With the seconds ticking down to a short break the cards were dealt and Max Silver raised to 3,200 from late position. It’s usually a good spot to steal on the break, as players tend to be unlikely to defend with junk and waste precious time in a pointless hand. Silver knows this, as does Kovacs Gergo from Hungary who went for the three-bet break re-steal with a raise to 8,600. Silver quickly mucked. Gergo showed his . Sometimes they have it.
Daniel Shapiro moved all in for 9,900 from early position and Jack Ellwood made the call in the next seat along. Martin Hanitz tanked for a couple of minutes before moving all in, it was passed back to Ellwood who instantly called.
Shapiro:
Ellwood:
Hanitz:
The board ran out and Hanitz doubled through Ellwood while eliminating Shapiro.
[Removed:17] had raised pre-flop and got one caller in Simon Fuller. The flop was and Yan continued for 2,800. Fuller calmly made the call. on the turn, Yan bet 7,700 and Fuller again slid out the chips to call. The river was the . Yan thought for a while and studied his opponent, then reached for a mound of blue T5000 chips and bet 54,000. Too rich for Fuller who quickly folded.
Jörg Viereck from Germany bet 3,600 on a flop of and Rational Group Staff player Christopher Jonat quickly moved all in. Viereck started talking to his opponent trying to get any tells he could about the strength of his hand. “I might have to call you with ace high.” he threatened, puzzling over why Jonat had moved all in so quickly. Viereck couldn’t get the information he wanted it seems and folded. Sam Razavi then chipped in urging Jonat to show one card, “Show the king of spades or the ten of spades.” Jonat showed the which seemed to explain the pre-flop call and shove. “Extracting the extra three thousand like a dodgy tooth.” Razavi chuckled.
The next hand Dominik Nitsche won a pot on a nine high flop and was urged by Razavi to show. Nitsche flipped over the for a flopped set and laughed, “I didn’t want to show. I’d wish it was a bluff.”