca again call him down but he shook his head and mucked when Dato announced “Jack.” The he flipped over saw the pot pushed his way.
Considering their stack sizes there was potential for a lot more drama than first appeared.
Today's Julian Track. Photo courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
The EPT Prague champion told us he would never play another live poker tournament. But if that's so, who is the guy who looks like Julian Track, sounds like Julian Track and is called Julian Track playing today's event? PokerStars Blog wants to know.
On a flop three players checked. EPT Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin bet out 900 from the blinds as soon as the fell on the turn. After one player folded, Candido Goncalves made the call in position.
The river was the and Khoroshenin bet out 1,800, Goncalves called instantly.
Khoroshenin showed his and for a second we thought the Ukrainian won the hand. No luck for him though, Goncalves eventually turned over and took it down.