Timothy Adams shoved his short stack and was called by Dmitry Yurasov on the button and Ekrem Sanioglu in the small blind. Both active players checked down the board and Adams showed . Yurasov had the and Sanioglu only .
At the same time over on table four, John Juanda raised and Pavel Plesuv shoved the button to put ultimate pressure on the short stacks in the blinds and Juanda. The latter, however, called for his last 131,000 and the showdown took place after Adams' tripled up.
John Juanda:
Pavel Plesuv:
There was no sweat on the board and there are still 32 players remaining.
As a result, Alain Goldberg has become the shortest stack, in a recent hand he check-folded a flop of flop against the bet of Aliaksei Boika.
John Juanda raised to 18,000 under the gun, Pavel Plesuv called and Julian Thomas defended his big blind. Juanda continued 30,000 on a flop with Plesuv as the only caller.
Juanda checked the turn, Plesuv bet 48,000, Juanda check-raised all in and Plesuv folded quickly.
Thomas Muehloecker raised from under the gun and Steffen Sontheimer called in the cutoff. Muehloecker then proceeded to fire three barrels worth 24,000 on the flop, 65,000 on the turn and 135,000 on the river. Sontheimer called each of the bets and mucked when Muehloecker flashed for a flush.
The next hand, Emil Patel raised to 21,000 and Sontheimer three-bet shoved for 130,000 from one seat over to claim the pot uncontested.
At the same time on table three, Alain Goldberg shoved for 54,000 and Aliaksei Boika eventually called in the big blind.
Alain Goldberg:
Aliaksei Boika:
The flop gave Boika the lead, and the turn and river were two blanks to eliminate Goldberg.
Thomas Muehloecker raised to 17,000 on the button and Jimmy Guerrero called in the small blind. On the flop, both players checked and the appeared on the turn. Guerrero checked, Muehloecker bet 35,000 and claimed the pot.
Oliver Weis moved all in for his last 77,000 and Julian Thomas called from two seats over in the hijack. "I only saw one card, an ace," Weis said in German while the other tables were still going on, and the showdown then took place as follows.
Julian Thomas:
Oliver Weis:
On the flop, Weis said "that's not good," and he was drawing dead on the turn to make the river a formality. There are now 30 players remaining and the top 27 make the money.
Igor Kurganov defended his big blind against a button raise from Dmitry Yurasov, leaving himself with just 45,000 behind. On a flop, Kurganov tank-folded to Yurasov's shove.
So much poker has been played throughout the past two weeks here in Monaco that it's been hard to keep up with it all. From the Main Events to the cash games, side events to charity tournaments, you're never more than a few metres away from a three-bet.
While Dmitry Yurasov failed to get table neighbor Ekrem Sanioglu off a pair of kings with , there was another all in situation over on table four. Murad Akhundov had shoved the button for 72,000 and Ryan Riess, who had him barely covered, reshoved in the small blind. Julian Thomas folded in the big blind and the cards were tabled.
Ryan Riess:
Murad Akhundov:
The board came and Akhundov rivered a straight to double.