Novick shoved from middle position for roughly 10,000 and Yan quickly called on the button, and both blinds folded.
Yan:
Novick:
The flop was and Novick swiftly rose from his chair and slung his backpack over his shoulders. The turn was the , giving Novick more hope. He could now hit a four, a five or any of the remaining diamonds in the deck. The dealer burnt a card and dealt the which ensured the double up for Noah Novick.
As Dzmitry Urbanovich continues his heater, and Davidi Kitai was stranded at a retreat away from Monaco, the EPT Player of the Year race became anyone’s game. PokerStars Blog reports here.
A hand that began "way" back in Level 5 just concluded a solid 10 minutes into Level 6.
It initially began when Ami Barer and Ismael Bojang each put in 1,900 preflop to see a flop of . Barer check-called a bet of 2,200 from the hijack, and then led out for 4,100 on the turn. Bojang thought for more than a minute before making the call from the cutoff, and the four-flushed the board.
Barer checked, and the opened the door for Bojang to move all in for a little over 10,000. Barer, who is prone to take his time, hit the tank hard. Minutes upon minutes ticked off the clock,and eventually he folded his hand.
Late last week, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom was busy winning himself a million dollars online in a single day, a feat documented in the latest edition of PokerNews' Online Railbird Report. Today, Blom's in action here in the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event, and we decided to spend an orbit with the Swede to see if his live game is as good as his online shenanigans.
The orbit happened at the tail end of Level 5, and Blom was sitting with 20,950.
Hand #1 (Under the Gun): Blom folded.
Hand #2 (Big Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 1,000 and action folded to Blom, who also folded.
Hand #3 (Small Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 650 and everyone folded, including Blom.
Hand #4 (Button): A player in early position raised to 700 and Blom folded after action had folded to him.
Hand #5 (Cutoff): A player in the under-the-gun raised to 700 and Blom folded after action had folded to him.
Hand #6 (Hijack): Action folds around to Blom, who also folds.
Hand #7 (Lowjack): Action folds to Blom, he raises to 1,000, and takes down the blinds and antes.
Hand #8 (Middle Position): Action folds to Blom and he releases. Level 5 expired, which seemed like a good place to stop.
Clearly Blom is content to play patiently, which is definitely a different gear than we're used to. We'll see if we can't catch the young superstar in a notable hand or two as the day progresses.
We got to the table and Paul Hoefer had his head in his hands. The board was with the all-in player Alexander Stadler having the pot pushed towards him after he had tabled for a turned full house. The dealer had already flipped Hoefer's hand over but we were told that it was - his trips were no good.
William Foxen got his last 4,775 in with preflop and got action from an opponent in the big blind who had . The flop brought a few outs for Foxen's opponent, but Foxen held a blocker and neither player improved.
At a neighboring table, Mikal Blomlie got his last 9,525 in with against an early-position opener who put Blomlie at risk with . Blomlie had three outs but managed to flop a queen and survive.
At another table, mega-baller and EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller winner Erik Seidel grabbed a seat.
Viktor "Isildur1" Blom bet 12,600 on a completed board of from middle position, and Ben Heath wasted little time before calling on the button. The online superstar showed down and took the pot.
With one of the largest stacks within the Salles des Etoiles, 2014 WSOP Main Event runner-up Felix Stephensen can afford to play aggressively. Artem Litvinov opened to 1050 from the hijack, and Stephensen, who was sat one seat to Litvinov's left 3-bet to 2700. Litvinov quickly folded but showed the .
"The problem," he explained to his opponent, "Is that if I call and I am bluffing against you, it's not good for me."
"I think you had kicker problems," came Stephensen's reply.