As we arrived over on Table 2, Giuliano Bendinelli had already checked and Ignat Liviu was gathering chips to bet. We later learned from table mate Antoine Vranken what had happened before the river.
Giuliano Bendinelli had opened from the hijack and Ignat Liviu had three bet from the button. Bendinelli had called and check called bets on the flop and turn.
The river was the and we saw Bendinelli check his option. Liviu took his time making his bet. With a somewhat shaking hand the experienced Romanian high stakes player bet 58,000. Bendinelli instantly tossed in a 100 chip to make the call.
Liviu showed and Bendinelli sympathy showed his before he mucked.
After a raise from under the gun, Jesper Feddersen moved all in for around 50,000 in chips with pocket nines and Javier Rodriguez reshoved out of the small blind with to isolate successfully. The Spaniard improved and sent Feddersen to the rail. Rodriguez is not yet the current chip leader though, as Ismail Kalkan has slightly more.
Shannon Shorr was seen leaving the tournament room. When we headed over to his former table we didn't see anyone stacking a particular big amount of chips.
Jonathan Duhamel told us Shorr had only about five or six big blinds left when he started his last hand. A player opened with and called Shorr's small blind and short stack shove. Shorr had off suit but wouldn't improve enough for a double up.
Duhamel himself plays around 85,000; 45,000 under the average of 130,000.
In a three-way all in, Gyorgy Moger was looking for a huge pot with , as Thomas Berends only held and Koray Aldemir went into the showdown with . The dealer burned and turned the and everyone chopped the pot thanks to the straight on the board. Especially Moger wasn't too happy to say the least.
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A very short-stacked Daniel Ghionoiu was all in with and Bjorn Geissert looked him up with the . The board ran out and Geissert added more chips to his already impressive stack.
After a preflop all in, Shannon Shorr had a short stack all in for 42,800 with versus . However, the board ran out to give his opponent a flush and leave the American in desperate need of a double up.
Next to him is Anton Bertilsson and the runner up of EPT 11 Prague has almost double the current average.
Steve Watts open-shoved for 49,900 from the hijack seat and Gilbert Diaz called from the button, the players in the blinds mucked their cards. Watts needed some help with as Diaz had him covered with the and the Brit got there on a board of .
Marc Etienne Mclaughlin opened to 5,000 and Rory Brown flat-called before Bouali Saiah moved all in. The Canadian folded but Brown called for 71,000 with . His opponent held and the board ran out .
After an open-raise to 5,200 and the three-bet of Pascal Hartmann in the hijack to 9,400, Ben Dobson moved all in and claimed the blinds, antes and raising chips.
flop and 
turn.
and we saw Bendinelli check his option. Liviu took his time making his bet. With a somewhat shaking hand the experienced Romanian high stakes player bet 58,000. Bendinelli instantly tossed in a 100 chip to make the call.
and Bendinelli sympathy showed his 
before he mucked.
to isolate successfully. The Spaniard improved and sent Feddersen to the rail. Rodriguez is not yet the current chip leader though, as Ismail Kalkan has slightly more.
and called Shorr's small blind and short stack shove. Shorr had 
off suit but wouldn't improve enough for a double up.
and Koray Aldemir went into the showdown with 
. The dealer burned and turned the 
and everyone chopped the pot thanks to the straight on the board. Especially Moger wasn't too happy to say the least.
and Bjorn Geissert looked him up with the 
. The board ran out 
. However, the board ran out 
and the Brit got there on a board of 
. His opponent held 
and the board ran out 
