Niveau 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Michael Baltierra
Ching Da Wu opened the action with a minraise from under the gun. Michael Baltierra was next to act in the hijack and went all in for around 13,000,000 chips. The rest of the table folded back to Wu, who snap-called and had Baltierra covered.
Michael Baltierra: 6♣6♦
Ching Da Wu: A♠K♣
The flop 10♦8♣7♥ kept the advantage for Baltierra, who added a gutshot to his pair of sixes.
The turn A♥, however, changed everything and Baltierra let out an expletive. He was now drawing very thin, to only four nines for a gutshot and two sixes for the set.
The river was the 8♠ and Baltierra, who without a doubt would win the award for the biggest and loudest rail of the day, was escorted with applause and the rail’s patented call: “Mike, Mike!”
Niveau 40
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
When it folded to Mario Colavita in the small blind he moved all-in for 14,700,000. Stanislav Zegal looked at his cards in the big blind and snap-called.
Mario Colavita: J♠3♠
Stanislav Zegal: A♦K♥
The runout of 6♣6♠6♥9♥3♣ meant Colavita had caught a three on the river to double up.
Niveau 41
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Mario Colavita raised to 4,000,000 from the hijack and Bogdan Munteanu called out of the big blind.
The action checked all the way down on the board of 5♠5♣7♣Q♠J♠. Munteanu showed K♣6♣ for king-high and was second best to the A♣10♣ of Colavita for ace-high.
Niveau 41
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Hand 1
After losing the hand against Mario Colavita, Stanislav Zegal started the hand with just 6,200,000 chips. Mario Dolavita raised from the button to 6,000,000 and Zegal called. Ching Da Wu in the big blind also called.
The flop came 10♣8♦7♣ and got checked by all players. The turn was the 9♥ and Zegal and Wu checked again. Dolavita then bet 6,000,000 and Zegal, who only had 200,000 left behind, folded, as did Wu.
Hand 2
On the next hand, John Racener raised to 4,000,000 and it folded to Zegal, who put in his last 200,000, which represented 10% of a big blind. The blinds folded and Zegal and Racener were heads-up all in.
Stanislav Zegal: Q♣10♠
John Racener: Q♥10♣
The chop was the most likely outcome for this hand and the board Q♦10♥7♥7♦3♦ made it happen. Zegal was able to pick up half the big blind ante along with the double-up of his chips and was at 1,400,000.
Hand 3
Zegal folded the next hand, but went all in again when he was under the gun. Bogdan Munteanu called the small blind and Dolavita checked his option.
Neither Munteanu nor Dolavita bet on any street on the board of 3♣5♥A♦3♦3♥, and they had to show down on the river.
Stanislav Zegal: K♥3♠
Bogdan Munteanu: 10♣8♦
Mario Dolavita: 10♦2♣
Munteanu and Dolavita chopped the side pot, while Zegal picked up the 6,200,000 main pot with his quads.
Hand 4
The next hand, Zegal had to post 4,000,000 for both the big blind and ante, and had only 2,200,000 behind. John Racener raised from the cutoff and it folded to Zegal in the big blind. Zegal and Racener put it all in.
Stanislav Zegal: K♦6♠
John Racener: A♠Q♦
The board was K♥9♣K♣7♣8♦ and Zegal won again to get from one-tenth of a big blind back to 11,200,000 - or six big blinds.
Niveau 41
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Stanislav Zegal
When it folded to Mario Colavita in the small blind he raised to put Stanislav Zegal all-in in the big blind. Zegal only had 1,100,000 chips behind and put in the call.
Stanislav Zegal: 7♣4♦
Mario Colavita :Q♠3♦
The runout out of J♥2♣7♥3♥3♣ meant Colavita had caught running threes to make trips and send Zegal to the rail in fifth place.
