Just before the level went up, Michael Zhang three-bet from 32,000 to 106,000 out of the small blind and Ihar Soika called from under the gun. On the flop, Zhang continued for 80,000 and was called before firing 250,000 on the turn, again Soika called.
After the river, Zhang shoved for 700,000, just under pot size, and Soika snap-called. Zhang wanted to muck his cards, but as per all in showdown his were revealed. Soika had rivered a straight with and raked in the big pot.
The chips went flying on the same table soon after. Alexander Lynskey three-bet from 35,000 to 120,000 while in the small blind and Paul Hoefer four-bet to 260,000. The initial raiser folded and Lynskey jammed for 566,000, Hoefer called.
Alexander Lynskey:
Paul Hoefer:
The board of brought no upset and the Aussie doubled.
Table #18 seems to be chatting a lot all around the table and when you look who is seated there, it's no surprise. Michael Gathy is sitting in seat 1, Upeshka De Silva in seat 4, Steven van Zadelhoff in seat 5, Bryan Piccioli in seat 6 and Martin Kus in seat 8. Apparently, the whole table is playing the "show one" game.
Kus raised to 35,000 from mid-position and Gathy three-bet to 100,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Kus who called. They both checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Kus now bet 150,000 and Gathy folded. Gathy got to choose which card would be shown and he flipped open the .
In the next hand, Balasz Csongor raised to 40,000 from the hijack and was called by Piccioli. They both checked through the on the flop. The turn brought them the , Piccioli check-called the 40,000 bet of Csongor. The river completed the board with the , Piccioli checked once more. Csongor continued with a bet of 100,000. Piccioli called. Csongor tabled for the flopped full house. Piccioli smiled, checked his cards again and then mucked them.
Alan Lau, Isaac Haxton, Darryll Fish and Mustapha Kanit can all be found on the same table and Thomas Boivin adds further international flavor to that line up. The Belgian just played a bigger pot against Alexandros Papadopolos, who check-called a bet of 60,000 on the flop. On the turn, Papadopolos check-shoved over the top of a 255,000 bet by Boivin and forced a fold, flashing the .
Nick Petrangelo raised to 30,000 from early position and was only called by Rainer Kempe in the small blind. The flop came , Kempe check-folded to the 50,000 continuation bet of Petrangelo.
The hand right after that, Petrangelo raised to 30,000 again but now from the under-the-gun position. Kempe (button) was the only one to call again. The flop came , Petrangelo continued with a bet of 90,000 and Kempe called. The turn brought them the , now it was Petrangelo's turn to check-fold to the 65,000 bet of Kempe.
After having lost a big pot to Gilbert Diaz, Stefan Huber was all in and at risk for his last 230,000 with the and Georgios Sotiropoulos looked him up with the . Huber already knew his fate, pointed towards the middle of the table and said "always on the river."
Indeed, that's what happened as the board ran out to give Sotiropoulos a winning pair of aces eventually. The same table also features Oliver Price, Dominik Nitsche and Artur Koren, all well-known faces on the international poker circuit.
One table over we have the following line up: Felix Bleiker, Alex Goulder, Martin Finger, Robert Mizrachi, Patrick Mahoney and Anthony Spinella ... . And that's what an average table in the €10,300 Main Event looks like, everyone has headed to Barcelona to take a shot at the €10,000,000 prize pool.
After a raise to 31,000 and two callers, Angelo Solinas moved all in for his last 326,000 and Sean Winter moved all in over the top, having everyone at the table comfortably covered. The isolation was successful and Winter headed into the heads-up showdown with Solinas.
Angelo Solinas:
Sean Winter:
The board of improved Winter to queens and sevens, and he bumped up his stack further.
One table over are quite a few notables in contention including Fabio Sperling, Paul-Francois Tedeschi, Niall Farrell, Michal Lubas, Darryll Fish, Marius Pertea and Thi Nguyen. Tedeschi is in early trouble with fewer than half the starting stack remaining.