Martin Kabrhel opened to 30,000 from the button and Pierre Mothes three-bet to 73,000 from the big blind. Kabrhel called with the and Mothes held the for an overpair to the flop . Mothes continued for 100,000 and Kabrhel called to see the on the turn.
Mothes fired 180,000 and Kabrhel called once more with his open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned and turned the river, which gave Kabrhel a straight. Mothes shoved for around 250,000 and was called to see his pocket queens cracked. "Wow, what a call on the turn," the German could only say and then headed to the rail.
Martin Kabrhel three-bet to 64,000 out of the small blind and initial raiser Pierre Mothes called from the button with the . The flop came and Kabrhel's immediately fired a continuation bet to win the pot uncontested.
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Pierre Mothes raised to 32,000 from the small blind and Martin Kabrhel called from one seat over to see the flop fall . Mothes continued for 36,000 and was called before the German checked the turn. Kabrhel bet 69,000 and was called before the river killed all betting action.
Mothes had to show first and his ended up second best to the of Kabrhel.
The three players took a short break to check whether or not they want to continue playing or bag up for tonight and Martin Kabrhel decided to "continue on playing".
Pierre Mothes open-shoved the small blind and Philipp Zukernik called off for less than nine big blinds.
Mothes:
Zukernik:
The flop fell and Mothes looked golden with a pair of aces. The on the turn then gave Zukernik a ton of outs before the blank river let the bubble burst.
Zukernik immediately left the table and was nowhere to be seen anymore, just returning to grab his mobile phone.
In a three-way limped pot, Martin Kabrhel bet the flop flop for 10,000. Philipp Zukernik folded his and Pierre Mothes called with the . Kabrhel also bet the turn for 17,000 with the and got called to improve to the best hand on the river.
Kabrhel checked and Mothes' bet of 57,000 enforced a fold after some consideration. "That's a good bet," the Czech said in table chat.
Kabrhel also defended his and flopped top pair, however Mothes had the better kicker with and called a small bet of 28,000 on the river of a board to scoop another small pot.