An Knockout and a Free Lesson
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The flop came out
, and "Maridu" continued out with a bet of 2,600. Diego Serrano called in position while the big blind ducked out of the way.Heads up now, fourth street brought a raggy
, and Mayrinck fired a big covering bet. Serrano had just 6,300 chips left in his stack, and he thought it over for a long minute before splashing his remainder into the pot, looking very disappointed.Mayrinck:
(top-top)Serrano:
(flush draw)The river bricked off for the at-risk player, the
being of no use whatsoever. Mayrinck had knocked him out, but she wasn't sure she liked it."Why? Why?!" she asked, genuinely pleading with him.
"Eleven big blinds," came the short reply in Spanish.
"Fold! Fold!!" instructed Maridu. "Get them somewhere else! Just fold." After that quick lesson, she offered a sincere, "Very nice playing with you," as Serrano headed out.
Maridu is up to 46,000 just as the break approaches.
. He was looked up by Canadian online qualifier John Bladen who had his man well covered. Cards up, gents.
and 
respectively, and that seals Borges' fate.
, Jorge Pozo checked over to D'Auteuil. Philippe made a bet of 3,200 into a pot of about 8,000, and Pozo tank-called.
, and Pozo checked again. This time, D'Auteuil checked behind. "Queen-high," said Pozo, ready to muck. D'Auteuil showed up the winning 
, Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick got all in for 18,450 with 
.
, and Diego tabled 
on the river was not one of them.
and it was checked to Channing. He bet 1,300 and was raised to 3,000 by the small blind. The other players folded and Channing stuck his remaining 7,000 into the middle. The player in the small blind called with 
crushed.
river was not what he needed, out in the middle of level five.