Picking up the action on the flop, Tomas Soderstrom checked his option in the big blind and Jonas Lauck bet 17,000 on the button, which Soderstrom called. The fell on the turn and Soderstrom now made it 52,000 to go. Lauck moved all in and Soderstrom called.
Jonas Lauck:
Tomas Soderstrom:
Lauck had flopped two pair, while Soderstrom turned the worse two pair. The on the river even gave Lauck a full house and the German doubled up for 178,500.
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Andreas Eiler raised to 20,000 first to act and Tomas Soderstrom defended his big blind. On the flop, Soderstrom check-called a bet worth 10,000 before the duo checked the turn. Soderstrom's bet of 49,000 on the river won the pot, as Eiler folded.
The Austrian claimed a small pot soon after to recover some of the losses, though.
In a limped battle of the blinds, the flop showed and Vladimir Troyanovskiy bet 10,000, Jonas Lauck called. The on the turn saw no betting action before Troyanovskiy then bet the river for 17,000. Lauck glanced over at the board again and folded.
Two hands later, Lauck raised to 20,000 on the button and Tomas Soderstrom moved all in. Lauck didn't ask for an exact count, but folded instead.
After winning a small pot in a battle of the blinds against Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Jonas Lauck limped in the very next hand. Eugene Katchalov checked his option and there was no action on the flop and the turn. On the river, Lauck bet 12,000 and Katchalov called.
Lauck showed for a bluff and Katchalov claimed the pot with for bottom pair.
Andreas Eiler raised to 20,000 first to act and Tomas Soderstrom came along from the big blind. The Swede checked the flop and Eiler continued for 28,000, which Soderstrom called. On the turn, the action went check, check, before Soderstrom then led the river for 59,000.
Without much hesitation, Eiler folded and gave up the pot.
Tomas Soderstrom raised from the cutoff and Jonas Lauck defended the big blind. On the flop, Lauck check-called a bet worth 18,000 before checking again the turn. Soderstrom carefully cut out a bet worth 45,000 and Lauck folded instantly.
One hand later, Soderstrom raised to 18,000 first to act and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called on the button. Eugene Katchalov moved all in for 232,000 out of the big blind and that won the pot without further resistance.