With between 4,000 and 4,500 chips in the middle, Haralabos Voulgaris bet 1,500 on the board of . Jamie Pickering was his opponent and he made the call.
The river completed the board with the and put three bullets on board. Voulgaris checked and Pickering bet 2,500. Voulgaris thought for a bit and then mucked his hand face up. What did he fold? Well, he laid down the , having flopped a set and turned a full house. Much of the table was in amazement of the fold and Pickering didn't show his hand.
Pickering collected the pot and moved to 29,000 while Voulgaris dropped to 11,000.
Speaking to tablemate Nobbi Tanaka, he detailed us on how previous main event final tablist Raj Ramakrishnan was eliminated.
On a (X) board, Peter Wong check-raised Ramakrishnan all in. Ramakrishnan made the call for his tournament life, and was in bad shape with his up against Wong's .
The turn and river blanked out as the 2009 fourth-place finisher was forced to hit the rail.
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Much like yesterday's field had many Full Tilt Poker Red Pros and Team Members sitting side by side, today has more of the same.
Red Pros Annette Obrestad and Roland de Wolfe are seated beside each other on one part of the room while Andrew Feldman has joined the field and is sitting right next to David Oppenheim. Random seat draw much?
On a flop of , Roy Vandersluis had an opponent at risk for his last 5,050 into a pot of roughly double that.
Vandersluis:
Opponent:
With Vandersluis in the lead and needing to fade a club or queen, the on the turn would send Vandersluis into a furious banter of annoyance as the completed the board.
As he headed on break, Vandersluis was left with just 11,400 in chips.
With the flop reading , Michael Pedley fired 525 into opponent Bodo Sbrzesny. Sbrzesny made the call and the turn brought the to the board, completing some draws. Sbrzesny called another bet from Pedley, this time for 1,100.
The river completed the board with the and Pedley stayed on the gas with a bet of 1,525. Sbrzesny tossed in the call.
Pedley revealed the for two pair, but lost to Sbrzesny's flush with the . Sbrzesny increased to 30,000 while Pedley slipped back to 37,000.
. Jamie Pickering was his opponent and he made the call.
and put three bullets on board. Voulgaris checked and Pickering bet 2,500. Voulgaris thought for a bit and then mucked his hand face up. What did he fold? Well, he laid down the 
, having flopped a set and turned a full house. Much of the table was in amazement of the fold and Pickering didn't show his hand.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
(X) board, Peter Wong check-raised Ramakrishnan all in. Ramakrishnan made the call for his tournament life, and was in bad shape with his 
up against Wong's 
, Roy Vandersluis had an opponent at risk for his last 5,050 into a pot of roughly double that.
, Michael Pedley fired 525 into opponent Bodo Sbrzesny. Sbrzesny made the call and the turn brought the 
to the board, completing some draws. Sbrzesny called another bet from Pedley, this time for 1,100.
and Pedley stayed on the gas with a bet of 1,525. Sbrzesny tossed in the call.
for two pair, but lost to Sbrzesny's flush with the 
. Sbrzesny increased to 30,000 while Pedley slipped back to 37,000.