Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree, who won this event back in Season 6, began the day as a short stack, and it didn't take long for her to get it in over at the feature table. She was in the big blind and squaring off against the UK's Oliver Price in the small.
Price:
Boeree:
It was a bad spot for Boeree, and the flop didn't give her much hope. The turn meant that she could chop with either an eight or six on the river, and much to her delight, the spiked. Boeree is still sitting on a short stack, but she is still alive and kicking.
Kimmo Kurko opened the action for 1,600 from the cutoff and was called on the button by Vyacheslav Stoyanov, small blind Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin and big blind Luigi Scamarcio.
All four players checked it down to the river on a board showing . Ramdin was first to act and bet 3,000. No one wanted to look him and the orphan pot was push to the American.
Shyam Srinivasan has an interesting table constellation as birth day boy Sorel Mizzi and Griffin Benger sit to his immediate left. Srinivasan raised preflop and then called on the flop before leading the turn for 6,100. His opponent called and the river was checked through. The opponent showed the and Srinivasan checked the board carefully before turning over the to win the pot.
The Canadian banter started between the three of them. "You won the hand, didn't you?", said Benger. "Yeah. I called the flop and bet the turn," returned his countryman.
Michael Tureniec is seated on a really tough table. Mickey Petersen, Dario Sammartino, Pius Heinz and Andrew Chen are seated at the same table, Sergey Rybachenko has already departed. Despite the tough competition, Tureniec is doing really well so far today.
Pius Heinz opened with a raise to 2,000 from early position and Dustin Graves from the US three-bet to 4,900 from middle. While the big blind was sitting out the hand, Michael Tureniec cold-four-bet from the small blind to 10,400. Heinz folded rather quickly, Graves made the call.
The flop brought the two and Tureniec continued for 5,800. Graves made the call and the American called the 11,200 bet on the -turn as well. The river was the and Tureniec checked. Graves quickly checked behind and it was time to table the cards.
Tureniec showed his and Graves silently mucked after one more look at his cards.
Three players saw a flop of . Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden checked from the big blind and the early position raiser Giuliano Bendinelli bet out 3,000. Pawel Brzeski on the button made the call and now Lodden raised to 8,300.
Bendinelli made the call and when Brzeski folded they saw a heads-up turn card the . Lodden looked over at how much more Bendinelli had, about 30,000. He thought for a while and checked as did Bendinelli.
The river card was the and again Lodden contemplated the board for a minute or so deep in Lodden thought. His bet of 15,000 was called by Bendinelli and Lodden turned over for the rivered full house.
“Wow.” Bendinelli said and showed the table his for a turned flush. That painful river now left him short.
Russian player Maxim Panyak opened to 1,600 and Roberto Romanello in the big blind was the sole caller.
Romanello check-called another 2,100 bet on and checked again on the -turn. Panyak checked behind and the was displayed as the river. Romanello bet a tiny 1,200 and Panyak reluctantly called after some thinking.
The seat of the small blind was empty as he just took a break. Alessandro Meloni had raised to 1,600 from the cutoff, and Steve O'Dwyer, who had nursed his stack up to 23,000 previously, three-bet in the big blind to 4,700 with the . Meloni moved all-in with more chips with the and the river delivered a flush for the Italian.
One of the floorman also confirmed the elimination of another big name not long ago. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier three-bet shoved with into the of Vincenzo Scarcella and could not improve. The same applied for fellow French Quentin Lecomte with the into pocket kings.
flop didn't give her much hope. The 
turn meant that she could chop with either an eight or six on the river, and much to her delight, the 
spiked. Boeree is still sitting on a short stack, but she is still alive and kicking.
. Ramdin was first to act and bet 3,000. No one wanted to look him and the orphan pot was push to the American.
river was checked through. The opponent showed the 
and Srinivasan checked the board carefully before turning over the 
to win the pot.
and Tureniec continued for 5,800. Graves made the call and the American called the 11,200 bet on the 
-turn as well. The river was the 
and Graves silently mucked after one more look at his cards.
. Lodden looked over at how much more Bendinelli had, about 30,000. He thought for a while and checked as did Bendinelli.
for a turned flush. That painful river now left him short.
-turn. Panyak checked behind and the 
. Meloni moved all-in with more chips with the 
and the river delivered a flush for the Italian.
into the 
of Vincenzo Scarcella and could not improve. The same applied for fellow French Quentin Lecomte with the 
