Muhyedine Fares opened the cutoff and Mario Ho three-bet from the button to 12,300. Big blind Piotr Franczak cold-called and Fares made the call as well.
Franczak checked on and Fares shoved all in for 43,400. Maria Ho folded, Franczak instantly called.
Piotr Franczak:
Muhyedine Fares:
The turn and river didnt change a thing and Fares was pushed the pot.
We found the dealer at Dan Heimiller's table cutting down his stacks for a double up. His set of deuces on a board had turned into a boat by the river in a battle of the blinds. Small blind Aroldo Fioroni had face-up in front of him still and sent the chips to Heimiller. We didn't see when the money went in.
Readers might be forgiven for thinking all we have been following is Vanessa Selbst today, but she has just doubled up through Oliver Price after 4-betting the Brit all-in pre-flop.
Selbst:
Price:
Selbst was heading for the exit, but there was a 9 in the window as the flop came , the was no help for Price, as Selbst was the only one with a spade in their hand. The river was the and Vanessa doubled up to over 200,000.
One player was already all in on a very short stack, and a flop saw plenty of action among the three remaining players. One fired out 7,800 and saw Vanessa Selbst make it 23,600 on his left. Vicente Delgado jammed for 61,700 after checking in the big blind, and the bettor folded. Selbst called.
Selbst:
Delgado:
Short stack:
Selbst saw one of the better turn cards for her hand, the , but she missed everything on the river.
Mike McDonald opened to 3,200 and saw Thomas Popov repop it to about 10,000 on his left. McDonald stared Popov down and then told the dealer he was all in, which was a wager of around 50,000. Popov was very eager to call and turned over . He was way ahead of McDonald's , and the tournament legend found himself dead on the turn as the board rolled out .
Johnny Lodden opened to 3,500 in middle position, and Dario Sammartino reraised to 8,600 on his left. One fold later, Alexander Stadler cold four-bet to 18,000 from the cutoff. Lodden took awhile and cut out some chips but decided to fold. Sammartino slid out a tower of chips for a five-bet, sweeping in his previous bet.
"How much do you have behind?" Stadler asked, seeing that Sammartino had made it 30,000.
"About 40," Sammartino said.
Stadler called, and Sammartino bet just 10,600 on the flop. Stadler said he was all in, and Sammartino snapped with . Top two was miles ahead of Stadler's , and the near miracle chance for a comeback became zero on the turn.
Sammartino made his mark on European Poker Tour Monte Carlo already with a fourth-place finish in the €100,000 Super High Roller and is looking for a deep run in the main event now.
EPT Barcelona €10,000 High Roller (€747,200) and EPT Malta €5,000 6-max turbo (€97,400) winner Ihar Soika will not become the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event champion.
After a raise to 3,500 from middle position, PokerStars Team Pro Eugene Katchalov three-bet to 8,200 from the cutoff. Action folded to Soika in the big blind and the Belarusian shoved all in for about 30,000 from the big blind. The initial raiser quickly folded, Katchalov called as soon as he found out how much it was.
Ihar Soika:
Eugene Katchalov:
The board ran out ; not even a glimpse of hope for Soika at any point in the board development.
and Fares shoved all in for 43,400. Maria Ho folded, Franczak instantly called.
turn and 
river didnt change a thing and Fares was pushed the pot.
, the 
and Vanessa doubled up to over 200,000.
flop saw plenty of action among the three remaining players. One fired out 7,800 and saw Vanessa Selbst make it 23,600 on his left. Vicente Delgado jammed for 61,700 after checking in the big blind, and the bettor folded. Selbst called.
, but she missed everything on the 
river.
.
, and the near miracle chance for a comeback became zero on the 
; not even a glimpse of hope for Soika at any point in the board development.
