The on the river had both players quickly checking. Gavin announced "a nine" as he turned over . Ukella mucked and Fintan Gavin took down the pot.
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open
EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
Day: 4
The on the river had both players quickly checking. Gavin announced "a nine" as he turned over . Ukella mucked and Fintan Gavin took down the pot.
The flop was , but the turn came the , opening up a flush draw for Mazzia. Sure enough, the fell on the river, and Mazzia doubled up to 634,000.
On a flop, Ukella continue bet for 86,000, which was flat-called by Chartier. Ruthenberg stepped out of the way.
A on the turn led to a second bet from Ukella. We couldn't make out the value of the bet, but once Chartier had made yet another smooth call, the pot had inflated to 679,000.
The seemingly blank on the river led to what the commentary referred to as a "trademark swerve bet from Ukella," who led out for a very diminutive 72,000. Chartier huffed before calling, but could only muck as Ukella revealed a triumphant .
When the came off on fifth street, Ruthenberg tapped the felt yet again. Nielsen confidently bet 75,000 and Ruthenberg made a routine call. The players showed:
Nielsen:
Ruthenberg:
Both had kings up, but the German had the winner. Ruthenberg took over the chip lead on the hand and climbed to just shy of 1,280,000 chips. Nielsen sits in second place in the chip counts, still with over one million.
"If I show you mine, will you show me yours?"
Mercier folded his face-up and Gavin made good on his promise, showing the for a complete bluff.
Mercier looked ill as Gavin raked in the pot.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000