Daniel Dvoress raised in early position to 35,000 and and the player on his direct left called Dmitry Yurasov moved all in from the big blind for 357,000. Dvoress made the called and the third player folded.
Dvoress:
Yurasov:
The board ran out and Dvoress raked in this huge pot to boost his stack up to just shy of 1.4 million.
Sitting out of position against the chip lead is never an easy spot to be in, but Stuart McDonald just made it a bit easier by doubling through him. McDonald raised to 33,000 from the button and Olekii Khoroshenin three-bet to 80,000 after which the Aussie moved all in.
Khoroshenin called.
McDonald:
Khoroshenin:
The board ran out and that gave McDonald a big double up. Khoroshenin wasn't hurt by it too much, as he still sits near the top of the counts.
The former SCOOP Main Event champion Jude Ainsworth is into the deep stages of an EPT tournament yet again. But the man who has never seen two cards he wouldn’t play is this time aiming squarely for the final — and promises to make it worthwhile for his supporters. PokerStars Blog talked to “jthaddeus”.
People watching the live stream just saw Patrik Antonius blow through most of his stack.
He tangled with Rui Sousa in a hand where Antonius check raised on and Sousa made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Antonius shoved all in and got snap called. Antonius had not much of anything with his , Sousa had the nuts with the .
We just caught the end of a big in hand in which Finnish poker star Patrik Antonius went into the tank for well over 10 minutes, and well into the break, before folding in a huge pot.
The board showed when Philipp Kober was all in for 176,000 from the small blind, Anthony Zinno shoved for 417,000 from the under-the-gun position and then the action was on Antonius.
The Finn eventually folded, and claimed he had , and the showdown went as following.
Zinno:
Kober:
The river was the and Kober hit a flush to double up, leaving Zinno with a short stack.
Michael Eiler was down to his last 150,000 and lost those to Peter Eichhardt. Eiler raised to 24,000, Eichhardt three bet to 52,000, Eiler shoved all in, Eichhardt called. Eiler had ace-king while Eichhardt had jacks. No ace or king on the board and Eiler hit the rail before the break.