Monster Pot Sends Benelli Into the Chip Lead
We saw a commotion over in the corner of the room and made our way over to find out what it was all about.
When we arrive, the dealer was busy counting out chips while three players looked at the 
board in amazement. Another observer revealed that action had exploded on the turn, which is where both the shortest stack, Jacobus Visser, and Andrea Benelli, who had 30,000 or so, got their chips in against EPT9 Barcelona champ Mikalai Pobal. Based on the cards they had laid out in front of them, it was easy to see why.
Pobal: 
Visser: 
Benelli: 
Both Visser and Benelli had flopped sets, but of course the latter's was best. Meanwhile, Pobal had turned an open-ended straight draw to go with his flush draw. The river was a blank, and Benelli tripled into the chip lead while Visser was sent to the rail.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminado | |
flop, Tusha check-called 4,500 and both players checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Metaal moved all-in for ~16,000 and was snap-called by his opponent with the 
. The Dutchman flipped over the 
in defeat and waved good bye.
off suit against a very active opponent who woke up with pocket aces. Bad timing in what would be Pescatori's last hand.
. Marc Bebawi had 
.
. No added drama of sets, flushes or straights and thus two people got up from the table and one of 'em started stacking.
flop and Zsolt Vizsnyiczai from Hungary made it 1,200 to go. Mauro Corsetti called and then Niels van Leeuwen in the small blind reraised to 4,000 - both opponents call. On the 
river when van Leeuwen moved all-in for an almost even stack of 27,000 behind.
flop. The German fired on the flop and the 
river for 3,100. Fabio Scepi turned over the 
for the busted open ended straight draw and Finger raked in the pot with the 
.