One of the six new additions to the Team PokerStars roster includes Sam "SamSquid" Grafton who has just joined the tournament together with Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang to get the field up to 15 players.
In the last hand of the previous level, Dinesh "nastyminder" Alt raised to 5,280 from the button and Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves three-bet to 25,200 from the big blind which Alt called.
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. They both checked again for the to complete the board. Reeves barreled a bet of 40,500 over the line and Alt called but mucked when Reeves tabled the for trips.
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens raised to 7,000 from the middle position and the action folded around to Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder in the big blind who opted to defend.
The flop came , Mulder check-raised the 5,891 continuation-bet of Stevens to 21,000 and was called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Mulder checked for the last time and then let the hand go when Stevens led out for 37,800.
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens raised to 7,000 from the button and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton three-bet to 32,200 from the small blind. Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams folded his big blind but Stevens four-bet to 70,000 for Grafton to make the call.
The flop came , Grafton check-raised the 37,583 bet of Stevens to 75,166 for Stevens to respond with a shove and Grafton to make the call for the 181,100 he had behind.
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton:
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens:
Stevens held the overpair while Grafton held the flush draw and the gutshot to a straight.
The turn was the to add some extra outs for the PokerStars Ambassador and the river completed the board with the for Grafton to hit the flush to earn the early double-up.
"Remi Lebo_10" raised to 6,160 from under the gun and Bert "girafganger7" Stevens three-bet hammed for 41,080 from the cutoff. Sam "SamSquid" Grafton called on the button and the blinds folded. "Remi Lebo_10" responded with a shove of their own for Grafton to get out of the pot.
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens:
"Remi Lebo_10":
The board ran out for "Remi Lebo_10" to hold with the higher pocket pair to send the Belgian away from the tables for now.
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves raised to 7,028 from the button and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang three-bet to 29,120 from the small blind. David "dpeters17" Peters four-bet to 63,840 from the big blind for Reeves to fold. Vogelsang responded with a five-bet shove for 208,097 which Peters quickly called.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang:
David "dpeters17" Peters:
The board ran out for Peters to hold with the higher kicker and even hit a flush on the river to bust Vogelsang.
In the last hand of the previous level, Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder raised to 6,160 from the cutoff and Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis three-bet to 18,480 from the button. The blinds folded and Mulder made the call.
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. They both checked again to see the complete the board. Mulder checked for the last time. Theologis bet 30,282 for Mulder to raise it up to 105,000. Theologis reraised to put Mulder all-in who called for the 193,224 he had behind with the for the straight but Theologis held the for the full house to bust Mulder.