Eike Seidel (no, not Erik Seidel) raised from the button to 45,000. Action moved to Christophe Gross in the big blind and he reraised to 115,000. Seidel took some time, but eventually moved all in for 404,000 total. Gross was right there to make the call.
Gross held the against Seidel's .
The flop came down and both players flopped a set. The turn card brought the and then the river card, well, it was only the one-out miracle Seidel was looking for in the ! The crowd on the rail jumped back and roared while Gross just sat there and counted down the chips he owed to Seidel.
Although he did take a blow for nearly half a million chips, Gross still has just over one million.
The board read and Kevin Macphee had bet 120,000. Luca Falaschi, however, seemed to be under the impression that the bet had been only 100,000, as he stuck in 200,000 which was meant to represent a min-raise. It was deemed a call, though, and he quietly mucked when Macphee turned over .
Nico Behling raised to 39,000 under the gun and it folded right around to Marc Inizan in the small blind, who made it 116,000. But in the big blind, Stefan Huber was having none of it and re-popped to 225,000.
Behling immediately got out of their way, and Inizan was left with a decision. He stared at the felt for a long time, before quietly announcing, "Raise." Without even waiting to hear the amount, Huber folded. "Well," said Inizan as he raked in the pot, "I wasn't going to call with seven-eight."
Inizan declined to show, but as they moved on to the next hand he continued to insist that he had had . He's up to around 2.1 million.
Frank Schaefer raised, and Vikash Dhorasoo shoved from the small blind. In the big blind, Kevin Macphee reshoved. Back to Schaefer, who pondered it for a long time, but ultimately folded. The other two flipped their cards.
Dhorasoo:
MacPhee:
Board:
Schaefer made sad little noises as each ace hit the felt, like he wished he had called. Even the murmurs of, "Good fold," directed at him could not console him.
This is one odd hand. Watch and join us in scratching our heads. The strange journey began when Ilya Gorodetskiy raised to 38,000 under the gun. Iikka Tahkokallio was next to act and flat called as did Paul Thomas Otto.
Flop: - Gorodetskiy and Tahkokallio both checked. Otto bet 50,000, and Gorodetskiy quickly folded. Tahkokallio made the call.
Turn: - Tahkokallio checked again, then called Otto's 120,000-chip bet.
River: - Tahkokallio checked a third street. Otto took his time dismantling the chip sculpture he'd built in order to bet 300,000. Tahkokallio spent several minutes in the tank, finally making the call.
Otto turned over which was enough to win the massive pot. Tahkokallio told the table that he had pocket kings. Do you believe him? No matter what he had, he's down to 560,000. Otto, on the other hand, is up to 1.68 million.
Roland Reckeweg got bluffed out of a big pot by Marc Inizan, who showed him an underpair to the board. After that, the tilt was obvious, but Reckeweg still got his money in good against his nemesis.
Marko Mikovic raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, and Reckeweg called from the small blind. Marc Inizan hasn't done much calling this tournament, but he's always very protective of his big blind. This time, he raised it to 132,000. Mikovic mucked, and Reckeweg announced he was all in. Inizan would need to call another 340,000. And call he did.
Showdown
Reckeweg:
Inizan:
The flop came , pairing Inizan but giving Reckeweg an open-ended straight draw and a backdoor flush draw to go with his two overs. The turn was a complete brick, and the on the river made trips for Inizan. Thus ends the crazy day of Roland Reckeweg. Inizan, on the other hand, has 1.75 million with which to continue the craziness.