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.
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.
PokerStars player Simon Ravnsbaek had three-bet from the button Davide Suriano’ s opening bet to 1,450. Back on the Italian, he four-bet to 3,300. The Danish Pro made the call and the two players saw a flop of:
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Suriano continued after a pause for a bet of 4,000 and rested his cheek on his left hand. Ravnsbaek responded by moving a bet of 8,600 forward, but when Suriano pushed the rest of his chips over the line the PokerStars player quickly folded.
It wasn't that long ago when Joseph Cahill doubled up rather lucky and was back to 20,000. However he is now gone as we just got the media card. EPT Prague champion Julian Track bumped his stack to 60,000 as a result after flopping top set with pocket queens and Cahill's attempt with and middle pair went wrong.
Simon Ravnsbaek opened for 450 under the gun and received calls from a middle-position player and the hijack. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst came along from the button, and after both blinds folded, four players saw a flop of .
Three checks put action on Selbst, and she bet 1,200. Ravnsbaek called, the other two players folded, and then it went check-check on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Ravnsbaek bet 2,500 and Selbst thought for a bit before making the call.
Ravnsbaek tabled the for a missed straight draw, which meant Selbst's was good.
"I already folded ace high to you when I'm pretty sure I was good," Selbst explained.
We only arrived on the turn to see Luigi Scamarcio bet 2,500 and John Haigh check-call from the big blind. Both then checked the river, Scamarcio showed and that was good versus . Just about 7,000 in chips for the clash of these two premium hands.
Sam Chartier opened the cutoff to 500 and Roberto Masullo on the button, Ronan Monfort in the small blind, and the big blind all called.
It was the hand right after the hand where Monfort doubled with a set of fours, and the fours would come out again; . Action checked to Chartier who dared to make a 850 continuation bet. Just Monfort made the call, both other players folded.
Monfort and Chartier checked the on the turn and the hit the felt. Monfort and Chartier once again checked and Chartier took it down showing for quads with a king. Monfort mucked his , still smiling after the big double up the hand before.
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Adrian Mateos is the reigning WSOPE Main Event champion and just increased his stack to 72,000. Preflop he opened from the button and the big blind three-bet. Call by the Spaniard. On the flop Sergey Tikhonov continued for another 1,500 and Mateos called to do so again on the turn for 5,000.
The river completed the board and the Russian fired 12,400 with another 7,800 behind. Mateos moved all in with the by far superior stack and eventually inspired a fold from his opponent. He showed for king high!
Finnish PokerStars player Jorma Nuutinen opened and was then raised by 2011 WSOP Champ Pius Heinz to 1,500. Nuutinen made the call and the two players went heads-up to a flop of .
Nuutinen check called a bet of 1,300 from Heinz and they saw a turn card . Both players checked and when the river came the Nuutinen decided to lead out for 2,500.
A visibly frustrated Heinz pushed his cards away forcefully towards the dealer to relinquish the pot.