We saw German player Robert Auer move away from the table, and with no chips at his former spot at the table, we got the message quite clear that he wasn't going for a smoking break.
Javier Rodriguez told us that a player had opened to 700 and that Auer had made the call. Rodriguez squeezed to 2,300 and the initial raiser folded. Auer now shoved all in for about 7,000 and Rodriguez made the call holding .
The board read and Dimitar Danchev had bet 10,000.
Ognyan Dimov mulled it over for a while. The bet was around three-quarters pot and represented around a third of Dimov’s remaining stack. After all the factors had been weighed up he made the call.
The missing element of the puzzle was revealed to him and Danchev turned over for a full house to leave a stunned Dimov to hand over the chips.
Andre Andrade was all in on the turn of a board reading . The decision was on Philippe Barouk and it would cost him 6,650 to make the call, a substantial part of his remaining stack.
Call he did though, and wished he hadn’t, as Andrade tabled his and was crushing the of Barouk. The river finished the deal.
Anton Wigg had an empty seat on his right and we the Swede what had happened. Wigg admitted that he was the one busting his former neighbor, and he was kind enough to fill us in on the details as well.
Simpson opened to 650 and with Wigg made it 1,700 right behind him. Simpson made the call and check called 1,400 on . Simpson, who won the Irish Open in 2013 after having finished 4th the year before in the same event, check called another 2,600 on an turn.
The river brought in the flush with the and Simpson checked again. Anton Wigg had bet 20,000 which was more than Ian Simpson had behind.
Simpson gave it some thought but in the end, with a shrug of his shoulders, he pushed his remaining stack forward to call. Wigg immediately rolled over his for a full house and Simpson said, “Nice playing with you.” before mucking his cards and heading for the door.
Three players including Dominique Franchi and Nandor Solyom took a flop of . Franchi was first to act and he cut out a bet of 1,275. The second player to act flatted, putting action on Solyom on the button. Solyom came over the top with a raise to 3,250 only to have Franchi three-bet the action to 8,275. The next player quickly folded and Solyom called to see a turn.
The turn was the and Franchi slowed with a check. Solyom knocked the table back, allowing the to finish the board. Franchi moved out one final bet of 8,700 and Solyom flicked out a single chip, signifying a call.
Franchi tabled for a turned pair of queens, but it was of no use against Solyom's for bottom set of deuces. Solyom pulled in the sizable pot and now has about 75,000 in his stack.
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Right before the break Robert Auer opened to 400 from the cutoff. Javier Rodriguez on the button made the call and Sergio Castelluccio squeezed to 1,500 from the big blind. Auer folded but Rodriguez made the call.
Castelluccio grabbed the initiative before the flop, but took a passive approach post. He check called a bet of 1,700 on and check called another 2,400 on the turn.
The river came the and Castelluccio checked for the third time. Rodriguez bet out 5,400 and after some thinking it was Castelluccio who made the call.
Rodriguez showed fort the nuts and Castelluccio took one more look at his cards before mucking. Castelluccio had his cards up so high the table could see at least the , and we're pretty sure the was right behind it.
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