Bela Toth opened for 1,500 got one caller and then faced a raise from Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske to 6,800. Toth asked how much Luske had left which was slightly more than he had, about 23,000. Toth smiled in frustration made the fold to the squeeze and Luske picked up the pot without further fuss.
Michael Telker had just ordered three tequilas with the last of the money on him and was goading Dominik Nitsche to do a shot when they arrived. Nitsche was emphatic that he wasn’t doing one. Telker opened for 2,000 and it folded to Nitsche in the big blind. He would play a pot with him though and made the call.
The flop was . Nitsche checked and Telker made a bet of 2,050 which Nitsche raised to 5,700. Telker made the call and they saw a turn card . Both players checked and when the fell on the river Nitsche bet 8,000. Telker showed the and mucked his cards. Nitsche showed the and stacked the chips.
Danijel Jovanovic opened for 1,600 with just over 15,000 behind. It was folded to Torsten Pischl who has a lot of chips and seeing his opponents stack set Jovanovic all in. Jovanovic made the call to see he was up against the and ahead with his own . The cards ran out and Jovanovic was delighted with his late double up.
With one more hour to play for the day, the clock indicates 205 players are still active in the tournament. Given the fact that 341 started today, the average stack is just under 50,000.
We're not exactly sure what had happened but Sergii Baranov and Vladimir Geshkenbein were preflop all in for a 50,000 pot. Baranov was all in, Russian player Geshkenbein had his Ukrainian opponent easily covered.
And here comes the slightly odd about the situation: Baranov had in front of him while Geshkenbein had tabled .
Baranov seemed convinced he would hit though. "I have the nuts" he claimed. And so it would be as the window card was the . With the total board reading all Gehkenbein could say was "Nice hand sir".
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Marinko Skoric opened for 1,200 setting of a string of three other callers before it got to the blinds. Despite the price both blinds mucked and they saw a four way flop of . Skoric checked and Jose Lamarca Capa bet 1,000 getting a call from another player and Skoric. The turn card was the and again Skoric checked. Capa bet 2,700, the other player folded and now Skoric check-raised to 5,400. A call from Capa and they saw the river card .
Skoric now led out for 5,250 and Capa moved all in having his opponent covered. Skoric had just 10,000 behind and agonised. He made the call and Capa delicately turned over which was better than the that Skoric chose to show. They shook hands and Skoric headed for the exit.
. Nitsche checked and Telker made a bet of 2,050 which Nitsche raised to 5,700. Telker made the call and they saw a turn card 
. Both players checked and when the 
fell on the river Nitsche bet 8,000. Telker showed the 
and mucked his cards. Nitsche showed the 
and stacked the chips.
and ahead with his own 
. The cards ran out 
and Jovanovic was delighted with his late double up.
in front of him while Geshkenbein had tabled 
. With the total board reading 
all Gehkenbein could say was "Nice hand sir".
. Skoric checked and Jose Lamarca Capa bet 1,000 getting a call from another player and Skoric. The turn card was the 
.
that Skoric chose to show. They shook hands and Skoric headed for the exit.