Michael Mizrachi opened from under the gun, Phillip Mighall called in middle position, and Nicolas Chouity defended from the big blind. The dealer fanned , Chouity checked, Mizrachi continued for 2,000, and Mighall raised to 5,000. Chouity folded, Mizrachi re-raised to 8,000, and Mighall folded deuces face up.
Mizrachi laughed heartily, then showed the other two deuces. The Grinder is now up to 140,000 chips.
Michael Mizrachi left for dinner with 20,000 chips. Shortly after his return he’s now up to nearly 150,000 thanks to two key pots. The Grinder campaign lives strong as the PokerStars Blog writes.
We got to the table to find quite the pot brewing as there was well over 40,000 already piled in the center of the table with a completed board showing. Rameev Sergey checked on over to Ivan Demidov who was in the tank for about forty-five seconds. Eventually, Demidov shrugged and tapped the table back, slapping down on the felt. Sergey showed for top pair and was able to scoop up the large pot. Demidov is now down to about 51,000 while Sergey has soared to 135,000.
On a flop it was Valentin Such who ended up all in for 21,300 chips against Birger Ohl. Ohl had him covered by a lot but still there was also a lot at stake for him. Such stood up from the table as both players turned their cards over.
Nicolas Chouity just managed to get a nice double up through Michael Mizrachi in the dying seconds of the day. Chouity ended up all in for 23,150 against preflop against Mizrachi and the showdown went as following.
Around 314 players made it through the day. It looks as if Michael Mizrachi is the end of day chip leader on 175,400. Play will resume at 12:00PM CET on Tuesday.