Hossein Ensan is showing quite a few hands on the outer table. Sergei Popov opened to 100,000 and Ensan three-bet to 195,000, the Russian shoved for 1.1 million and Ensan tanked for a few minutes before folding face up.
A couple hands later the action saw Ensan open to 100,000 and Mikhail Rudoy called before Samuel Phillips three-bet to 310,000 from the button. Ensan then four-bet to 665,00, Rudoy and Phillips both quickly folded. This time Ensan showed ...
In hands not that far apart Maximilian Senft moved all in for 400,000 with and got called by Pawel Brzeski holding . The final board was and Senft had a double up.
Minutes later Senft was all in for 865,000 with and Brzeski called with . A run out of saw Brzeski sigh deeply on the flop as he was left crippled.
We're set for a long day in the Main Event today. But the question of exactly how long this day will last has some people scratching their heads.
Here the PokerStars Blog investigates different estimates. There are optimists, pessimists, realists and fantasists, and each has an opinion, some of which are reported here: http://psta.rs/1tznsDq.
Bram Haenrates, a PokerStars qualifier who has never played live before, continues to take to tournament poker like a fish to water. He called bets of 150,000 and 340,000 on the turn and river of a board with against Mikkel Nielsen and the Dane could only show a missed .
A couple of hands later and Samuel Phillips made it 100,000. Haenraets three-bet to 210,000 from he blinds and Phillips made the call. Both players checked to the river of a board where Haenraets bet 200,000 and picked up the pot.
On a flop of Pawel Brzeski under the gun bet 130,000 and got called by Piotr Sowinski . The big blind Ji Zhang check-raised to 375,000 which got a fold from Brzeski but Sowinski made the call.
The turn card was the and now Zhang check-called a bet of 340,000. The river saw both players check. Zhang didn’t want to show first but he had to and his was good as Sowinski mucked.
Samuel Phillips opened for 80,000 on the button and Robert Schulz in the small blind raised to 225,000. Schultz has played very aggressively so far to day and when the big blind folded Phillips made it 395,000. Schultz thought for a couple of minutes before moving all in. Phillips made the call.
Phillips had and Schultz showed . It was Phillips who was at risk but a final board of saw a double up for Phillips to cut down Schultz’s stack.
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face up.
...
but had run into the 
of Phillips.
and got called by Pawel Brzeski holding 
. The final board was 
and Senft had a double up.
saw Brzeski sigh deeply on the flop as he was left crippled.
Pawel Brzeski under the gun bet 130,000 and got called by Piotr Sowinski . The big blind Ji Zhang check-raised to 375,000 which got a fold from Brzeski but Sowinski made the call.
and now Zhang check-called a bet of 340,000. The river 
was good as Sowinski mucked.
