A little while ago we spotted an interesting hand that involved defending champion Leonid Markin and Fedor Holz.
Markin raised before the flop to 2,400 at the start of the second level, and Holz three-bet from his immediate left to 7,500. The action folded back around to Markin, and he made the call.
The flop came down and Markin check-called 8,500 after which the turn was the .
On the turn both players checked and the river brought the . Markin opted to lead out for 17,000 and Holz threw in a big raise to 102,000. Markin folded his cards and Holz took this pot down.
Not too long after this hand Holz and Markin both got moved to a new table, but interestingly enough they were seated next to each other again in the same order.
Paul Newey made it 2,500 from the button and Anthony Zinno in the small blind made the call. Dario Sammartino in the big blind made the call as well and all three of them checked on . The popped up on the turn and Zinno bet out 3,000. Sammartino folded but Newey called in position.
The completed the board and Zinno bet out 7,000. Newey raised to 19,000 and Zinno called, only to muck after getting shown for the turned flush.
John Juands has bought into the €50,000 Super High Roller only a couple of minutes before the break. Perhaps he wishes he'd waited until after the break to enter because he lost the first pot he played.
Juanda opened to 3,000 from middle position, Vladimir Troyanovskiy called from the next seat along, and it was heads-up to the flop. Juanda checked and Troyanovskiy checked behind.
The turn brought the into play and Juanda bet 4,200. Troyanovskiy called. Juanda bet again, this time 10,000 on the river, but it wasn't enough to shake Troyanovskiy off his tail because he called.
Juanda turned over and lost to Troyanovskiy's superior .
While that hand was going down, Alex Bilokur took his seat at the next table across.
Daniel Dvoress opened the action from the cutoff and Fedor Holz made the call from the small blind, Mike Watson in the big blind came along as well.
The flop came and action checked to Dvoress. He continued for 7,000 and both players called. The fell on the turn and Holz bet out 9,500. Watson folded and Dvoress raised to 26,000. Holz made the call.
The river came the and Holz took the initiative again and bet out 65.000. Dvoress tanked for quite some time but folded in the end.
"That's gonna bother me for some time!" Dvoress said with a smile. "It's gonna bother me, and I wasn't even involved in the hand" Byron Kaverman added.
After Holz said something about the hand we couldn't really hear well, Kaverman added that he thought Holz had because he bet 65.000. The table laughed and Dvoress added that the exact same thought had crossed his mind as well.
We missed some of the action on this hand but table mate Luuk Gieles added some details afterwards, and then said "That's some action you don't see every day!"
In the last hand before the break, action folded to Ivan Luca, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet this past summer, and he raised to 3,200 from the button. EPT12 Barcelona champ John Juanda, fresh off his induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, then three-bet to 10,500 from the big blind, Luca called, and the flop came down .
Juanda bet 15,000, Luca just called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Juanda bet again, this time 30,000, and Luca thought long and hard before making the call. When the completed the board on the river, Juanda paused for a few beats before moving all in and Luca snap-called off for 123,900.
"Nice call," Juanda conceded before showing the for a missed gutshot. Luca then rolled over the for a full house and the double.
Juha Helppi's not off to the start he'd wanted, but he just got some chips back from Ivan Luca. It looked as though the pot between Helppi, in the small blind, and Luca in the big, was limped, and the flop showed .
Helppi bet 2,000 on the flop and Luca raised it up to 6,000, after which the Finnish pro made the call.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Helppi lead out for 11,000, and Luca called.
Helppi showed and he took down this pot with trips.
Joni Jouhkimainen opened for 4,000 from the hijack and Anton Astapau over in the next seat three bet to 12,300 from the cutoff. Action folded around to Jouhkimainen and he called.
Both players checked the flop of and the hit the turn. Jouhkimainen check called a bet of 14,000 before checking again on the river. Astapau bet 27,500 and Jouhkimainen quickly check raised to 99,000. Astapau called, but mucked upon seeing Jouhkimainen's .
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and Markin check-called 8,500 after which the turn was the 
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. Markin opted to lead out for 17,000 and Holz threw in a big raise to 102,000. Markin folded his cards and Holz took this pot down.
. The 
completed the board and Zinno bet out 7,000. Newey raised to 19,000 and Zinno called, only to muck after getting shown 
for the turned flush.
flop. Juanda checked and Troyanovskiy checked behind.
river, but it wasn't enough to shake Troyanovskiy off his tail because he called.
and lost to Troyanovskiy's superior 
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fell on the turn and Holz bet out 9,500. Watson folded and Dvoress raised to 26,000. Holz made the call.
and Holz took the initiative again and bet out 65.000. Dvoress tanked for quite some time but folded in the end.
because he bet 65.000. The table laughed and Dvoress added that the exact same thought had crossed his mind as well.
. Juanda bet again, this time 30,000, and Luca thought long and hard before making the call. When the 
completed the board on the river, Juanda paused for a few beats before moving all in and Luca snap-called off for 123,900.
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
and the 
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