Threee players made it to the flop. The gentleman in the big blind checked and the player in mid position bet 2,100. Team PokerStars Pro Johannes Steindl called in the cutoff, and the action moved back to the big blind, who now check-raised to 7,000. The mid-position bettor folded, but Steindl paused for some time before reraising all in. The big blind thought for a much shorter time before calling.
Steindl: for top pair
Big Blind: for the tiniest flush draw
Barney Boatman bet 3,300 on an board. His opponent thought it over and made the call. The river was the , and both players checked. Boatman tabled , which was good enough to take down the pot.
Juha Helppi has reversed his pre-dinner downward trend and is looking strong again. His opponent raised to 2,500 preflop, and Helppi called.
Flop: - The raiser bet 6,000, and Helppi called.
Turn: - Same story. Helppi called a bet of 12,000.
River: - This time, Helppi's opponent checked, and Juha bet 23,775. After a minute in the tank, the other player mucked, and Helppi scored the pot without a showdown. He's up to 87,000 now.
We're not sure when the chips went in, but we are certain that it was not preflop. Whatever happened, it finished up with Ludovic Lacay doubling to around 30,000.
Action folded to a player in middle position and he raised to 2,125. Sam Chartier was in the next seat and made the call. It was only these two who saw the flop still in the hand as it came .
After the flop, the preflop raiser fired 2,500. Chartier verified the bet amount and made the call, bringing the turn of the . Here, the first player checked and Chartier fired 4,000. His opponent made the call.
The river then completed the board with the . The first player checked over to Chartier again. Chartier fired out a big bet of 25,000 to put his opponent all in. After a quick second look at his holecards, the player released his hand and Chartier scooped the chips to move to 81,600.
Our last count had Chartier at 50,000 and he's now more than 30,000 chips richer. He informed us that a few minutes before this previous hand happened, a player limp-shoved over Chartier's raise with . Chartier made the call with and his hand held up to boost his stack by about 20,000 chips.
Ludovic Lacay had just doubled up to 30,000 when he found himself all in again. We missed the action, but all the chips went into the middle on a flop. Lacay held for a flush draw with a gutshot. His opponent was in the lead with . The turn was the blanktastic , and the on the river didn't help either. So long, Ludo.
On one of the last breaks, Gloria was able to catch up with Lacay in a episode of "Calling the Clock." Check it out.