Simpson Doubles Straight Up

Ian Simpson came into play slightly short-stacked and shares his table with a number of absolute poker bosses in Tobias Reinkemeier, Marvin Rettenmaier, Marcel Luske and Steven van Zadelhoff.

"Yesterday's table was great fun. I don't want to play with these guys....they're all really good!" Simpson told us as he described how he doubled up.

"I played and the flop came . We'll take it. I eventually moved all-in on the river for 400,000 with 300,000 in the pot. My opponent had and the ten that came on the turn potentially me whiff a bunch of draws, so it made sense. I've got 1.4 million now though, so it's going OK. I kind of hope that we're one of the first tables to break, though."

Simpson is on one of the furthest-away tables in the Dusk Till Dawn Marquee, which holds so many players that it is the third biggest cardroom in Europe on its own. Simpson may be moved, but looks like settling in for the long haul even if he changes seats.