Swiss' own Rino Mathis came down to Vienna as well and he's currently sitting on around 36,000 chips. Mathis, a long time professional, has $755,000 in live tournament earnings and his first cash dates back to 1996.
Mathis recorded most of his cashes in Austria and he'll be very comfortable playing against the ladies and gentleman that showed up today.
Mathis notched his fist EPT cash in 2006, but his best tournament finish was a third place at the 2002 Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam for €96,000. Mathis has 72 live tournament cashes in his career spread out across 12 countries.
We missed the preflop action but saw Hannes Speiser bet out 1,325 on from the big blind. Jakob Carlsson made the call.
The turn brought the into play and Speiser checked. Carlsson bet out 2,200 and was soon met by a raise to 6,100 by Speiser. The Swedish EPT San Remo runner up of some years back made the call.
The river was the and Speiser bet out 12,500. Carlsson thought about it for a long time and eventually the clock was called. Before the brush even started counting down Carlsson tossed in a 500 chip to make the call. He was soon forced to add 12,000 to that as Speiser tabled for the flopped full house and Carlsson mucked.
Three players went to the flop in a three bet pot, Walter Buss in the hi-jack, PokerStars player George Danzer in the cut off and sitting in the big blind, Torsten Pischl. They saw a flop of which was checked around. Turn card was again met with checks. The river card was the and now Pischi went for a bet of 1,500. Buss made the call and Danzer mucked. The of Pischi gave him a turned flush which was the winner against the top two of Buss. There were a few raised eyebrows at the flop action and some discussion of ranges from Pischi as he added the chips to his stack.
Marko Vukoja opened on the button for 450 and got the one caller in big blind PokerStars player Sebastian Pauli. The flop was met by a check from both players and they saw a turn card . A check from Pauli, a bet of 600 from Vukoja and then a raise to 1,700 from Pauli. Vukoja made the call and they saw a river card . Both players checked and Pauli showed explaining the check-raise semi-bluff on the turn. Vukoja had hung on with to take down the pot.
Craig McCorkell raised under the gun to 525 and Justin Steinbrenner called in position. The big blind called as well and the flop brought out . The big blind checked and McCorkell fired out 650 and only Steinbrenner called.
The turn brought the and McCorkell quickly bet another 1,225 only to fold when Steinbrenner raised to 2,600.
McCorkell's still up a little from the start of the day with 38,000 chips.
"Seat open, Table 28," we heard a dealer yell. We arrived just in time to see Isaac Krantz take his leave courtesy of Mohamed Kerkeni.
We missed the action, but by the looks of it the chips went in on the flop.
Kerkeni:
Krantz:
Krantz held a pair and flush draw, and he needed to hit the latter as Kerkeni had middle set. The turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the river. Kerkeni held and he is already up to over 100K in just the third level of the day.
Brazilian poker player Joao Baumgarten opened up the action with a raise to 400 from the hijack. The cutoff folded but Kevin Vandersmissen on the button made it 1,050 for the second time in a row. Both blinds folded and Baumgarten made the call.
on the flop and Baumgarten check called Vandersmissen's 1,200 continuation bet.
Baumgarten made a more agressive move on the turn. First he checked and let Vandersmissen bet 2,600. Baumgarten made it 6,800 to go and Vandersmissen made the call.
The fell on the river and Baumgarten bet out 8,300.
Now it was time for some thinking. Vandersmissen took his time while he counted out his chips. He took 8,300 apart and pondered some more.
Eventually he tossed those chips in and would soon be met by some good news. Baumgarten turned over for the missed flush draw. Vandersmissen tabled and took it down.
from the big blind. Jakob Carlsson made the call.
into play and Speiser checked. Carlsson bet out 2,200 and was soon met by a raise to 6,100 by Speiser. The Swedish EPT San Remo runner up of some years back made the call.
and Speiser bet out 12,500. Carlsson thought about it for a long time and eventually the clock was called. Before the brush even started counting down Carlsson tossed in a 500 chip to make the call. He was soon forced to add 12,000 to that as Speiser tabled 
for the flopped full house and Carlsson mucked.
which was checked around. Turn card 
was again met with checks. The river card was the 
and now Pischi went for a bet of 1,500. Buss made the call and Danzer mucked. The 
of Pischi gave him a turned flush which was the winner against the 
top two of Buss. There were a few raised eyebrows at the flop action and some discussion of ranges from Pischi as he added the chips to his stack.
. Both players checked and Pauli showed 
explaining the check-raise semi-bluff on the turn. Vukoja had hung on with 
to take down the pot.
and McCorkell quickly bet another 1,225 only to fold when Steinbrenner raised to 2,600.
flop.
turn. First he checked and let Vandersmissen bet 2,600. Baumgarten made it 6,800 to go and Vandersmissen made the call.
fell on the river and Baumgarten bet out 8,300.
for the missed flush draw. Vandersmissen tabled 
