The exact details escaped, but Hossein Ensan had pushed Jonatan Hellman all in after the river and his nut flush with beat the set of kings of the Swede to secure the pot.
PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki knocked out a short-stacked Timur Margolin in a battle of the blinds. The latter had barreled through a board with and Horecki called down with . "I didn't win much, he was short," the Team Pro said after it was done and dusted.
After a raise to 400 and the three-bet of Christian Golob for 1,200, Simon Ravnsbaek called from the button after having just sat down. The initial raiser called as well and the trio headed to the flop. The action was checked to Golob and he bet 5,000, which only Ravnsbaek called.
On the turn, Golob moved all in almost instantly and Ravnsbaek mucked. The Austrian flipped over his and pointed to it for everyone to see.
Brahim Oubella check-called a bet of 775 by Ilkin Amirov on the turn out of the big blind and then checked again the river. Amirov grabbed some chips and then bet 2,200 to receive a reluctant call from his opponent and flip over . Oubella winced for a few seconds and released his cards into the muck.
With the flop reading , EPT 10 Grand Final champion Antonio Buonanno bet 6,000 into a pot of 10,000 and Jonas Ten Cate then moved all in with the far superior stack. Buonanno eventually folded to leave himself behind with 6,400 chips and then left the tournament area a few minutes later.
A quick chat revealed that he got it in with pocket aces against pocket threes and another three appeared right on the flop.
Miroslav Alilovic finished second to Ricardo Manquant in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Circuit International this Monday morning and was two days back at home before heading over to Malta. The Frenchman is now in the EPT Main Event, however on just under one third of the starting stack.
The tables nearby include two other button-clicking wizards in Thomas Muehlocker and Fedor Holz.
Is there a point when table talk gets a little out of hand? Maybe. But then it depends on who’s doing the talking, and the subject matter. In this case the Horecki women come out well, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
With nearly 13,000 in the pot and a board reading , Austria's Christian Golob moved all in from middle position and put the pressure on 2014 World Series of Poker third-place finisher Jorryt van Hoof, who had 18,500 behind in the cutoff.
"You show the bluff if I fold?" Van Hoof asked after some time in the tank. Golob did not respond.
Eventually Van Hoof folded his cards, and Golob chipped up to right around 70,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen opened with a standard raise from the under-the-gun position and was met by a three-bet to 1,500 from Serdar Demiroglu. Action folded back to Jorgensen, who four-bet to 7,000, leaving himself just 1,275 behind. Demiroglu just flatted and then called when Jorgensen shoved the flop.
Demiroglu:
Jorgensen:
Both players had flopped top pair, but Jorgensen's kicker had him out in front. Neither the turn nor river posed a threat, and Jorgensen was shipped a welcomed double.