Marvin Rettenmaier's known for his slow-paced style of poker, and just now he almost got himself into a lot of trouble.
The board showed and Rettenmaier bet 1,300 from the under-the-gun plus two position. Vladimir Troyanovskiy, seated two seats to his left, made the call with and the river was the .
Rettenmaier, holding , went into the tank for quite some time but players only have 30 seconds to act on every hand. The time was set to run out and it looked like Rettenmaier did not know exactly what to do.
The German called for extra time, the tournament director was called, as his time already seemed to have ran out. The ruling was made that Rettenmaier would get another 10 seconds, as the dealer should've counted down the last five seconds.
Rettenmaier bet 2,600 with his overpair and Troyanovskiy folded his cards.
Sylvain Loosli opened for 250 and Andrew Chen in the cutoff made the call. Oleksandr Gnatenko over called from the big blind.
On a flop of , both Gnatenko and initial raiser Loosli checked. Chen bet 350 and Gnatenko made the call. Loosli now check raised to 1,150 and just Chen made the call, Gnatenko folded.
The on the turn made Loosli fire 1,600. Chen called.
on the river and Loosli bet 3,800. Chen thought about it for a bit, before eventually releasing his hand.
On a flop of both Dario Sammartino and Isaac Haxton checked from the blinds to Anatoly Filatov. The Team Russia representant fired 700 and got called by Oleksandr Gnatenko, Sammartino and Haxton.
"Whats going on guys?" Filatov laughed.
The on the turn paired the board and Sammartino checked again.
Haxton now bet 3,500 and Filatov and Gnatenko quickly folded. Sammartino thought for a bit, before eventually also releasing.
"Boom!" Haxton said, while slamming his on the table. Team USA chipping up over on table 1.
The action was on the river when the board showed and Marvin Rettenmaier bet 2,725 from the small blind. Patrick Bruel, seated on the button, made the call and showed for a flush.
Rettenmaier showed but his three of a kind was not enough. Bruel, who's played almost every hand from the start, chipped back up and Team Germany took a serious hit.
Every player decision team has 30-second shot clock attached to it but each team also has two time bank chips, allowing for an extra minute's thinking time. This is not per player, but per team, per heat. If one player uses up both time bank chips (even concurrently) then no other player on his/her team has access to one until the next heat. Any unused time bank chips can be carried over into the next heat.
"I think we should have reverse time bank chips!" announced Team USA's Bryn Kenney.
"Put a player to a decision and then flick it in so they only have ten seconds to think. That'd be sick for sure!" he continued.
It's good to see the payers warming to the format and having fun.
The first big pot at the feature table just took place between Patrick Bruel and Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
Bruel raised to 250 under the gun and Troyanovskiy called. The flop brought out and Bruel bet 400.
Troyanovskiy called and on the turn he did so as well when the popped up and Bruel bet 750.
The river was the and Bruel fired out another 1,700. Troyanovskiy thought for about 10 seconds before calling and he showed the winning hand with . Bruel mucked his and Team France is down chips early in the first heat of the day.
Rocco Palumbo raised to 200 under the gun at the feature table and Sam Trickett called from the small blind with unknown hole cards. The flop brought out and Palumbo flopped a set with .
On the flop Tricket bet 400 and Palumbo raised it up to 1,300 and Trickett called. The turn was the and Trickett check-folded to a bet of 1,700.
The first hand on table two saw Erwan Pecheux open the cutoff for 300. Ole Schmion on the button made the call, and so did Ivan Soshnikov from the blinds.
The flop came and Soshnikov lead out for 550. Pecheux instantly folded, Schemion made the call.
The popped up on the turn and Soshnikov checked. Schemion bet 1,150 and Soshnikov called.
The river made Soshnikov check again. Schemion bet 2,675 and Soshnikov went into the tank. After twenty-five seconds, he made the call.
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and Rettenmaier bet 1,300 from the under-the-gun plus two position. Vladimir Troyanovskiy, seated two seats to his left, made the call with 
and the river was the 
.
, went into the tank for quite some time but players only have 30 seconds to act on every hand. The time was set to run out and it looked like Rettenmaier did not know exactly what to do.
, both Gnatenko and initial raiser Loosli checked. Chen bet 350 and Gnatenko made the call. Loosli now check raised to 1,150 and just Chen made the call, Gnatenko folded.
on the turn made Loosli fire 1,600. Chen called.
on the river and Loosli bet 3,800. Chen thought about it for a bit, before eventually releasing his hand.
both Dario Sammartino and Isaac Haxton checked from the blinds to Anatoly Filatov. The Team Russia representant fired 700 and got called by Oleksandr Gnatenko, Sammartino and Haxton.
on the turn paired the board and Sammartino checked again.
and Marvin Rettenmaier bet 2,725 from the small blind. Patrick Bruel, seated on the button, made the call and showed 
for a flush.
but his three of a kind was not enough. Bruel, who's played almost every hand from the start, chipped back up and Team Germany took a serious hit.
popped up and Bruel bet 750.
and Bruel fired out another 1,700. Troyanovskiy thought for about 10 seconds before calling and he showed the winning hand with 
. Bruel mucked his 
and Team France is down chips early in the first heat of the day.
and Palumbo flopped a set with 
popped up on the turn and Soshnikov checked. Schemion bet 1,150 and Soshnikov called.
made Soshnikov check again. Schemion bet 2,675 and Soshnikov went into the tank. After twenty-five seconds, he made the call.
and Soshnikov mucked.