After a raise to 5,000, Martin Finger moved all in from the hijack and Oren Rosen called all in from the small blind for his last 17,000. The initial raiser folded and Finger tabled , Rosen had the . "Good luck," Finger wished and saw the board run out .
Hand 2
That left the German with just 15,500 and he open-shoved one hand later and the action folded to EPT13 Malta Main Event bubble boy Benjamin Philipps in the small blind. He shoved to isolate and the big blind folded.
Martin Finger:
Benjamin Philipps:
"Good luck. If I win, I owe you a beer obviously," Finger said. The board ran out and Finger doubled. "But not in that bar again," Philipps joked back. Finger remains rather short and will be under pressure soon again.
After the break, half of one table began wearing surgical masks including Matas Cimbolas with nobody at the table wearing a mask before the break.
Cimbolas was the only player of the four that were wearing masks to remove his as he expressed his interest to breath better. During this time two unmasked players were involved in a preflop pot. Yosuke Sekiya three-bet shoved for over 62,000 chips against Valdo Banicevic who opened for 5,500. Banicevic, who earlier had a six-digit stack, folded to Sekiya to bring his chip count down to 40,000. Sekiya moved up to 75,000 without seeing a flop or needing to put on a mask.
After the hand, Cimbolas shared he might put his mask back on when involved in a pot.
Meanwhile, it appears more likely than not that the bubble will break on Day 2 as the tournament is about 50 players from the money.
Fabrice Soulier raised to 5,600 from the cutoff and Stoyan Obreshkov in the small blind as well as Pim Gieles in the big blind called. The flop came was checked by all three before Gieles bet the turn for 7,500. Only Soulier called and then faced another bet worth 16,000 on the river.
Gieles only had around 17,000 behind and Soulier carefully checked his stack, then called. Gieles turned over and Soulier mucked.
Pedro Lamarca shoved all in on the river for about 50,000 effective from early position on a board of . His opponent on the button tanked and then called it off. Lamarca showed for the flopped nuts, and his opponent frustratedly flicked into the middle for top set on the flop.
Paul Hoefer opened to 5,400 from the cutoff and Nandor Solyom three-bet to 13,700 in the small blind, Hoefer called. On the flop, both players checked. Solyom also checked the turn and Hoefer bet 18,500. Solyom asked him for the stack size, then called and checked the river.
Hoefer checked behind and was relieved to do so, when Solyom flashed for a set of kings. Solyom already came to the table with a big stack and added some more.
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, Rosen had the 
. "Good luck," Finger wished and saw the board run out 
. 
and Finger doubled. "But not in that bar again," Philipps joked back. Finger remains rather short and will be under pressure soon again.
was checked by all three before Gieles bet the 
turn for 7,500. Only Soulier called and then faced another bet worth 16,000 on the 
and Soulier mucked.
. His opponent on the button tanked and then called it off. Lamarca showed 
flop, both players checked. Solyom also checked the 
turn and Hoefer bet 18,500. Solyom asked him for the stack size, then called and checked the 
river.
for a set of kings. Solyom already came to the table with a big stack and added some more.
