Eugene Katchalov's momentum has been stumped by Martin Schleich after a river two-pair for him gave his opponent a straight.
Katchalov raised to 250,000 from the button and both opponents called from the blinds . Schleich went into check-call mode when Katchalov bet 400,000 and 800,000 on the flop and turn. Dragan Kostic bowed out on the flop. The final board read and Katchalov checked behind on the river.
He then looked to heavens when he saw that his had been rivered by Schleich's .
Raul Mestre found the last of his chips in preflop with the . He was up against the for Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov and at risk of elimination. Fortunately for him, he held the best hand going into it.
The flop came down and kept Mestre in the lead. Katchalov did pick up a gutshot straight draw to go along with his live cards in hopes of eliminating Mestre.
The turn brought the , which was the last card Mestre wanted to see. It gave Katchalov an unbeatable straight and left Mestre drawing stone dead. The river card was unseen as the cameras cut away from the board in order to get the reactions from the players.
Raul Mestre successfully pulled off two squeeze plays to move up to third place in chips and it's just as well he did as he just doubled-up Dragan Kostic to become very short again.
Eugene Katchalov raised to 250,000 from the cut-off and Kostic called before Mestre moved all-in. Katchalov folded but Kostic called for a little less than three million chips.
Kostic:
Mestre:
The board ran to hand the pot to Kostic. Mestre has to start his hard work all over again now.
Tomeu Gomila raised, Martin Schleich reraised and then Gomila moved all in. Schleich met him with a call and the cards were tabled.
Schleich:
Gomila:
The flop came down and so far Gomila had missed. He was the player with the least amount of chips and was at risk in the hand. Now, Gomila needed to hit the turn or river to stay alive.
The turn brought the and still nothing had changed. Only an ace or king on the river would keep Gomila alive.
The river landed with the and that was it. Gomila had missed and was eliminated in fifth place. After beginning the final table with a big chip lead, Gomila went home with a prize of �185,000.
Team PokerStars Pro PokerStars Eugene Katchalov has extended his lead at the top after winning a pot out of position against Martin Schleich.
Schleich raised to 250,000 from the button and Katchalov called from the big blind. The flop came down and Schleich continued for 260,000. Katchalov check-called and then led for 550,000 on the turn. This was enough to scare the German into a fold.
The last two hands reached the flop but didn't go any further and both hands went to Raul Mestre.
In hand number one Mestre raised to 225,000 and Eugene Katchalov called from the big blind. The flop fell and Katchalov check-folded to a c-bet.
In hand number two Martin Schleich raised to 225,000 and Raul Mestre defended to see a flop. Mestre again was aggressive and hid 275,000 lead worked as the German folded.
Eugene Katchalov raised to 225,000 and Dragan Kostic called in position to see the flop. Katchalov bet 300,000 and Kostic put in a raise to 900,000. Katchalov mulled things over for a little bit, but wound up folding his hand and letting Kostic take this one down.
Play really slowed down after the elimination of Saar Wilf. We had two walks and a few raise and takes.
Raul Mestre is the player most at risk and in need of a double-up. The only way to achieve that is to go all-in. He did just that, for 1,495,000 after Martin Schleich raised into his big blind for 225,000. The German tank-folded and the Spanish crowd went wild.
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and kept Mestre in the lead. Katchalov did pick up a gutshot straight draw to go along with his live cards in hopes of eliminating Mestre.
, which was the last card Mestre wanted to see. It gave Katchalov an unbeatable straight and left Mestre drawing stone dead. The river card was unseen as the cameras cut away from the board in order to get the reactions from the players.
to hand the pot to Kostic. Mestre has to start his hard work all over again now.
and so far Gomila had missed. He was the player with the least amount of chips and was at risk in the hand. Now, Gomila needed to hit the turn or river to stay alive.
and still nothing had changed. Only an ace or king on the river would keep Gomila alive.
and Schleich continued for 260,000. Katchalov check-called and then led for 550,000 on the turn. This was enough to scare the German into a fold.
and Katchalov check-folded to a c-bet.
flop. Mestre again was aggressive and hid 275,000 lead worked as the German folded.
flop. Katchalov bet 300,000 and Kostic put in a raise to 900,000. Katchalov mulled things over for a little bit, but wound up folding his hand and letting Kostic take this one down.