Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen opened for 2,200 from middle position and was met by an all-in three-bet to 12,300 by Piotr Robert Pietrzak on the button. The blinds both folded and Jorgensen, who didn't have many chips to spare, dropped in a call.
Pietrzak:
Jorgensen:
It was a classic race, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Pietrzak had a 51.42% chance of surviving the hand while Jorgensen would take it down 48.02% of the time.
The flop was interesting in that it gave Pietrzak a set, making him a 74.44% favorite, but it also delivered Jorgensen a flush draw, which he'd make 25.56% of the time. The turn was safe for Pietrzak, and his chances increased to 84.09%. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Jorgensen missed and a happy Pietrzak stacked more than twice as many chips as he committed to the pot.
Meanwhile Pietrzak's countrymen Tomasz Kowalski and Mateusz Zbikowski are siting with 30,000 and 53,000 respectively.
On Day 2 of an EPT it's always a quest to find emerging players who will turn into real contenders as the tournament goes on. We just spotted two players that tangled, and both have great stacks as we head towards the first break.
We saw Ori Hasson put in a four-bet to 14,800 from the cutoff as Andreas Samuelsson, from his immediate left had 5,200 out in front of him. Samuelsson went into the tank for a bit before five-betting to 26,500 and Hasson made the call.
The flop brought and Hasson check-folded to a 18,500-chip bet. Samuelsson boosted his stack up some more, and while Hasson lost this pot he's also in great shape at the moment.
Kevin Vandersmissen three-bet an opener to 6,600, Zoltan Szabo made it 14,200 to go and Armin Zoike moved all in. It folded round to Szabo who made the call and turned over his . There was a groan of disappointment from Zoike who showed his and was the player at risk, but he was not dead yet.
The cards ran out and no ace from space appeared to save him and he was out.
The board read and three chips were in front of Olivier Busquet for a bet of 2,500 but the floor was asked to rule on whether it was a string bet as they had not hit the felt all at the same time. Busquet explained that one of the chips had stuck to his finger. One the floor had established that all three chips were in his hand and it was one motion his bet stood.
His opponent in the big blind called and they checked the turn card . The river was the and the big blind bet 3,800. Busquet made the call and his was good against the .
Jasper Wetemans gained a lot of chips since our last update. He called a raise with queens as there were two shorties behind him. One of them, the big blind, shoved all in from the big blind for 17,000 and the initial raiser made the call. Wetemans resqueezed and busted the shorty with queens to ace-jack after the initial raiser now folded.
Ruben Visser is having a good day so far. After being up to 85,000 on Day 1A it was kind of a set back when he dropped down to a little under 40,000 to end the day. He has nog grinded back up a bit and plays just under 70,000.
Mateusz Moolhuizen just three bet the button raiser from the small blind, and continued to bet the flop (4,000 on ) and turn (8,000 on the ) but he check folded the river when his opponent shoved all in.
We already mentioned Paul Berende being busted, but just now we heard some more details. He raised it up with ace-queen and got a three bet from someone. Berende didn't have a whole lot of chips to start with and wasn't folding that big hand. His opponent had a bigger hand though, as big as they come: . Berende wasn't so lucky to make a 7.5% hand into a 100%
one and left the tournament.
According to EPT officials, there were 910 players in the EPT Vienna Main Event from 59 countries including 150 from Germany (16% of the field) and 85 from the host nation of Austria (9%). Russians were yet again a dominant presence in the field, the third largest nation with 77 players (8% of the field).
With around 40,000 in the pot and a board reading , Michael Telker bet 10,500 and Szabolcs Mayer thought for a long time before making the call from the button.
When the completed the board on the river, Telker thought for a few moments before sliding in the rest of his stack, which was a bet of around 37,000.
Mayer didn't like it and folded his hand, which prompted the talkative Telker to show his hand — the .
"Wow," Mayer said in disbelief.
Telker was all smiles before he quipped, "You gotta go for it, ya know?"
An exciting new position has become available in our Austrian department. The European Poker Tour invites applicants for the role of “reigning EPT Vienna champion” after the former holder stepped down after three years successful years in office. The PokerStars Blog reports here.
[Removed:254] was all smiles after being on the right end of a big cooler hand.
We arrived on a flop to see a raising way result in Ittai Gluska getting his stack of right around 60,000 all in against Abdalla.
Gluska tabled and was gutted to see Abdalla roll over the . Abdalla was fixated on the board while Gluska was looking to the heavens as if to ask the poker gods, "Why?"
The turn was of no consequence, and neither was the river. Gluska quickly collected his things and made a beeline for the door, while Abdalla was all smiles after growing his stack to right around 225k.
flop was interesting in that it gave Pietrzak a set, making him a 74.44% favorite, but it also delivered Jorgensen a flush draw, which he'd make 25.56% of the time. The 
turn was safe for Pietrzak, and his chances increased to 84.09%. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. Jorgensen missed and a happy Pietrzak stacked more than twice as many chips as he committed to the pot.
and Hasson check-folded to a 18,500-chip bet. Samuelsson boosted his stack up some more, and while Hasson lost this pot he's also in great shape at the moment.
. There was a groan of disappointment from Zoike who showed his 
and no ace from space appeared to save him and he was out.
and three chips were in front of Olivier Busquet for a bet of 2,500 but the floor was asked to rule on whether it was a string bet as they had not hit the felt all at the same time. Busquet explained that one of the chips had stuck to his finger. One the floor had established that all three chips were in his hand and it was one motion his bet stood.
and the big blind bet 3,800. Busquet made the call and his 
was good against the 
.
) and turn (8,000 on the 
, Michael Telker bet 10,500 and Szabolcs Mayer thought for a long time before making the call from the button.
flop to see a raising way result in Ittai Gluska getting his stack of right around 60,000 all in against Abdalla.
