Tennis legend Boris Becker has been knocked out after getting the last of his chips in on a flop with against . The turn left Becker behind and the river sent the German sports star home.
It was mentioned earlier that Daniel Negreanu wasn't feeling that happy at the start of the tournament due to his wallet being stolen by some of Barcelona's finest pick pocketers. Melissa Castello caught up with him on one of the breaks to find out the story and see how he was feeling.
Everyone's favourite chirpy Italian Dario Minieri raised, only to be met with a reraise to 3,600 from the small blind. To which Minieri responded by going all in to cover Mr. Small Blind, who had around 18,000 behind. The hapless small blind squirmed for a while before eventually folding.
"You show one, I show one," announced a grinning Minieri. Mr. Small Blind did not want to show. "OK, I show anyway," said Minieri happily. He turned over the .
Just moments after winning his first hand, Noah Boeken was involved again. This time, the pot would be a little larger.
After opening to 825 from late position, Boeken was reraised to 2,100, but he made the call. The flop came down and the fireworks ensued.
Boeken checked and his opponent bet 1,800. Boeken then made it 6,000 to go and the player moved in over the top for about 26,000 total. Noah made the call holding . Much to his surprise, he was way ahead in the hand as his opponent held . The turn and river blanked allowing Boeken to scoop the nearly 50,000-chip pot with ace high. He now has around 47,000 chips and has a big smile on his face.
Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen bet 5,800 on a flop of after his opponent checked to him. The player took his time with his decision and then made the call.
The turn was the and the player checked again to Thayer. Thayer fired a bigger bullet this time, one worth 9,000 chips. His opponent tanked and eventually folded his hand, allowing Thayer to scoop the pot and boost his stack to 100,000.
Dag Martin Mikkelsen is out after getting his stack in with top two pair against a straight and flush draw on the turn. Unluckily for the Norwegian, his opponent hit to eliminate him.
Noah Boeken has been very quiet all day without much going on in his neck of the woods. Just recently, he flat-called a raise to 900 from the cutoff seat. The flop came down and the preflop raiser led for 1,600. Boeken put in a raise to 5,100 and the player folded.
It's not much, but it's the first pot we've seen Boeken pull in. He has around 22,000 chips.