Vladimir Burstein raised to 1,100,000 from the under-the-gun position. Christian Georgescu, in early position, E. A. on the button, Giorgi Tsintsadze and Ela Kubincova in the blinds, all called.
They all checked through the on the flop. The turn brought them the , Tsintsadze, Kubincova and Burstein checked, Georgescu opened to 1,675,000. E. A. and Tsintadze folded and Kubincova shoved for about 5,800,000. Burstein folded and Georgescu thought for a while and then called.
Ela Kubincova:
Christian Georgescu:
Kubincova had turned two pair, queens and sevens. Georgescu needed the board to pair or a king to win this hand. The river completed the board with the for Kubincova to take the pot and stack up.
We join the action in a hand between Rolando Lombardi and Harald Heigl, looking at a board, with a little under 8,000,000 in the middle.
Lombardi checked the action over to Heigl who, after studying for a moment, went for a bet of 3,300,000. After a minute or so, Lombardi slid the calling chips over the line, prompting Heigl to immediately table . It took the table a moment to realise this was a bluff, but Lombardi proudly tabled his for ace high and scooped up the eight-figure pot.
Rolando Lombardi opened to 1,250,000 from the cutoff, with action folding to Martin Lechner who defended his big blind.
Lechner checked the flop, prompting Lombardi to put out a 1,250,000 continuation bet, before coming over the top with check-raise to 3,500,000. Lombardi thought for a moment before making the call, with both players checking the turn.
The board paired on the river, on which Lechner very deliberately cut out 5,000,000 in pink chips and slowly slid them over the line. Lombardi gave it 30 seconds or so, before sliding his chips over the line equally as slowly. Lechner tabled for trips, which seemed to both surprise and frustrate Lombardi, as he reluctantly passed his cards face down to the dealer, while Lechner dragged in a pot to take him into second place.