Andrei Racolta raised to 230,000 with the on the button and was called by marian Strachinescu in the small blind with and Sinisa Radovanovic with in the big blind. On the flop the trio checked and Strachinescu bet the turn for 300,000, both opponents called.
The river saw Strachinescu check, and Radovanovic turned his pair into a bluff by moving all in, Racolta with the stone cold nuts reshoved and Strachinescu folded. Radovanovic, who had qualified for this evenmt through 888poker after starting at a $5 step satellite, earned himself a payday of �25,800.
Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 225,000 with the on the button and Marian Strachinescu defended the . On the flop, Strachinescu checked and called a bet of 255,000 before the turn improved him to a straight. The river brought a bet of 350,000 by Strachinescu and Chmielowski called to drop back even further.
Razvan Bordei doubled with king-jack against the ace-queen of Alexandru Papazian after spiking a jack. The next hand Papazian was forced all in from the big blind and three players headed to the flop of . Sofia Lovgren bet to force out Danut Chisu on the button and Bordei in the small blind.
Alexandru Papazian:
Sofia Lovgren:
The turn and river blanked and Papazian bubbled, while all remaining players including Ana Marquez have �5,250 locked up.
Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 205,000 with and Andrei Racolta called on the button with the . On the flop, Chmielowski bet 250,000 and Racolta called before the fell on the turn.
Chmielowski bet 600,000 and Racolta called with his two pair. The river brought a check by Chmielowski and Racolta moved all in for 2.8 million to force a fold, jumping into a narrow lead for the first time today.
Krzysztof Chmielowski limped in for 100,000 from the button with the and Marian Strachinescu in the big blind checked with . On the flop, Strachinescu checked and called a bet of 110,000. The turn was checked and Strachinescu checked the river.
Chmielowski bet 125,000 and Strachinescu gave it brief consideration before calling with ten-high and scooping the pot.
Andrei Racolta raised to 190,000 with the and Krzysztof Chmielowski defended the big blind with . Both players checked the flop and the fell on the turn. Chmielowski checked and called a bet of 350,000.
On the river, Racolta improved to a flush but eventually opted to check behind to rake in the pot.
Andrei Racolta raised to 240,000 out of the small blind with the and Marian Strachinescu called from the big blind with . On the flop, a continuation bet of Racolta for 220,000 was called before the fell on the turn.
Racolta moved all in and Strachinescu used one time bank to give it some more thought with his pair and a flush draw. The one minute passed and Strachinescu folded.
In a limped pot to the flop, Krzysztof Chmielowski bet 80,000 with and Andrei Racolta called with the . The turn saw Chmielowski checked and call a bet of 160,000 by Racolta. Both players checked the river and Racolta could all but smile when showing his busted flush draw.