Piotr Pietrzak three-bet shoved for 54,000 chips out of the big blind with and was called by Vyacheslav Stoyanov with . The board didn't deliver any surprise.
Only a mere minute later, 2013 runner-up Georgios Sotiropoulos also doubled up to 145,000 with against Anton Bertilsson's on a board of .
Two players have doubled through Norbert Berent in the space of a few hands to the Polish player drop down to 126,000 in chips.
In the first hand, he and Kai Herold exchanged raises pre flop before both were all in.
Herold would show and be in front of Berent’s .
The flop ran out to see Herold double to 210,000 in chips.
A few hands later and another raising war pre flop ended with Remi Castaignon committing his last 164,000 pre flop and having Berent call.
Berent would again find himself behind holding against Castaignon’s and would fail once again at eliminating a player from the tournament after the board ran out .
Feared high stakes player Alexander Roumeliotis has just doubled through his neighbor Vyacheslav Stoyanov. The two of them got it in before the flop with for Stoyanov and for Roumeliotis.
The gave Stoyanov a couple more outs, but the on the return reduced that number again. The on the river hit Stoyanov with trips but it wasn't good enough as Roumeliotis made his full house.
Panagiotis Papaisidorou sent Cezar Oprea to the rail after his opponent got the rest of his 85,000 chips in on a flop of with . Papaisidorou was way ahead with and the turn and river both bricked.
Abumuslym Gabaiev got his last 82,000 in with on a flop of and Glib Kovtunov called with . Gabaiev banged on the table when the appeared on the turn and the river was a slight overkill to say the least.
Stephen Graner and Panagiotis Papaisidorou are both challenging to become the first chips millionaire in the tournament, a few steals may get them there.
Theodoros Aidonopoulos opened to 10,000 from early position and Irina Efimova from Russia shoved all in from the cutoff for her last 13,000. Glib Kovtunov on the button asked if it was a legitimate raise and if Aidonopoulos would have the option again, and called after he was informed it wasn't. Aidonopoulos made the call as well.
The side pot stayed empty as both Aidonopoulos and Kovtunov checked on . Aidonopoulos bet out 13,000 on the turn and Kovtunov made the call. The fell on the river and Aidonopoulos check folded to Kovtunov's 30,000 bet.
Efimova showed but that hand was no match to Kovtunov's .
If you’ve seen any of the Shark Cage this year, you’ll know that Miss Finland is much more than just a pretty face. She’s here in Prague to play the Finnish Poker Championship, and PokerStars Blog risked turning into her latest bait.
The Eureka Prague Main Event champion is becoming a real force here in the Hilton Hotel. Balazs Botond raised to 10,500 and then called the all in of Vlado Banicevic for 50,000 with . Banicevic only had and couldn't improve on a board of .
Franco Cantarella was tangling with Brian Altman in a pot and shoved the turn of a board reading .
Altman made the call with and was shown the of Cantarella who was drawing dead. The river was the and when Cantarella had left the table another player addressed Altman, “Nice present for you. Early Christmas.”
Minh Nguyen Quang was all in for his last 40,000 chips with and was called by Anton Bertilsson from one seat over. The Czech had a nice sweat with the flop and even picked up a gutshot on the turn, but the river sent him to the rail.