Mike Gerry opened to 80,000 and short stack Julien Brulet moved all in for what looked like 300,000. Gerry called off with and had two live cards against the of Brulet. The board ran out and Brulet just missed out on the last table. There is now a redraw for the unofficial final table and once another player busts, the official final table will be set.
In a battle of the blinds, Nico Lombaerts bet the river for 110,000 from the small blind and Mike Gerry raised to 350,000. Lombaerts folded and was shown the ...
The biggest pot played as of lately came off the shove by Mike Gerry on a flop of when Mohamed Mamouni had bet 100,000 and folded. Gerry opened the next hand to 80,000 and was called by Jozsef Szabo and Mamouni before everyone folded to the 200,000-three-bet of Nico Lombaerts.
Over on table 4, Heinrich Pauker and Yehoram Houri chopped a pot on a board of . Houri had bet the turn for 100,000 with and the made straight as well as flush draw. Pauker's did get the chop thanks to the river though.
In a battle of the blinds, Julien Brulet check-called a bet of 75,000 on the flop by Jozsef Szabo and the turn as well as river were both checked through. Brulet showed the and won the pot.
Nico Lombaerts raised to 80,000 from under the gun and was called by Jozsef Szabo and Mohamed Mamouni in the blinds. On a flop of all three players checked and Szabo then bet the turn for 150,000. Mamouni folded and Lombaerts grabbed some orange T-25,000 chips carefully before min-raising to 300,000.
Within a matter of seconds, Szabo moved all in and Lombaerts folded just as quickly.
The temperature outside might be below freezing, but the poker action will be hotter than ever! Running from February 27 to March 10, 2015, Playground Poker Club is hosting the first Playground Winter Festival.
The festival kicks off with "The Wild $150," a reentry event with four starting flights and a $100,000 guarantee. It continues with 14 other events including a $330 two-day Freeze, a mixed hold’em/Omaha event, and a $220 Survivor tourney.
The $1,100 Main Event will begin on Friday, March 6 and feature two Day 1s (next-day reentry), and it has a massive $500,000 guaranteed prize pool!
Miroslav Alilovic raised to 80,000 and was called by Julien Duveau on the button. On a flop of , Alilovic bet and won the pot.
Over on the second table, Julien Brulet has been grinding a short stack for quite some time and then opened to 80,000 from under the gun. Jozsef Szabo called from one seat over and both folded to the three-bet by Mohamed Mamouni on the button.
Mike Gerry min-raised preflop and Mohamed Mamouni defended his small blind to see a flop of . Mamouni check-called a bet and then the turn and river were checked through. Mamouni showed the and that won the pot.
Shortly after, Nico Lombaerts raised to 80,000 from the small blind and Gerry called from one seat over. On the flop, Lombaerts check-called a bet of 75,000 and the turn was checked by both players. Lombaerts bet the river for 120,000 and a frustrated looking Gerry mucked his cards.
While Jean Marie Vandeborne had not even left the tournament area yet for two minutes, the next player followed him out of the door already. Eugenio Landi got his stack in preflop with against the of Jozsef Szabo and the board would only produce low cards to kill all hopes of a comeback for the Italian.