Sander van Wesemael mentioned earlier that he is on a streak of 35 tournaments without a cash, so a deep run here at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 Main Event would come in very handy. And indeed the Dutchman is off to a decent start with more than two times the starting stack already.
Just now he looked up a short stack for some 400,000 and turned over . The opponent had the , but van Wesemael flopped best on . The turn even improved him to a full house, and the river failed to provide the two outer for the short stack.
- Cheng-Wei Yin limped in from the button and Aleksandras Rusinovas checked his big blind.
They both checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Rusinovas check-folded to the 30,000 bet of Yin.
- The board read and the pot in the middle already contained quite a lot. The player in the small blind checked, Felix Bleiker shoved all in for 660,000. His opponent considered the options for a few seconds and then called. Bleiker flipped open for nut-flush and his opponent threw the cards into the muck without showing them.
James Akenhead raised to 30,000 and Edgard Raffoul in the small blind called. Robert in the big blind three-bet to 62,000 and both opponents called. On the flop the action checked to Akenhead, who continued for 60,000, and just Robert called. After the turn, Robert check-called a bet of 210,000 while having 135,000 behind and barely looked at the board while checking his smart phone.
Robert checked the river and snap-called all in when Akenhead shoved, the Brit mucked to Robert's .
Two tables over, Bartlomiej Machon four-bet preflop to 210,000 and bet the flop before shoving the turn for 496,000 with the . His opponent called but mucked already when the river changed nothing whatsoever. Machon got the full double to two starting stacks.
Steve O'Dwyer lost a big pot after calling the river bet of Tomasz Chmiel when he was unable to beat the pocket kings of the Pole and dropped to fewer than half the starting stack. Tobias Peters busted, as did Pierre Neuville and Martin Finger with the latter among those to re-enter soon after losing with the first bullet.
- Markus Durnegger has just been eliminated by Francesco Delfoco when Delfoco had on the . Durnegger already walked away from his table to his cards are unfortunately unknown.
- Steve O'Dwyer just won a pot in the last hand before the break. The pot already contained about 365,000 in it and the player in the small blind had bet 220,000 on the board. O'Dwyer took some time to think, and then decided to call when the break had already started. His opponent tabled for a turned pair of sevens but O'Dwyer had him beat with for the flopped pair of eights and the pot.
On the three-way turn of , Martin Weiemann bet and Vlad Darie raised to 170,000. Niall Farrell on the button moved all in to force a quick fold from Weiemann, while Darie needed some more time before coming to the same conclusion. Farrell raked in the pot but remained below the starting stack, which also applies for both of his opponents.
Viktor Blom was eliminated in the €2,700 Warm Up and immediately after registered for Day 1a of the €5,300 Main Event to double up shortly after sitting down with a flopped straight. The table also features partypoker sponsored pro Dzmitry Urbanovich and Dermot Blain, and the latter got into a pot with Blom just now.
On the turn, Blain checked and Blom bet 150,000, Blain called. The fell on the river and Blain checked once more before calling a bet of 325,000 by Blom. The Swede rolled over and Blain mucked for top two pair.
"Why did you have to put out the straight card out there? He could have lost much more," Blom joked to the dealer with a smile on the face.
. The opponent had the 
, but van Wesemael flopped best on 
. The 
turn even improved him to a full house, and the 
river failed to provide the two outer for the short stack.
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Rusinovas check-folded to the 30,000 bet of Yin.
and the pot in the middle already contained quite a lot. The player in the small blind checked, Felix Bleiker shoved all in for 660,000. His opponent considered the options for a few seconds and then called. Bleiker flipped open 
for nut-flush and his opponent threw the cards into the muck without showing them.
turn, Robert check-called a bet of 210,000 while having 135,000 behind and barely looked at the board while checking his smart phone.
.
flop before shoving the 
turn for 496,000 with the 
on the 
fell on the river and Blain checked once more before calling a bet of 325,000 by Blom. The Swede rolled over 
and Blain mucked 
