The very first hand ETSERATOV picks up pocket Aces, but unfortunately does not get any action with them, taking down the blinds.
Barry shows you around at the Poker Heaven / PokerChannel Europe offices and the TV studio:
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McSias raises to 5,000 with K♠9♥
Znah calls with A♠ A♦
Bonaficus reraises to 12,000 with 8♣8♦
MCSias folds
Znah calls
Flop is Q♠ Q♥7♥
Bonaficus bets 28,000
Znah goes all-in for another 49,000.
Bonaficus tanks for a very long time, and eventually folds. The first big hand of the heat.
Znah involved in another early hand of note. He raises to 5k with A♦ Q♣, and is called by ROBSON1966 in the big blind with K♥J♥.
The flop is K♦5♥2♣
ROBSON1966 checks, Znah thinks about it for a while, but eventually checks behind.
Turn is J♠
ROBSON1966 bets 7k, Znah tanks and eventually calls.
River is A♠
ROBSON1966 bets 11k, and Znah calls him.
ROBSON1966 takes down the pot.
Chipcounts:
ROBSON1966 115,000
Znah 115,000
ESTAROV103,000
MCSIAS 94,000
MATTEE 88,000
Bonaficius 85,000
ROBSON1966 raises from the cutoff to 10k with K♥J♣
MATTEE reraises from the small blind with Q♦J♦
ESTAROV calls with 8♣8♥
ROBSON1966 folds.
Flop is 8♠7♠3♠
MATTEE checks, ESTAROV bets 38k.
MATTEE actually looks like he is thinking about reraising, but eventually folds.
mcsias was pretty active in the first blind level, but pretty quiet for the last 30 minutes or so. However, two back to back hands have put him into the lead.
Bonaficius raises to 10k with K♣jack:club:
mcsias, who is on the button, took no hesitation to rerase with 4♠5♥
Bonaficius thinks about it for a very long time, and eventually folds.
The very next hand the pair are involved in action once again.
Bonaficius raises to 10k again, this time with K♦Q♠
mcasias picks up K♦ K♠ and reraises again to 25k
Bonaficius reraises for his last 68,000 and is quickly called.
The board runs out and no help to Bonaficius, who is the first player to bust from the event.
mcsias is the big leader now, with 192,000.
Short interview we did with mattee before the event started:
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Blinds are now 3000/6000
No major pots of note since Bonifacius bust.
mcsias has been taking down a lot of small pots, adding to his chip lead.
MATTEE has got pretty short and has been shoving all in, and not getting looked up so far.
Znah has also been pretty active.
znah raises to 12k with Q♦Q♥
ETSERATOV reraises to 28k with A♠K:C:
znah reraises to 62,000
ETSERATOV really thinks about it for a very long time.
and somehow, finds the fold, leaving himself pretty short.
We are on a short break, here are the chip standings:
mcsias 180,000
znah 179,000
ROBSON1966 108,000
ETSERATOV 90,000
MATTEE 43,000
ETSERATOV raises to 20k with 10:diamond: 10:club:
Called by znah K♥10:heart:
2♣J♦2♥
check check
K♦
znah checks, ETSERATOV bets 10k, znah calls.
7♠
check check
znah takes down another one.
ETSERATOV shoves all in for 60k from the cutoff with K♣Q♣
Called by mcsias with 10:spade:10:club:
a ten on the turn seals ETSERATOV's fate, eliminating him in 5th place.
mcsias is now in a commanding lead.
mcsias is doing a mid tournament interview, and was heard saying:
"I'm the best of the best of the best.....but I can't speak English"













