Federico Castanola just ended up all in before the flop after a preflop battle against Belgium's Cheng-Wei Yin. Castanola was all in and at risk for 76,700, as Yin had him covered by 9,500 chips.
Castanola:
Yin:
The board ran out and the Polish player doubled up.
After scouting out the far corner of the room we noticed a few big stacks, including Gleb Tremzin, who's the current tournament chip leader.
One of the players at his table said, "I haven't seen him lose a pot," as Tremzin three-bet right away. The Russian player won that pot as well, without seeing a flop, and he's the first player with more than half a million chips.
As we arrived Natalie Hof was already making her way to the exit. Kitty Kuo was collecting the chips in the pot and when she was done stacking, we asked what had happened.
Kuo opened for 4,300 and Natalie Hof shoved for 20,900. Kuo called with off suit and was up against . The flop came and small cards hit the turn and river.
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We just caught Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst all in for 100 chips, and we stuck around to find out the whole story of her demise in this year's EPT Prague Main Event. After the dust settled we caught up with Swede Christopher Andler, who recapped all the action for us.
"She raised to 3,300 and I three-bet to 8,100 from the button," Andler started, as he managed to win all of her chips in the end.
"She called the three-bet, and the flop came down ," Andler continued.
Selbst checked to Andler who bet 6,600 and the three-time WSOP bracelet winner check-raised to 14,000, according to Andler. The Swede made the call, and on the turn another hit.
"She bet 25,000 with just 100 chips behind and I went all in," Andler said, "And she folded right away."
Andler, with a smile, repeated himself to emphasize that she folded with just 100 chips behind, and on the very next hand she was all in automatically
The action folded to Andler while Selbst was all in for less than an ante, and he raised to 3,500, getting the other players to fold.
Selbst:
Andler:
The board ran out and Selbst nonupled up to 900 chips. After posting the ante of 200, Selbst was all in for 700 on the next hand, and once again she was up against Andler. Andler raised to 3,500 from the hijack and the player on the small blind three-bet to 9,000.
Andler called the three-bet in position, and the flop brought out on which the small blind bet 11,000. Andler called the bet and the turn was the . The small blind fired out another 24,800 and Andler proceeded to move all in for 89,500.
After a while Andler's opponent folded, and he was once again heads up with Selbst.
Andler:
Selbst:
The river brought the and Selbst wished the players at her table good luck before leaving the tournament area.
Benjamin Richardson made it 3,500 to go from middle position and Alexander Lakhov three bet to 10,200 from the hijack. Gavin O'Rourke on the button cold four bet to 22,000 and the small blind folded. Niall Farrell in the big blind tanked for a bit but folded in the end, as did Richardson. Lahov instantly moved all in and O'Rourke called just as quick.