Two hands have cost Maurizio Saieva his stack. First he moved all in and didn't get called. One hand later he repeated the same action from early position and one seat over, Vincenzo Scarcella called for 105,000. Saieva had him covered and the better hand in . Scarcella turned over the and found the necessary help on the board.
Shortly after, Andreas Goeller raised to 16,000 from under the gun. One seat over Saieva moved all in and the initial raiser had to call on pot odds with the . Saieva was not amused, but he was ahead preflop with the . He already complained in Italian about his bad luck the hand before. The provided top pair for him and the flush draw for his opponent.
Turn:
Needless to say that Saieva was not amused as he was drawing dead. The river completed the board, and he went about informing the other tables about getting called with seven nine suited.
From the hijack position it was Denis Pisarev who opened for 16,000. Spanish player Raul Mestre made it 42,000 to go from the big blind, but that wouldn't scare Pisarev. The Russian player made it 81,000 and Mestre called.
Mestre checked the flop to his opponent. Pisarev opted not to make a continuation bet and rather checked behind.
The fell on the turn and Mestre bet out a mere 40,000. Pisarev looked at his stack, and made the call. The fell on the river and Mestre checked. Pisarev was happy to be able to check behind and did exactly that.
Mestre showed for a pair. Pisarev happily opened and welcomed a bunch of new chips to his stack.
After being cold decked not long ago, Michael Telker has fallen in 43rd place.
The American moved his last 52,000 all in under the gun and Shyam Srinivasan isolated with a three-bet to 126,000. The rest of the field folded and Telker discovered he was in a bad spot.
Telker:
Srinivasan:
Telker had some kicker issues, and his best chance of winning was to find either an eight or hearts. Unfortunately for him, the flop was dry as could be. The turn meant an eight and an eight only would save him, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked on the river.
From under the gun, Jorma Nuutinen raised to 16,000. One seat over, Michael Tureniec three-bet to 40,000 and only Nuutinen called. The flop saw the check-call of Nuutinen for 46,000, he then check-raised all in after the turn.
Tureniec had bet for 105,000 and called with the for top pair and the flush draw. The of Nuutinen held once the completed the board and now the EPT Copenhagen has plenty of work ahead if he wants to win a second title.
Douglas Souza got his stack all in preflop and was up against a fellow Brazilian in Ariel Celestino.
Celestino:
Souza:
Souza was behind, but he was drawing to live cards. The flop actually paired his queen, which put him out in front of Celestino's pair of jacks. The turn meant all Souza needed to do was dodge a king and jack on the river, but that was easier said than done as the spiked.
Souza rapped the table, wish everyone luck, and then made his way to the payout desk in 45th place.
Michael Telker had flopped a straight with and had his opponent Federico Cipollini covered. Unfortunately for Telker he had flopped the “idiot end” and Cipollini had the rather smarter end, flopping broadway with .
The turn and river doubled up Cipollini and left Telker short.
From under the gun, Yordan Dimitrov announced all in for 159,000 and the action folded to Emmanuel Pariset on the button. He moved all in as well and the blinds folded.
Showdown:
Dimitrov:
Pariset:
The Bulgarian was in bad shape and the changed nothing with regards to the outcome. The stack of the Frenchman was counted and he had his opponent covered by 6,000 chips, seat open.
Jordan Westmorland opened for 16,000 and Vicky Coren made the call on the button.
The blinds folded and the two players saw a flop of .
Westmorland bet 18,000 and Coren called. The turn card was the and as Westmorland reached for chips Coren took out her earphones. Westmorland bet 37,000 and Coren reached for her own chips and made it 110,000. Westmorland folded.
“Nice hand.” Ariel Celestino said to his neighbour.