Artem Metalidi opened from under the gun to 80,000 and found a caller in Simon Charette on the button, and Eddie Blumenthal in the big blind.
The board came and Blumenthal checked his option. Metaladi fired out 210,000, and Charette made the call. Blumenthal decided that was too rich for him and threw his hand away.
A on the turn saw Metalidi bet out 210,000, and again Charette completed the call. The on the river brought even more action, with Metalidi pushing forward a stack of 425,000. After a few moments Charette convinced himself he was good and he made the call. Mitalidi flipped over for a straight. and Charette mucked his hole cards.
Action folded around to Foster Hays in the small blind and he went all in for his last 305,000. Artem Metalidi peaked at his cards from the big blind and made the call to put Hays at risk.
Hays:
Metalidi:
The board left Hays second best and he was sent to the rail in 5th place.
After a series of hands where players would just steal the blinds we actually had two players get heads up in a pot. Foster Hays raised to 65,000 from under the gun and got a caller in Eddie Blumenthal in the big blind.
The board came and Blumenthal checked. Hays then fired out 90,000 and after a few moments of silence Blumenthal announced "all in". Hays folded and Blumenthal raked in the pot. Hindrance
The action hasn't been too exciting as of late, but a disproportionate amount of pots are being scooped by Simon Charette. Charette has been raising many pots and either taking them down preflop, or taking them down with a continuation-bet on the flop.
Eddie Blumenthal made it 64,000 from the button and Foster Hays moved all in from the small blind for 605,000. Artem Metalidi folded the big blind and Blumenthal made the call.
Blumenthal:
Hays:
Blumenthal had his opponent dominated, but as we will see anything can happen. The board came and Hays was awarded the double up as his two pair queens and jacks were best.
Lynn Gilmartin caught up with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier during our first break to talk about the event at hand, the Global Poker Index, and hitting the gym. Even though ElkY was eliminated a short while ago, check out the video below for some of his thoughts.
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and Blumenthal checked his option. Metaladi fired out 210,000, and Charette made the call. Blumenthal decided that was too rich for him and threw his hand away.
on the turn saw Metalidi bet out 210,000, and again Charette completed the call. The 
on the river brought even more action, with Metalidi pushing forward a stack of 425,000. After a few moments Charette convinced himself he was good and he made the call. Mitalidi flipped over 
for a straight. and Charette mucked his hole cards.
board left Hays second best and he was sent to the rail in 5th place.
and Blumenthal checked. Hays then fired out 90,000 and after a few moments of silence Blumenthal announced "all in". Hays folded and Blumenthal raked in the pot. Hindrance
