Leo is up to 80k - 100 players remaining

Leo managed to build up his stack constantly and seems to have his table under control. He is now up to 80k with blinds 500-1000. A couple of minutes ago Leo raised from the button, the big blind made a 3-bet and Leo shoved all-in. After calling "the clock" the player in the big blind called and showed AK. Leo had the same hand so they had to split the pot. There is one more hour to go and Leo is almost through Day1. A lot of good players are already out: Besides Team Everest players Steven van Zadelhoff and Valentin Messina also Leo Margets, Sebastian Ruthenberg and Stefan Jedlicka were sent to the rails. A total of 100 players are remaining.

Update: Congratulations, Leo finished Day1 with 73.400 chips and has a bit more than the average stack. The chipleader is Stjepan Jokic with 219.000. Leo will have some time to visit the beautiful city of Vienna tomorrow and will come back on Sunday.

When you bust you need friends who cheer you up...

The dinner break just finished and Valentin took his seat to start his comeback with about 30 Big Blinds left. After a 3x-raise of his opponent Valentin called on the button holding 66. The initial raiser made a big c-bet on a J-high board with three hearts. Valentin decided to shove with his pocket and a flush draw. His opponent called with J-4 and neither the turn nor the river brought help. Valentin got kicked out of the tournament. A couple of minutes later the Everest staff was able to catch this picture with a very disappointed Valentin and last year's Live the Dream winner Fabien who seems to be gleeful. Good to know that they are good friends and are just making the best of it...

Leo and Valentin are riding the roller coaster

Leo managed to win another big pot with nut flush vs. flush and got value on three streets. But just before the break he had to give up a 20k pot: After a preflop 5-bet scenario his opponent made a c-bet on a Q-high flop, Leo raised holding pocket kings but finally gave up when his opponent went all in. After the great start from Valentin he lost a quite big pot when he down-called his opponent with middle pair facing top pair. Later on he also lost some chips with top pair when his opponent rivered two pair. Chipcounts Leo: 48k and Valentin: 23k.

Steven van Zadelhoff is out...

It was not Steven's tournament. After a couple of missed flush and straight draws he went all in with his remaining chips holding KQ on a King-High board. His opponent was holding a flush draw and completed his hand on the river. Steven will hopefully be more lucky at The Everest Poker ONE in Monte Carlo starting on April 21st.

Big pots for Leo and Valentin

Our French players are running hot: Leo could win a pot of more than 15k holding A3s on a board with 25A-4-6. The action started on the turn with three players involved. The button raised, Leo holding the straight and the nut flush draw re-raised and another guy called. The initial raiser foldet and Leo hit his flush on the river. Another pot-size value bet got payed off from a set of 4's.

Valentin on the other hand showed a lot of aggressiveness and found a nice spot when he had AK in the big blind and 4 players in the pot after the guy UTG open-raised. His 3-bet looked like a squeeze so the initial raiser made a 4-bet. Valentin put even more pressure on his opponent and made a big 5-bet which made his opponent fold. Well done guys!

World Poker Tour in Vienna just started!

For the first time in history the World Poker Tour is taking place in Vienna, Austria. On Wednesday a total of 236 players competed in Event # 1 (Euro 340 NL Hold'em) and another 156 players tried to win their main event ticket in the Euro 400 NL Hold'em Mega Satellite yesterday. A couple of minutes ago Day1 of the Euro 5.300 main event started with a total of 199 players including our Team Everest players Steven van Zadelhoff, Leo Truche and Valentin Messina. We will keep you updated so stay tuned.