The board read when we found Tony Gregg and Roy Bhasin heads up with about 10,000 already in the pot. Gregg checked fourth street only to have Bhasin fire 7,200 from the button. Gregg thought for a moment before reaching for chips and moving a call out to the middle of the table.
The hit the river and both players checked, allowing Gregg to table a winning for two pair. With this win, Gregg's stack has hit 110,000 while Bhasin's has dropped to 39,000.
On a board of , Valentino Konakchiev checked over to Noah Schwartz. Schwartz cut out a bet of 4,700 and Konakchiev stuck around to see the river.
The dealer produced the on fifth street and Konakchiev checked one final time. Schwartz bet 10,700, Konakchiev quickly folded, and Schwartz was awarded the pot. He's now sitting on a mountain of chips as he's worked his stack up to about 168,000.
We found Ole Schemion, who had called 4,800 on the button, contemplating a shove of 35,200 from small blind Mark Vargas. The German star decided to make the call and turned over . Vargas had , and the two were racing, with Schemion's jacks staying best on the board. A turn was a mixed blessing as it gave Schemion a set but put a combo draw on board for Vargas. The online qualifier bricked the river, and Schemion has tons of ammo now with almost 150,000.
It’s game day again for one of the greatest football players ever to walk the planet. PokerStars Blog catches up with Ronaldo as the former Brazil soccer great completes his transition to poker pro.
With the television cameras watching his every move, Dominik Panka raised the 2,100 opener from Raffaele Sorrentino to 4,800. The rest of the players at the table folded and Sorrentino made the call.
The flop came and both players checked. They would repeat that on the turn.
The river was the and Sorrentino, breathing heavy, a tan scarf wrapped around his neck, put out a bet of 5,100. Panka, the defending champion of this event, peered over at his foe and scratched the area above his upper lip and then pulled lightly on his lower lip. A look of resignation and his cards were in the muck as he queried Sorrentino about what he had.
Panka had 30,000 after the hand — still no reason to panic — but definitely some work to do if he is going to make a run at defending his title.