Vitaly Lunkin raised preflop, and Ariel Adda reraised all in for 80,000. Lunkin quickly called with the , and Adda had the . The board ran out to give Adda the double.
"Kings never seem to re-suckout after they get cracked," commented Jason Mercier.
Adda doubled to about 175,000, and Lunkin was left with a healthy 695,000.
Rufat Mahmudov was all in with the against the dominating for Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier.
The flop came to keep Mercier in front, and the kept him there as well. The turn did give Mahmudov a flush draw, though, and he needed a club or a nine on the river to double up.
The landed on the end, and that was the end of the line for Mahmudov. Mercier took the pot and moved his stack up to 318,000 in chips.
Canadian high-stakes player Timothy Adams tells us how his first ever EPT event was the €50,000 Super High Roller in Barcelona. The story behind this event is quite amazing, as Adams bluffed away all his chips on the feature table against pocket kings.
As you may have heard a few times this week, it has been a record-breaking time in Barcelona. In fact, it's probably the case that the event has broken the record for the most number of times that it was mentioned that a record has been broken.
Norbert Szecsi shoved all in for 89,000 under the gun plus one, and Benjamin Pollak on the button re shoved for 134,000. Yves Boschetti in the small blind announced all in as well, and the big blind folded.
Norbert Szecsi:
Benjamin Pollak:
Yves Boschetti:
The on the flop was a good one for Pollak, but he wasn't save yet. After the hit the turn, Szecsi was officially drawing dead, but Boscheti could still spoil Pollak's party with a river jack. The river was the and Pollak almost trippled as the break started. Norbert Szecsi was out and had an extended break for as long as he wanted.