There was a raise from Sweden's Jakob Karlsson and a call from the UK's Stephen Woodhead before action folded over to Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody in the big blind. Cody was short stacked and moved all in for 5,175. Karlsson made the call, then Woodhead raised all in over the top for 29,900. Karlsson quickly made the call, creating a three-way all in.
Karlsson showed the and Woodhead the . Cody had the worst of the three hands with the .
The flop came down to give Cody the lead with a pair of jacks. He still had plenty of outs to dodge, though, with two cards to come.
On the turn, the fell, then the completed the board on the river. Cody smiled, knowing he had just dodge half of the deck. In the side pot, Karlsson lost to Woodhead and had to send over 24,725. Karlsson was left with 30,000 in chips.
We arrived to the table to catch the end of a hand between Andrew Moreno and Sofia Lovgren. The finished board read and Moreno had checked over to Lovgren. She fired out a bet of 10,600 and Moreno thought for some time over which course of action to take.
After a moment passed, Moreno shot out a call. Lovgren let out a sigh and dejectedly rolled over for top-top. Moreno showed for top two pair which ultimately was, despite the spade heavy board, the best hand. Moreno stacked his new chips and is now sitting around 58,000 while Lovgren has dropped to 11,400.
Oscar Kroon from Sweden, a PokerStars player, opened to 1,050 from mid position and found a caller in qualifier Stephen Woodhead from the big blind. They saw a flop of . Woodhead bet 1,100 and Koon called. The [5] on the turn saw both players check. When the river came the Woodhead checked and left the door open for a bet. Koon obliged to the tune of 2,350 which was enough to get the fold. Just then Tobias Peters joined the from another table. “How’s the table?” He asked Koon. “Not bad. A little quiet.” Jake Cody, sitting opposite said nothing.
Having recently tripled up, Cody opened the next pot for 1,100. Jakob Karlsson on the button made it 2,200, the blinds folded as did Cody.
Team PokerStars Pro Dag Palovic. Photo courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
Team PokerStars Pro Dag Palovic has a new detective novel due out soon, the plot of which revolves around a bloody two-dollar bill. The book comes out in his native Slovakia next month, with translations into several languages coming shortly thereafter.
We arrived at the table to find Kitty Kuo all in and at risk for her last 21,075 before the flop against Milan Polke. Kuo tabled but let out a concerned grown when Polke showed to crush her.
The dealer rapped the table and delivered a flop that pleased Kuo greatly as it read . Kuo's middle set put her in the leading heading to the next street but she was able to end it all there as the case nine - the - struck the turn and ensured her a victory double up. The meaningless finished the board and Kuo was able to score a double to about 44,000 with her quads.
Olof Haglund raised from the button and when the small blind folded Sofia Lovgren pushed all in for her last 8,200. Haglund made the call. Lovgrean had hoped he was stealing and if not at least she would have live cards with her . Haglund showed her and a sigh of disappointment escaped her lips. The sigh changed to a little cry of hope as the flop came . But the last two cards , meant they were chopping the pot.