One of the favorites to progress in this tournament was Sam Trickett. Notice how we said was, because he has just been eliminated in the space of two quick hands.
The first saw him bet 83,000 on a board and Benoit Albiges raise all in for 159,000. Trickett called with and lost out the the of his opponent.
Trickett then open-shoved 75,000 from under the gun with , Andreas Constantinou looked him up next to ask with and when the board ran out Trickett was eliminated.
Trickett's friends Chris Sly and Ben Vinson were on the rail, and after busting, Trickett turned to them and said, "Straight to Vegas then!"
Freddy Deeb opened the action with a bet of 30,000. Praz Bansi pondered in the small blind but folded. Daniel Platten in the big blind moved all in. “How much is it?” Deeb asked, and having been told it was 100,000 more he called.
Deeb was ahead with while Platten held the
The board ran out and Platten’s top pair gave him the pot and another life in his attempt to battle his way towards a €1,000,000 payday.
And here we have a classic example of celebrating too early and why it can cost you.
The flop was reading and Tom Kugelstadt had moved all in over the top of Ken Broad's 60,000 bet. Broad had about 140,000 left and was deliberating.
"I don't think you've got anything...I've got something," he told Kugelstadt.
After taking several minutes to think, he apologised for taking so long to which Albert Sapiano replied with some slightly colourful language he'd prefer Broad hurry up as he [Sapiano] was in the big blind next.
Finally Broad made the call.
Broad:
Kugelstadt:
The turn came, the and suddenly Broad erupted, "YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS. WHO IS YOUR DADDY?" in a cry that reverberated around the Bobby Moore suite. In fact, he'd was so ecstatic he hadn't even noticed that although he'd made trips, Kugelstadt now had a gutshot straight flush draw and numerous outs.
The river was the and suddenly Broad's energetic shouting was cut to a halt as though someone had pressed the 'mute' button on a remote control. He looked more deflated than a punctured tyre.
Kugelstadt, for his part, was like an actor who had just missed his cue and a couple of moments after the stunned silence and realisation of what had happened, he let out a slightly quieter "Weeeeeeeee," comprised entirely of the sort of satisfaction that you only get when you hit your redraw after being sucked out on.
One of the most intriguing battles is going to be that between Sam Trickett and Ole Schemion. Currently, it's all going the way of the German. There was already 260,000 in the middle with the board reading , Trickett fired 92,000 and Schemion called after some long thought.
Trickett flipped and Schemion showed to scoop the pot.
Albert Sapiano opened under the gun for 25,000 and was raised by Matt Dale to 75,000. Tom Kugelstradt called from the big blind and Sapiano called as well to make it three players to the flop.
and Kugelstradt checked. Sapiano bet 75,000, the pre-flop aggressor Dale folded, but when it got back to Kugelstradt he moved all in.
Sapiano folded and Kugelstradt showed the table his pair of queens.
“Tricky spot to play these.” Said Kugelstradt
“Good flop for them though eh?” Replied Devilfish on the same table who had been keeping a keen eye on the action. There followed a good natured discussion on who would have done what with given stack sizes.
The only thing for sure though was that Kugelstradt’s queens were good and he took down a decent pot.
Najib Tahiri's tournament has come to an abrupt end at the hands of Jerome Brion.
Brion opened the betting preflop from early position and was called by Tahiri in the big blind. Tahiri then check-called a bet on the flop and then check-raised all in on the turn. Tahiri had made his move with and was crushed by the of Brion. The was not one of Tahiri's scarce outs and he headed for the exits.