It may have taken twice as long as it was meant to, and drew a crowd way larger than expected, but nothing would deny the Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov victory in the €2,000 Eureka High Roller. It was the second-largest tournament he has won in his storied career. PokerStars Blog has more here.
In the last hand before the break, Jeff Rossiter, who has been nursing a short stack for awhile now, all in preflop against Jonathan Roy.
Rossiter:
Roy:
Rossiter was in dire straits, and he needed some major help. The flop wasn't too special, but the turn was kind as it gave him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come in as the blanked on the river.
Rossiter made a hasty exit from the tournament floor in 109th place, and Roy stacked his chips before joining PokerNews' Kristy Arnett for an interview.
"I just won three big pots in five minutes," Roy explained about his suddenly massive stack.
Mike Adamo opened the pot and got one caller, Gus Hansen in the big blind.
They got to the river on a board of . The pot was approximately 80,000 and Hansen led out for 66,000.
Adamo sat back in his chair and put his hands in his pockets Was the great Dane at it or had he fallen into a trap? Hansen stared at the board giving nothing away. Adamo mused aloud as to why he would bluff on the river of a board like that. Adamo wasn’t prepare to pay the price to find out and folded his cards.
With the money bubble bursting, Dutchman Jasper Wetemans locked up the accomplishment of cashing in seven consecutive EPT Main Events he played in. The last time Wetemans played a Main Event and didn't make the money was in EPT Snowfest. That tournament isn't on the schedule anymore for a couple of years now, unfortunately we might add.
Wetemans had to settle for a min cash here though as he just busted. Finnish player Jorma Nuutinen raised it up holding and he called Wetemans' shove. Wetemans showed up with and didn't improve on .
We'll probably have to wait a while before we'll see Wetemans in action again. He's skipping on Sanremo and probably Monte Carlo. Next stop and cash Barcelona for Wetemans?
Carter Swidler raised to 8,000 and Jamil Kanji proceeded to move all in over the top for 48,500. The action folded back to Swidler who gave it some thought before ultimately making the call.
Patrice Brandt was sitting on a short stack and he decided to move all in for right around 60,000 chips. Patrick Fasching, to his immediate left, made the call and the other players folded creating a heads-up showdown.
Brandt:
Fasching:
The board ran out and Fasching raked in this pot as his aces held up.