After a raise to 700 and two calls, Victor Gerasymenko moved all in for his last 8,975 chips and was tank-called by the initial raiser with . Gerasymenko had a flip for his tournament life with but couldn't get there on a board of .
“Floor Table 38” went the call and your intrepid reporter hot-footed it over to see what drama was unfolding at the table. The floor has to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the rules and etiquette of poker and could be called upon to rule on a vast number of circumstances, some common and some unique.
We arrived just ahead of the floor to see no flop, no chips in the middle and a hand in progress as early position players mucked their hands. Just then the tournament director arrived and was told by the dealer that the players were complaining of the cold as they were situated under the air conditioner. To prove the point a couple of players bunched up their shoulders and tugged up their collars, though none went so far as to blow on cupped hands. The floor said he would see if it could be turned down and play resumed.
There was already quite some preflop action between Justas Semaska and Michael Kolkowicz. The Frenchman then check-raised the flop from 3,000 to 8,100 and Semaska called to see the on the turn. Kolkowicz checked and Semaska tossed in a 5,000 chip to send his opponent into the think tank.
Kolkowicz grabbed his stack, slid it within 2 centimeters of the betting line, gave it more thought and then mucked his cards. Attempted angle shooting?
PokerStars Team Pro is still among the chip leaders despite dropping some of the early profit he had collected over the course of the past 30 minutes. The latest hand saw him betting 2,800 on the river of a board and his opponent tank-called. Heitmann turned over the for a backdoor flush and that won the pot.
On a flop of the small blind checked. Georgios Zisimopoulos bet out 1,100 from middle position and David Boyaciyan in middle position made the call, the small blind folded.
Both players checked the on the turn and the popped up on the river. Zisimopoulos bet out 2,800 and Boyaciyan tossed in a 5,000 chip to call. Zisimopoulos showed and Boyaciyan mucked.
That pot went to the Greek, Boyaciyan in need of a comeback.
On a flop of we saw Julien Brécard in the small blind check to the big blind. Brécard's neighbor checked as well, Amir Mozaffarian on the button bet 600. Brécard made the call, the big blind folded.
Brécard check called another 1,300 on the turn and checked a third time after the landed on the river.
Mozaffarian thought for a second before slapping his hand on the table announcing he checked. Brécard showed , but that hand went face down into the muck after Mozaffarian tabled for two pair.
Jan Heitmann opened to 525 from the cutoff and found calls from the players in the hijack, button, and Carlos Da Silva in the big blind. The four players saw a flop of and all four checked to the turn. The dealer put out the on fourth street and a short-stacked Da Silva shoved all in for his last 3,425. Heitmann called the other two players quickly folded.
Heitmann:
Da Silva:
The finished off the board, keeping Heitmann out in front. Da Silva hit the rail and Heitmann increased his stack to 86,000.
The table mates of Nicolau Villa-Lobos had been teasing the young 888poker pro for what Simeon Nadenov described as "greatest ever call with ace-high". It was rather sarcastic based on the tone but nonetheless Villa-Lobos is up to more than twice the starting stack.
After a raise to 500 and two calls, another opponent squeezed to 1,700 and Vladimir Bozinovic as well as Yuri Gulyy also wanted to see the flop of . Bozinovic made it 3,800 to go and was only called by Gulyy before the Serbian shoved the turn for 15,000 with . Gulyy called with and found the river to bust Bozinovic.
. Gerasymenko had a flip for his tournament life with 
but couldn't get there on a board of 
.
flop from 3,000 to 8,100 and Semaska called to see the 
board and his opponent tank-called. Heitmann turned over the 
for a backdoor flush and that won the pot.
the small blind checked. Georgios Zisimopoulos bet out 1,100 from middle position and David Boyaciyan in middle position made the call, the small blind folded.
on the turn and the 
popped up on the river. Zisimopoulos bet out 2,800 and Boyaciyan tossed in a 5,000 chip to call. Zisimopoulos showed 
and Boyaciyan mucked.
turn and checked a third time after the 
landed on the river.
, but that hand went face down into the muck after Mozaffarian tabled 
for two pair.
and all four checked to the turn. The dealer put out the 
turn for 15,000 with 
. Gulyy called with 
