In a battle of the blinds, Mamouni Smain moved all in for 35,100 from the small blind and Christoph Vogelsang called from one seat over. Smain only held the but got there against the of his opponent thanks to a board of .
Alberto Arbiol moved all in from under the gun for 22,900 and the action folded around to Dominik Nitsche, who announced the call. Arbiol had a flip with the and one player at the table said he folded a deuce. Nitsche's found an ace on the flop but that also provided the case deuce for Arbiol as well. The rest of the board ran out with the turn and the river to give Arbiol a double up. The player in seat seven smiled over and said "you deserved that one."
Action folded to Antonio Mitrotta in the small blind and he pushed all in for his last 28,300. Bryn Kenney in the big blind instantly called.
Antonio Mitrotta:
Bryn Kenney:
The flop came and Mitrotta was filled with joy, smiling ear to ear. The on the turn settled it, the on the river was there just for good measures. Kenney, despite parting ways with almost 30,000 in chips, is still up lots for the day.
According to the most recent PokerStars Presser, EPT Copenhagen champion Anton Wigg claimed his ninth EPT trophy last night after winning the €500 PLO Turbo.
Wigg defeated an 85-strong field - and stacked final table - to take down the event for €11,340. Among the 11 players who made the money were Jeff Madsen, Simon Trumper, Gordon Huntly, Felix Stephensen and David Breitfuss (who finished third in the €300 Malta Cup).
Congrats to Wigg on adding another "Spadie" to his collection!
Shannon Shorr opened to 6,500 from the hijack and Chris Hunichen then three-bet to 17,000 from the button. Shorr glanced over at the stack of his opponent and fellow regular from the US before moving all in. Hunichen's cards very quickly found their way into the muck.
Govert Metaal and two other players limped in before Anthony Venturini moved all in for nine big blinds out of the big blind with . Metaal was the sole caller with and found a queen on the flop to score the knockout.
"Are you feeling fine?" Patrick Jann asked over to Niall Farrell and the Scotsman replied "I am feeling great right now." Farrell is involved in almost every hand on the table and barely received any resistance thus far. Mihails Morozovs, who folded against his shove early on, doubled up with aces versus kings to get back up to where he started.
With the board reading , David de Abreu bet 15,000 for half the pot and Ludovic Geilich was sent into the think tank. Gilich needed several minutes to make up his mind and then folded to leave himself with 20 big blinds for the current level.
On the same table, Pierre Chevalier and Ferdinand Le Pichon have been able to increase their stacks. Chevalier just recently had a deep run in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, coming 14th for a payday of €35,000.
Brian Yoon shoved his short stack of 55,000 all in from the cutoff and Diego Zeiter, who was on the button, three-bet all in over the top for 95,000, which inspird both blinds to fold.
Zeiter:
Yoon:
Yoon was well out in front with kings, and he stayed there as the board ran out an uneventful .
Diego Zeiter moved all in for 39,200 from early position and the action folded around to EPT10 finalist Stefan Vagner in the small blind. He called and the player in the big blind folded.