08-21-2009 17:19 UTC+3

Great Escapes

Shamus

After the bubble burst, we saw a series of all-in and call situations, though in each case the player with his tourney life on the line survived. A couple of examples...

Luca Falaschi had put all of his chips in the middle with {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

and was up against Alex Fitzgerald's {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Spades}

. Didn't look good for Falaschi after a flop of {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{2-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

. But the {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

turn and

{K-Hearts}

river allowed the Italian to escape.

Over on Table 1, Michael Naletov was all in for his last 54,000 with {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

against Maxim Lykov's {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

. The flop was {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{5-Hearts}

{3-Clubs}

. The turn was the {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

, and Lykov was ahead. But the {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

popped out on the river and Naletov, too, had wriggled off the hook.

We continue to await our first cash.