Benoit Gury shoved his short stack all in from early position and received a call from Kimmo Kurko on the button. The blinds both folded and the cards were turned up.
Gury:
Kurko:
Gury seemed thrilled to have gotten it in good, but he wasn't so excited about the flop. Kurko flopped a flush draw, but as it was Gury was still in the lead thanks to his kicker. The turn didn't change anything, which meant Kurko needed either a five or club on the river to eliminate his opponent. It was the .
A short-stacked Stefan Kolossow got his stack of 1.69 million in from early position and received a call from Benoit Gury.
Kolossow:
Gury:
The elicited both cheers and groans from the railbird. Kolossow had flopped two pair, but it was no good as Gury flopped Broadway. The turn meant a jack on the river would chop it, but in dramatic fashion it was the spiked. Kolossow hit his full house to secure the double and leave Gury on the short stack.
We just saw an acting performance reminiscent of 2004, but one deserving of an Emmy.
It happened on a flop of with about 1.1 million in the pot. Benoit Gury led out for 350,000 and Kresten Nielsen shifted in his chair and did his best to look uncomfortable.
"You don't like me?" he asked Gury, seemingly on the brink of folding. Instead, Nielsen made the call. When the dealer burned and turned the , Gury slowed down with a check but called when Nielsen bet right around 300,000.
Gury checked for a second time on the river and Nielsen shook his head. It's hard to explain the acting job if you haven't seen it, but even the commentators said it was a bit over the top. Eventually he bet 755,000 after which he removed his hat and sunglasses and continued to shift in his chair. He then took a drink or water, prayed to the ceiling and refused to look at his opponent. Again, a bit over the top.
Nonetheless it worked as Gury called. Nielsen clapped his hands together, let out a shout and then tabled the for flopped quads. Gury simply mucked.
Emilio Jimenez moved all in and found a caller in Pasi Sormunen. It was a race as Jiminez had and again Sormunen a small pair with the . The pair was good this time as, despite a sweat on the turn, as the cards fell .
Shortly after being moved to the secondary feature table, action folded to Madis Müür in the small blind and he moved all in. Tom Middleton was in the big blind and seemed interested. He asked for a count, and upon learning that it was 1.16 million, he slid in some chips to indicate a call.
Müür:
Middleton:
Müür seemed crestfallen, but he did hold live cards. He even picked up a good sweat when the flop delivered him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river were one of his many out.
Müür shook hands with the remaining four players at the table and the made his way to the payout desk to collect €58,980 for his 12th-place finish.
Anaras Alekberovas opened for 200,000 and Tom Middleton moved all in from the small blind. Back to Alekberovas who called and showed racing against the of Middleton. The board ran out and Middleton doubled up to cripple Alekberovas. Desperately unlucky as he had managed to work his stack up with excellent poker but couldn’t win that crucial flip. Good timing for Middleton.
A few hands later Alejandro Perez was all in and Alekberovas gave him the call. Perez held and Alekberovas had the . Just not Alekberovas’s day though as the board ran out and he was out.
Among the 14 players left in the EPT10 Barcelona Main Event are two Spaniards, Alejandro Perez and Emilio Jimenez. On their shoulders rest Spain's hopes to earn a first ever EPT Main Event title, as described on the PokerStars Blog.
Luca Fiorini opened for 220,000 from the cutoff only to have Michel Eid, who has been playing on the tighter side of things as of late, three-bet all in for 1.365 million from the button. The blinds both folded and action was back on Fiorini. He immediately shot back in his chair, removed his sunglasses and stared down Eid. Eventually he made the call.
Fiorini:
Eid:
Eid let a big smile cross his face as he knew he'd been caught red handed trying to steal. Fiorini also smiled as he wasn't expecting to be such a heavy favorite. The was no help to Eid and he got out of his chair in preparation for his exit. His preemptive rise wasn't wasted as the dealer burned and turned the to leave him drawing dead.
Fiorini let out a little cheer as the was put out on the river and Eid took his leave from the tournament in 14th place for €52,940.
Pasi Sormunen opened from under the gun and Kresten Nielsen moved all in for 1.565,000. Sormunen decided, in the end, to make the call and asked his opponent, “You got a pair?.” He did, the and Sormunen was behind with . The final board read , lots of low cards but no deuce. Nielsen celebrated wildly and got a significant double up.