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Cailin Jin opened and was raised by Simo Herman Kiukas . Jin moved all in and Kiukas sighed and called it off. It was a strange sigh as he tabled and was against the of Jin. The sigh proved prophetic though as the board ran out…
and with Jin just having Kiukas covered, Kiukas hit the rail. “I am lucky.” Admitted Jin.
You know who you can watch on the live stream? Viktor Blom!
You know who you won't be able to see on the live stream? Nicolas Chouity.
In one of the last hands before the break the EPT Monte Carlo winner busted to Milan Joksic. We're not entirely sure what happened but we are sure Chouity's kings were cracked. Whether it was all in pre flop or post flop, the result was the same as Joksic had on . Chouity's kings went into the muck and he left the tournament area.
Marc-Andre Ladouceur, PokerStars Team Online member, plays an interesting hand in which he gets three-bet on the river on Day 2 of EPT Vienna. He talks to Kristy about his thought process.
The question: “Excuse me, are you a member of the Bavarian Royal Family?” is not one we’ve ever had to ask before, but it was put to good use today, identifying among the field His Royal Highness Karl Ruprecht Prinz von Bavaria, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.