There is just one open seat over on the table of Felix Bleiker, but the Swiss said he didn't bust any opponent. Yet, Bleiker has almost four times the starting stack and keeps racking in pots very frequently.
One of such saw him open from late position and the small blind called. On the flop, Bleiker set a continuation bet and was called. The on the turn brought no action and the small blind checked. Bleiker checked behind and took the opportunity for a final bet on the river when it was checked to him. The Swiss made it 1,800 to go and forced a fold.
Easy going, at least if one is Felix Bleiker right now.
The two DiFelice brothers Andre and Alex have become somewhat of a fixture on events of the European Poker Tour and Alex just recently reached the final table of the WSOP Circuit in Berlin.
Andre is playing today and started well from what we can tell. Three-way with 2,800 invested each, a flop came and was checked around. On the turn, DiFelice bet 3,500 and Mohamed Aissani called, Russell Thomas folded. After the on the river, DiFelice bet 9,000 and Aissani folded.
Two orbits later, DiFelice welcomed Farid Jattin to the table. The Canadian had opened to 1,200, the cutoff called and Jattin three-bet to 3,800. DiFelice four-bet to 40,000 and both opponents folded.
With plenty of chips in the pot already, it looked like 12,000, Sergio Benso bet 6,300 on the river of a board in a battle of the blinds. Table neighbor Jerry Odeen raised to 21,500 and Benso tanked for a long time. Antoine Saout called the clock and the Italian eventually called with 30 seconds left.
Odeen rolled over the for a straight and claimed a juicy pot.
Andrey Andreev raised from early position and then called a three-bet by Gilles Huet in the small blind. The latter bet the flop for 3,500 and Andreev called. On the turn, Huet bet 5,100 and again Huet came along. Both then checked the on the river.
Huet showed and Andreev turned over the for a straight, leaving the Frenchman with around 10,000.
Ismael Bojang limped the small blind and Alexander Prokudin raised to 1,400, Bojang called. On the flop, both players checked. Bojang then check-folded the turn to a delayed continuation bet.
Soon after, Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu raised to 1,000 and Bojang three-bet to 3,100. Nedelcu called and the flop came . Nedelcu check-called a bet of 3,500 and checked the on the turn, Bojang checked behind. After the river, Nedelcu made it 5,500 to go and Bojang reluctantly called. Nedelcu flashed for a busted draw and Bojang claimed the pot with .