Call them wunderkind, enfant terrible, or even nueva estrella, but whatever way you look at it, the young are getting younger at the top levels of the European Poker Tour. PokerStars Blog explains what is meant by this.
The first break of the day just started, play will resume in 20 minutes.
Dong Kim has gotten quite short, and he raised to 18,000 from middle position. Adrian Mateos called from the small blind, after which Philippe D'Auteuil called from the big blind.
The flop brought out 
and both blinds checked to Kim, who bet 31,000. Both his opponents called, and the turn was the 
. All three players checked.
The river brought the 
, and Mateos led out for 54,000, which made D'Auteuil fold quickly. Kim went into the tank for several minutes, before apologizing about taking so long.
Eventually, Kim folded and Mateos took down the pot.
After a raise to 25,000 from Andrey Andreev and a call from Bryn Kenney, Steve O'Dwyer squeezed to 130,000. Action folded back to Andreev and he pushed all in for 480,000 total. Kenney folded, but O'Dwyer made the call with the 
. He was up against Andreev's 
.
The board ran out 
, and Andreev forfeited his stack to O'Dwyer, who started the hand with 519,000.
O'Dwyer is now playing more than 1 million.
Igor Kurganov has been slowly building a stack today, and he just won another decent-sized pot to move over 1.1 million.
With John Juanda missing in action (he thought there was a break, but that was just the Estrellas High Roller and not the EPT Super High Roller), the big blind was up for grabs. Kurganov tried to take it with a raise to 16,000 from the cutoff seat, but Connor Drinan three-bet on the button to 45,000. The small blind folded, and Kurganov made the call.
The flop came 
, and Kurganov check-called a bet of 40,000. Kurganov check-called another 80,000 on the 
turn, and the 
hit the river. Kurganov checked, and Drinan checked behind.
"Flush," Kurganov said before showing the 
.
Drinan mucked.
Jason Mercier moved all in for 92,000 and he was called by Imad Derwiche, two seats to the left of him.
Mercier: 
Derwiche: 
The board ran out 
and Mercier hit the rail.
Thomas Muehloecker raised all in for 67,000 and was called by Ivan Luca. Muehloecker had the 
, and Luca had the 
. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Muehloecker successfully doubled up.
World Series of Poker November Niner Ofer Zvi Stern entered the tournament this morning after winning the "reverse freeroll" satellite last night, but he just took a big hit after doubling up Leon Tsoukernik.
After unknown action, it was Tsoukernik who ended up all in for 115,000 with the . Stern had the 
.
The board ran out 
, and Tsoukernik's hand held up.
[Removed:17] was all in preflop with pocket nines against the 
for Vladimir Troyanovskiy. Thanks to a queen on the flop, Troyanovskiy won the all-in clash to send his opponent to the rail.
Australian Alexander Trevallion had a bet of 64,000 in front of him on the 
board against Italian Mustafa Kanit. Kant thought for a little bit, then called to see the appear on the river. Trevallion announced that he was all in for a bit over 300,000, and he had his opponent covered. Kant, with a stack of 287,000 behind, went deep into the tank. After a few very long minutes, Kanit opted to fold, and Trevallion picked up the pot to move to 600,000 in chips.
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