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Jan Heitmann opened for 525 in late position and picked up two callers in the cutoff and button respectively. They saw an 
flop and Heitmann bet out 1,050. Both his opponents folded, and Heitmann picked up the pot.
Just a small one, but every little helps - Heitmann seems to have had a bad couple of levels so far, and even after that little pot the Team PokerStars Pro and former professional magician is at only 16,000, barely half his starting stack.
Vanessa Selbst was the second limper into the pot, and her call put the action on Jason "PBJaxx" Senti to her left. Senti made a raise to 750, folding the table back around to Selbst. Grabbing all 7,675 of her remaining chips and shoved them forward. Senti waited for the count, gave her a stare, and made the call to put her at risk.
Showdown
Selbst: 
Senti: 
The flop came 
, and Selbst threw her arms up in the air in that "oh, come on," way. She was already standing from her chair by the time the 
arrived on the turn, and she said, "Nice hand, good luck," with one card still to come. We'd like to say she smacked an ace and had to eat her words, but the river 
was in Senti's neighborhood instead. He makes trips to tally the knockout, eliminating the Team PokerStars Pro here early in the third level.
It's awfully hard to maneuver around the tournament room, but here are a few of the shots from the first two levels today.
Sorel Mizzi got his whole 22,000 stack or so in the middle with 
against Tommy Vedes' 
.
Roland de Wolfe, whose previous table had just broken, gave Sorel a rubdown with a cheeky grin on his face the whole time the dealer put out the 
board.
"You're so bad...such bad poker...how did you get it in there?...You're so bad...you're just giving your chips away!...Good luck with the £1k tomorrow Sorel."
Mizzi took it fairly good-naturedly and headed to the rail.
We mentioned earlier that the quarters are extremely tight in the tournament room. Tables are packed into every inch of usable space in order to accommodate this big field, and with even more runners planned for tomorrow's Day 1b, we wonder where they intend to put them all.
Over on Table 19, Jason Gray is not happy. His chair is physically touching the chair of the player seated behind him at the adjacent table. With several dozen members of the media wandering around, including at least one full camera crew, Gray has been bumped, nudged, asked to slide in, and just generally interrupted more often than he can handle.
We noticed a floor person trying to calm Gray down, but he was not having any of it. "This is just ridiculous. I paid £5,000 just to be asked to move every two minutes." The floor man was listening and trying to ease Gray's argument, so Gray stood up. "Here, you sit down. See if you can play."
From the table next door, fellow Aussie David Steicke was noticing the commotion. "You've got the chip lead, Jason," he piped up. "Can't be too bad."
Indeed, Gray does have about 60,000 chips, but that seems little consolation to him at the moment.
Jani Sointula, who owing to his flowing blond locks was once featured in a list of the world's best female poker players, bet out 5,000 from the small blind on the turn of a 
board. The gentleman to his right on the button made the call.
They continued to the river and this time Sointula bet out 6,850 with less than 5,000 behind. Again, his opponent called, turning over 
. Sointula could only boast 
, and is now looking pretty unlikely to go much further in this tournament. Still, he has the £26,400 he picked up for 23rd place at the WSOPE Main Event a few days ago to console himself with.
The flop read 
when we arrived, and there were a variety of bets out on the table with three people in the hand. We deduce that the action went: seat 3 check, Lex Veldhuis bet 1,100, button raise to 3,000, seat 3 reraise to 9,000.
Veldhuis tanked up for a while - and then effectively went all in, pushing all his yellow T5,000 chips into the middle, covering both his opponents. The button called all in. Seat 3 sat there eating a sandwich for a while and then folded.
"You have fours?" asked Veldhuis.
Button Gentleman: 
Veldhuis: 
Turn: 
River: 
Veldhuis was laughing about it, but it seemed as though that was mostly because he would cry if he didn't. The 90,000 pot went over to Mr. Button - we think he is one Matthias Neu, but the extreme squeeze around the table currently prevents us from getting over there to ask him - and Veldhuis was left with just 5,000. He said something that we believe was, "F*** my life."
We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer spread out . Ludovic Lacay was heads up with Lebanese pro Adham Beainy, and the betting and raising war that ensued left Lacay all in for just over 15,000.
It looked like he asked, "Do you have a set?" and Beainy nodded slowly. That wasn't good news for Lacay's , and his opponent proved Lacay had been set up as he rolled over 
.
The turn and river 
did nothing to help the Frenchman's plight, and he has been sent to the rail early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
63,000 | |
|
|
||
|
58,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
56,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
||
|
50,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
37,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
34,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
27,000 | |
|
|
27,000 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
21,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,200 | |
|
12,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,000 | |
|
7,000
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
