On a board of , and with the pot only 5,150, Gustav Nordh overbet the pot for 7,500, before Sylvain Loosli moved all-in for 26,975. Nordh thought for a while before calling in what was a pot just over 100 big blinds!
Nordh:
Loosli:
Both had flush draws, but Nordh was ahead owing to his flopped pair. Loosli had outs, but the didn't help him, nor did the on the river and Loosli was eliminated
Ari Engel raised to 1,225 and Kelvin Kerber flat-called before the action reached jaroslaw Sikora. The Pole jammed for 12,500 out of the big blind and Engel reshoved with Kerber snap-calling for around 30,000 chips himself.
Sikora:
Kerber:
Engel:
The dealer told Kerber to push forward his stack while the Brazilian wasn't worried about losing. "I don't know, I have been running pretty good lately," Engel said and picked up a gutshot on the flop . However, the turn and river blanked to bust Sikora and let Kerber more than double.
Felipe "Mojave" Ramos raised to 1,200 from the button and Igor Kurganov called out of the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn before Kurganov checked the river. The Friend of PokerStars bet 1,500 and then folded to a check-raise worth 4,000.
"My mum is sad that my chip count is not on PokerNews," Max Silver said when walking by his table. Dominik Nitsche leaned over from the next table and grinned "Max would like to point out he is still on his first bullet."
Ariel Celestino called a bet of 3,000 from Andrew Lichtenberger on a flop of and saw the on the turn. Lichtenberger slowed down and checked allowing Celestino to bet 7,650. His opponent called and the was dealt on the river. Again Lichtenberger checked and Celestino checked behind. Lichtenberger tabled and Celestino rapped his knuckles against the felt in frustration as he turned over .
Both have healthy chip stacks as players take their second break of the day
On the river, Emil Ekvart bet 8,600 into a pot of 13,000 and Ari Engel tanked on the button for quite some time before making the call. Ekvardt turned over his for a full house and Engel mucked the .
Below are some further chip counts of players who enjoy a good start early on.