Chipleader Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky keeps adding chips to his stack. He just won a big pot against Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang.
Vogelsang opened from the button for 550 and Sulsky defended his big blind. Vogelsang continued for 488 on the flop and Sulsky check-called.
The turn made Sulsky check again, but shortly after he was facing a big overbet from the German. Vogelsang made a bet of 3,425 in 2,296-pot. Sulsky called and the two checked down the river.
We just saw our first elimination of the day, as OtB_RedBaron lost in a flush over flush situation. But the Belgian wasn't completely gone, because he re-entered right away.
It all happened in a blind battle between him and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang. OtB_RedBaron put in a 4-bet preflop to 3,360 and was called by big blind Vogelsang.
Both checked the flop and the turn. The action came on the river when the was dealt. OtB_RedBaron put in a bet of 5,572 with only 14,772 behind. Vogelsang wasted little time and shoved all in. His Belgian opponent tanked for several minutes before he elected to call.
Vogelsang showed for an ace-high flush which bested OtB_RedBaron's for a worse flush. The Belgian was sent to the virtual rail for only a couple of seconds before he put in another $102,000 as he re-entered this Super High Roller.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi is getting short with only 12,000 chips left, as he lost a big pot against Jason Mercier.
Mercier opened under the gun to 562, but to his left Shakerchi made it 1,500 to go. Mercier made the call and the two saw a flop. Mercier check-called a bet of 1,894.
Both checked the turn and Mercier fired 3,362 on the river. Shakerchi took a moment before he called. Mercier showed for trips aces and that was good enough to win the hand.
OtB_RedBaron hasn't found any success with his second barrel yet. He just lost two big pots and is left with only half of his starting stack.
First, he lost a blind battle against Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky. The Belgian opened from the small blind for 956 and Sulsky put in a 3-bet to 2,720. OtB_RedBaron called and he check-called the 1,576 bet on the [4s6dc] flop.
Both checked the on the turn and the was dealt on the river. OtB_RedBaron checked and folded to a 6,213 bet from Sulsky.
A couple of hands later he reraised from the small blind to 2,401, after Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk had opened for 625 from the button. He bet 3,492 on the flop and Polk called.
The turn was the and OtB_RedBaron checked before he folded on the shove from Polk.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi just shoved on the river in a pot against Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.
Preflop Shakerchi had raised to 535 from under the gun. Kuznetsov to his direct left pumped it up with a 3-bet to 1,625 and Shakerchi called. He then check-called a 1,912 bet on the flop and was left with only 7,905 behind.
Both checked the turn, before Shakerchi shoved when the landed on the river. After a brief moment of thinking, Kuznetsov folded.
Right before the break OtB_RedBaron found the double up he needed. Again it was a blind battle which provided the action.
Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk completed from the small blind and OtB_RedBaron checked his option. Both checked the flop and the landed on the turn. Polk check-called a 648-bet before the action started on the river.
With four hearts on the board Polk bet out 4,200 in a pot of only 2,096. OtB_RedBaron had 11,221 left and thought for a while before shoving all in. Polk called, but his nutflush with wasn't good enough against the , which gave OtB_RedBaron a full house and a double up.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang increased his chiplead a little bit by picking off Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk's bluff.
Polk opened under the gun to 750 and Vogelsang defended his big blind. Both players check on the flop. The turn gave the and Vogelsang checked again. This time Polk fired 1,091 and his German opponent called.
The turn was the and Vogelsang checked a third time. Polk fired again this time for an amount of 2,903. Vogelsang quickly called and Polk had to show for a complete bluff. Vogelsang had for a rivered two pair.