Eric Froehlich came out swinging in his match against Nikolay Evdakov, using aggression on every street to claim a large pot early in the contest. Froehlich three-bet the action after a flop of , reraising to 45,000. Evdakov made the call and the dealer peeled the on the turn. Froelich led out for 75,000 this time, and again Evdakov came along for the ride. The on the river was an all-purpose card, completing straight and flush draws, and Froehlich shoved his stack into the middle. After asking for a count, Evdakov finally released his hand and Froehlich jumped out to an early advantage.
Over in the small-ball match, Gus Hansen has been limping every button, as he has been for three days now. We pick up another pot as he limps, and Matt Marafioti knocked the table for a free flop. It came , and Marafioti check-called a bet of 6,000. The turn came the , and he check-called another 22,000 to see the on the river. When Marafioti checked a third time, Hansen shrugged and pounded the table with his fist.
Marafioti tabled , and his trips were as good as he expected. He's now taken a bit of a lead in the match with about 455,000 to Hansen's 345,000, and both men still have 800,000 chips in reserve.
We missed the early action, but both players found themselves all-in after the turn, with the board reading . The dealer revealed the on the river and Evdakov showed his . Froelich mucked his cards and Evdakov dragged a mountain of chips his way.
After Evdakov shoved all-in preflop, Froehlich snap-called and turned over the , which was far ahead of the Russain's . The final board read and Froehlich built his stack to 212,000 chips.
Just two hands later, on a board of , Evdakov again tried to bully his opponent with an all-in move. Froehlich held the for a flush and could not be pushed off his hand. He has doubled up twice now and holds approximately 450,000 chips.
We missed the action that prompted this move, but Yevgeniy Timoshenko has now utilized his first 400,000 add-on, which means David Paredes is obviously off to a good start.
We picked up the action on the turn as the board showed . Jake Cody checked, and Anthony Guetti put out a bet of 16,000. Cody proceeded to check-raise to 47,000, and Guetti called to see the last card.
It was the , and Cody wasn't slowing down for the scare card. He put out 90,000, and Guetti tank-called. Cody tabled , and it was good. That pot moves Cody back to about 1.04 million, still slightly trailing Guetti's 1.36 million.
We caught the action with board reading and over 75,000 already in the pot. David Paredes bet 87,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko made the call. The fell on the river and Paredes continued his aggressive line, pushing his entire stack of 347,500 into the pot. Timoshenko exhaled loudly and fidgeted in his chair before staring intently at his opponent for nearly 5 minutes. After confirming that his last add-on lammer was worth 400,00 chips, Timoshenko decided to make the call. The dramatics proved to be unecessary, however, as Timoshenko showed and Paredes flipped for the same straight. The players chopped the massive pot as Paredes playfully told Timoshenko "slow rolling right there."
With the final board reading , Eric Froehlich called an all-in bet and was disgusted to see Nikolay Evdakov show for a flopped top set. Froehlich was visibly upset with either the cards or his own play and quickly cashed in his first 400,000 add-on. Evdakov has a mountain of chips in front of him at the moment, suggesting that he won another big pot after this one.
In a match that has seen repeated all-in shoves and snap calls, Nikolay Evdakov again had the upper hand, calling an all-in bet by Eric Froehlich on a flop of . Evdakov showed his and was in great shape against Froehlich's bluff of . The turn and river came and respectively, giving Evdakov two pair and a commanding 2,000,000 to 400,000 chip lead.
, reraising to 45,000. Evdakov made the call and the dealer peeled the 
on the turn. Froelich led out for 75,000 this time, and again Evdakov came along for the ride. The 
on the river was an all-purpose card, completing straight and flush draws, and Froehlich shoved his stack into the middle. After asking for a count, Evdakov finally released his hand and Froehlich jumped out to an early advantage.
, and Marafioti check-called a bet of 6,000. The turn came the 
, and he check-called another 22,000 to see the 
on the river. When Marafioti checked a third time, Hansen shrugged and pounded the table with his fist.
, and his trips were as good as he expected. He's now taken a bit of a lead in the match with about 455,000 to Hansen's 345,000, and both men still have 800,000 chips in reserve.
. The dealer revealed the 
. Froelich mucked his cards and Evdakov dragged a mountain of chips his way.
, which was far ahead of the Russain's 
. The final board read 
and Froehlich built his stack to 212,000 chips.
, Evdakov again tried to bully his opponent with an all-in move. Froehlich held the 
for a flush and could not be pushed off his hand. He has doubled up twice now and holds approximately 450,000 chips.
, and Cody wasn't slowing down for the scare card. He put out 90,000, and Guetti tank-called. Cody tabled 
and over 75,000 already in the pot. David Paredes bet 87,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko made the call. The 
for the same straight. The players chopped the massive pot as Paredes playfully told Timoshenko "slow rolling right there."
and was in great shape against Froehlich's bluff of 
. The turn and river came 
respectively, giving Evdakov two pair and a commanding 2,000,000 to 400,000 chip lead.