George Danzer has lost another substantial portion of his stack when he doubled Allen Kessler, who had a against his . Kessler had been very short and essentially tripled twice to get back to a playable stack.
Shaun Deeb went through the No-Limit Hold'em part without being able to build his stack and then completed in Seven Card Stud against Anthony Zinno. Deeb bet fourth and was called, Zinno then check-called on fifth and bet sixth after pairing his four. Deeb gave it some thought and folded.
The field size has increased to 32 entries as Phil Hellmuth and Maksim Pisarenko entered. The latter finished 10th in Event #9: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em Mix last night and now sits right next to Daniel Negreanu.
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened to 27,000 from under the gun and Sam Higgs defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Higgs check-called a bet of 18,000 from Urbanovich.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Higgs led out with a bet of 33,000 and Urbanovich looked him up. Higgs showed for two pair and Urbanovich mucked.
Viktor Blom and David "ODB" Baker were heads-up on fourth street and Blom led out with a bet. Baker called and both players checked fifth street. Blom barrelled sixth and seventh and Baker went into the tank.
After over a minute, Baker flicked in a call and Blom turned over for two pair, eights and fours. Baker mucked and Blom was awarded the pot.
Phil Ivey: /
Ivo Donev: / fold
George Danzer: / fold
Dario Sammartino folded on fourth and Ivo Donev did so on fifth while Phil Ivey bet all the way as of fourth street. George Danzer called up until sixth, on which he elected to fold.
Phil Ivey: / /
Ivo Donev: / /
The profit of Ivey nearly vanished shortly after when he completed with a jack and Donev raised, Ivey called. Donev bet from fourth to sixth with Ivey calling, Donev checked in the dark on seventh and Ivey checked back.
Donev tabled the for a pair of jacks and that won the pot.
Dzmitry Urbanovich raised the button to 35,000 and Thomer Pidun pushed all in from the big blind.
"How much is it?" Urbanovich asked as Pidun had piled the chips in and replied "around 180k." The all in was for 187,000 and Urbanovich quickly called.
Thomer Pidun:
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
The board came and the kicker played to send Pidun to the rail.
Phil Hellmuth completed with a five showing and Anthony Zinno raised it up with a four which Hellmuth called. Hellmuth had the betting lead throughout and his board continued to get worse and worse it appeared.
Despite that, Hellmuth was a non-believer and check-called every street from Zinno. After seventh street, Zinno just mucked his cards and Hellmuth showed for a nine.
"Razzle, dazzle baby. Now we're playing the game!"