The player on the button opened to 250 and bracelet winner Marcel Vonk made it 575 from the small blind. The big blind quickly folded, the button placed some more chips over the line to indicate the call.
The flop brought the two and Vonk continued his pre flop aggression with a 600 continuation bet. The button called and they saw a turn; . Vonk bet out 1,100 this time and again a call followed.
The river completed the board with the and Vonk bet out 2,200. The button released his hand after a little bit of thinking, big pot to Vonk.
Andreas Goeller made a bet of 325 on a flop of . Yann Dion on the button has come to play and raised him to 850. Goeller made the call and they went to the turn. The now saw Goeller make a check and a bet of 1,500 from Dion was met by a fold.
Lewis Barber opened for 300 from the cutoff and EPT regular Jason Wheeler called from the button. The big blind came along as well, and three players saw a flop of . The big blind checked, Barber bet 550, and Wheeler called. The big blind called too and the was put out on the turn.
Two checks saw Wheeler bet 875, the big blind called, and Barber folded. When the completed the board on the river, the big blind checked and Wheeler did the same. The big blind tabled the for a flush, and it was good as Wheeler double checked his cards and then sent them to the muck.
Maurizio Baisi has a tortoise figurine as his card protector and faced off in a hand against Yann Dion, who has nice hair.
Baisi made it 200 to go from the button and when the small blind folded Dion raised to 725 from the big blind. Baisi made the call and they saw a flop of . Dion put out a bet of 900 and Baisi smooth called.
The turn card was the and Dion now bet 2,150. Baisi slid his cards out from beneath his tortoise and passed them to the dealer. This time the Hair got the better of his opponent, but there’s still a long way to go.
One day the PokerStars European Poker Tou will crown it's first two time winner. With a bunch of former winners playing today, could it be this week? Besides the ones we already spotted (MacPhee, Pobal, Danchev), we have three more contestants now; Nordics Jensen, Tureniec and Wigg just entered.