Francois Evard raised to 500 from the cutoff, Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 1,600 on the button, Evard four-bet to 5,600 and Petrangelo called. On the flop, Evard bet 3,500 and Petrangelo called.
The turn brought the and Evard checked. Petrangelo opted for a hefty bet of 14,500, enough to get the Swiss out of the hand.
Jan Subik opened the action with a raise to 550 and Koray Aldemir called out of the small blind. Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind three-bet to 2,500 and forced a fold from Subik, while Aldemir called. On the flop both players checked before Aldemir bet the turn for 4,000, O'Dwyer called.
The fell on the river and Aldemir bet once agai, this time for 17,000 and more than the size of the pot. O'Dwyer reluctantly called and mucked when he was shown for trips sevens.
Slowly but surely, more and more familiar names are taking their seats in the €10,300 High Roller. Here is the latest batch to enter the last PokerStars Championship High Roller.
On a completed board of with around 15,000 in the middle, Antoine Saout bet 13,500. Only one opponent remained in the hand and that was Jonathan Bussieres, who briefly considered his options and tossed in a single chip for the call.
Saout turned over for a flush and that was good enough to win the pot, giving the Frenchman a decent start into the day.
Will Givens and Ari Engel were among those that joined and the latter got his seat on a table with Steve O'Dwyer. Engel just won an event in the US and was supposed to play in the €5,300 Main Event, but his flight was delayed and the Canadian poker pro and the 2016 Aussie Millions champion missed out on the opportunity.
Luis Rodriguez Cruz was moved tables early on to balance out the growing field and three-bet an open-raise from 525 to 1,700 out of the cutoff. His sole opponent called and the flop fell . Action checked to Cruz and he continued for 1,500, which the initial raiser called.
After no betting action on the turn, Cruz faced a bet of 3,500 on the river and folded.
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Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes raised to 550 from the cutoff and Adrian Mateos called on the button. Zeev Krichevski three-bet to 1,600 from the small blind and received two calls. On the flop, Krichevski checked, Lopes bet 3,150, Mateos folded and Krichevski snap-called.
On the turn, Krichevski instantly led out for 4,000 and Lopes called. The river brought the and Krichevski splashed in 7,500 without hesitation. Lopes wasn't giving up and quickly called.
Much to everyone's surprise, Krichevski tabled an unlikely for running two pair. That prompted a good chuckle from all of Krichevski's table mates, except for "Kool Shen", who mucked with a disgruntled look on his face.