On the flop in a four-way limped pot, the big blind checked, and then Ben Grise led with a bet of 2,700. Tomas Junek raised to 7,000 behind him, and then Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree folded. The big blind also folded, and action fell back on Grise. He reraised all in, but was called by Junek.
Junek tabled the for a flopped straight. Grise had the for top two pair. Junek was the player at risk.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Junek dodged Grise's full house outs and successfully doubled up. Grise dropped to 34,000.
We caught up with the hand after Dibella bet 30,000 into a pot of roughly 70,000 with the board reading . His opponent tanked for about two minutes before calling. Dibella tabled for a flush, his opponent mucked, and Dibella collected the pot.
Vitor Martins Dzivielevski raised to 3,200 from the button and Tim Reilly called from the small blind. Marcio Cid Holanda three-bet to 10,300 from the big blind and Dzivielevski called. Reilly let his hand go and the two were left heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Holanda continued for 13,000. Dzivielevski flatted and the fell on fourth street. Two checks meant that the would finish off the board on the river and Holanda put out a final bet of 25,000. Dzivielevski let his hand go and Holanda dragged in the pot, bringing his stack to around 140,000.
Four players took a flop of , including Chris Klodnicki and Renato Almeida. The action checked to Almeida, who tossed out 6,700, and only Klodnicki made the call.
The turn was the , both players knuckled, and the completed the board. Klodnicki casually flicked forward 15,000 in blue T5,000 chips, and Almeida made the call.
Klodnicki showed for kings and queens, and Almeida mucked his hand.
The 2013 World Series of Poker One Drop High Roller runner-up now has 215,000 chips.
A player raised to 3,300 and two players called before Maria Ho three-bet to 11,900 from the button. Amanda Musumeci four-bet all in from the small blind for 64,100 and slowly but surely the action was folded back around to Ho.
Ho went into the tank for about two minutes, but ultimately she let go of her hand. Despite giving up during this hand Ho has a mountain of chips and she's among the current chip leaders.
With the board reading , Max Silver was pitted against one opponent and faced with a bet of 14,100. Silver opted to raise to 40,000, and his opponent went into the tank before eventually folding his hand.
"Ahhh! England one, Germany zero!" proclaimed Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes from across the table.
Silver collected the pot with a smile and moved to 172,000 in chips.
PokerStars Blog catches up with Morgan Crosta, who booked his ticket to the Bahamas for $15 and now just happens to be chip leader as Day 2 draws towards its final level.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated January 2, 2014):
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Place
Player
Points
1
Thomas Muhlocker
350.68 pts
2
David Benefield
321.18 pts
3
Ole Schemion
311.62 pts
4
Jeff Rossiter
258.92 pts
5
Joao Barbosa
257.14 pts
6
Kenny Hallaert
253.87 pts
7
Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos
251.08 pts
8
Jonathan Duhamel
243.35 pts
9
Timothy Adams
222.31 pts
10
Frederik Brink Jensen
209.90 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
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flop in a four-way limped pot, the big blind checked, and then Ben Grise led with a bet of 2,700. Tomas Junek raised to 7,000 behind him, and then Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree folded. The big blind also folded, and action fell back on Grise. He reraised all in, but was called by Junek.
for a flopped straight. Grise had the 
for top two pair. Junek was the player at risk.
, and the river was the 
. Junek dodged Grise's full house outs and successfully doubled up. Grise dropped to 34,000.
. His opponent tanked for about two minutes before calling. Dibella tabled 
fell on fourth street. Two checks meant that the 
would finish off the board on the river and Holanda put out a final bet of 25,000. Dzivielevski let his hand go and Holanda dragged in the pot, bringing his stack to around 140,000.
, including Chris Klodnicki and Renato Almeida. The action checked to Almeida, who tossed out 6,700, and only Klodnicki made the call.
, both players knuckled, and the 
, Max Silver was pitted against one opponent and faced with a bet of 14,100. Silver opted to raise to 40,000, and his opponent went into the tank before eventually folding his hand.
