On a completed board of , big blind Gavin O'Rourke was all in for about 110,000 effective when we got to his table. Small blind Antonio Palma was in the tank and deciding whether to call the slight overbet — the pot was about 90,000. Eventually, he slid his stack in.
Rourke tabled for a flush and Palma mucked what the dealer revealed to be .
After an under the gun raise to 16,000 and a call in middle position, Matas Cimbolas on the button squeezed to 58,000. Markus Durnegger, in the small blind, raised to 100,000 with just 16,000 behind. The big blind, original raiser, and caller all folded. Cimbolas called and called blind the rest of the 16,000 as well.
Three players were all in preflop on the featured table: Fatima Moreira de Melo for 277,000, Arnaud Enselme for 140,000 and Aleksandr Mordvinov covering both of his opponents.
Mordvinov:
Moreira de Melo:
Arnaud Enselme:
Moreira de Melo paired up on the flop. The turn brought a flush draw for Enselme, so the PokerStars Team Pro was sweating a bunch of rivers, but the was safe for her.
When we arrived, the chips were already in and Michel Dattani was already getting up. When the hand was done, James Mitchell told us what had happened.
Mitchell opened the button and big blind Dattani called.
The flop came and Dattani check-called Mitchell's continuation bet.
Dattani checked again on the turn and Mitchell bet again. Dattani shoved all in and Mitchell had the easy call.
Michel Dattani:
James Mitchell:
The river was inconsequential and Dattani said his goodbyes.
Along with the announcement about the massive upcoming promotion for 2018, Daniel Negreanu revealed live on the PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event floor that the European Poker Tour would be making its eagerly awaited return next year. The beloved brand was scrapped along with the other regional tours in the 2017 shift to the Championship and Festival model.
We missed the amounts, but Asi Moshe opened from middle position and found his neighbor Alex Foxen three-betting. When the action was back on Moshe, he shoved for about 140,000. Foxen called.
Asi Moshe:
Alex Foxen:
"Chop?" asked Foxen after the flop had come .
"Nah," replied Moshe with a smile.
Moshe would be right, but not in the way he intended. It came , and Foxen made his straight to bust Moshe.