Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed
Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed
and was quickly called, finding himself in bad shape against
. The dealer put out a fairly unremarkable board of
and Phan tapped the table and exited stage left.
and was looked up by the big blind holding
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offsuit. He was dominated by Junglen's 
and didn't improve.
John Phan opened for a 2,000 raise and James Akenhead flat-called. The flop came down
and Akenhead check-called a 2,700 bet from Phan. The turn fell the
. Akenhead checked, Phan bet 4,000 and Akenhead raised to 10,000 sending Phan into a very long think, which concluded in a disgusted fold. Phan's stack is down to 17,000 at present.
Could it be a lack of sleep that's catching up with Phan? The two-time bracelet winner impulsively jumped on a flight to London only last night, landing in the U.K. at ten this morning-- barely enough time to check into his hotel and sprint over to the Empire.
For more on this story, check out the interview he did with our own Gloria Balding earlier today.
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. Junglen led out for 2,200 before his opponent bumped it up to 5,700, leaving himself 10,700 back. Junglen then reraised enough to put his opponent all in and eventually forcing the fold.
, but unfortunately ran smack into the
of Andy Black. No help for Williams on the
board and he hit the rail.