With the board reading and almost 90,000 in the pot, action was on Igor Kurganov. The Russian Team PokerStars Pro bet 65,000. Boika put in a raise to 135,000 and kept just 40,000 behind.
That send Kurganov back, and he agonised over his decision. Eventually, after offering a time bank chip, he settled on a fold.
"Show one card," begged Kurganov. Boika didn't comply. "It's such a good spot to show one card," Kurganov added, but Boika mucked his hand face-down and raked in the pot.
Before the dinner break, Ryan Riess score a big double, and now he experienced the exact opposite in the last hand before the break. After a raise to 12,000 by Pavel Plesuv, Riess three-bet the button and called the four-bet shove of Plesuv for massive 184,000.
Pavel Plesuv:
Ryan Riess:
The flip went to Plesuv after a board of and Riess was left with less than the average.
Timothy Adams was down to just six big blinds in middle position. He shoved and picked up the blinds and antes. Soon after, Adams shoved for 61,000 and all opponents behind him folded with one second left on their shot clock.
Aliaksei Boika limped in from the small blind and Dario Sammartino raised to 20,000 in the big blind, Boika called. On the flop, Boika checked and subsequently called a bet of 18,000 by Sammartino before the fell on the turn. Boika check-called another bet worth 47,000 and the river completed the board.
Boika rolled over for a full house and Sammartino mucked.
Luke Schwarz, who challenged Doug Polk to a heads-up duel in Las Vegas, is the first player out after the break. Schwartz open-shoved 76,000 in middle position, Dario Sammartino reshoved all in on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Luke Schwartz:
Dario Sammartino:
Schwartz flopped a gutshot to go with his queens but that would be it: . The Brit finished in 33rd place, six before the money.
Daniel "Jungleman" Cates is like a rare Pokemon who'll pop up in random places around the world when you least expect it. There was no sign of Cates in the €100,000 Super High Roller, the Main Event or Day 1 of the €25,000 High Roller; so it was quite the surprise to see him stroll into Day 2 of the High Roller.
"I was in Macau at that time," Cates said. "It was just too hard to make it here.
"There was also a game in Hong Kong. There were some things going down there."
The players have started walking around the tournament area, checking out the other tables after they have acted, and the upcoming bubble tension is slowly but surely increasing.
Steffen Sontheimer scooped a decent pot just now after his raise was called by Daniel Dvoress. The latter checked the flop and Sontheimer checked behind. Dvoress then bet the turn and the river. The second bet was for 60,000 into 90,000 and Sontheimer called.
Dvoress rolled over for a busted straight and flush draw, and Sontheimer claimed the pot with .
and almost 90,000 in the pot, action was on Igor Kurganov. The Russian Team PokerStars Pro bet 65,000. Boika put in a raise to 135,000 and kept just 40,000 behind.
and Riess was left with less than the average.
fell on the turn. Boika check-called another bet worth 47,000 and the 
for a full house and Sammartino mucked.
. The Brit finished in 33rd place, six before the money.
flop and Sontheimer checked behind. Dvoress then bet the 
turn and the 
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