Max Silver has been giving the table the benefit of his wisdom on the merits of min-raising versus limping. As with much in poker the answer seemed to be “It depends.” He was clear on one thing though, he called antes the “Lowest emotion chip.” for players. Something for us all to ponder on there.
Meanwhile a hand broke out. Spanish player Rauel Perez raised to 4,900 from the button. The small blind folded but the big blind, PokerStars player Edo Naftlay from Israel, called.
They saw a flop of . Both players checked. The turn was the and Naftlay led out for 5,300. Perez, after some thought, called. The river brought the . Naftlay bet again, this time a hefty 9,000.
Perez began to think. The table fell silent allowing him to work through the problem for a significant number of chips. The minutes ticked by however and eventually Silver called “Time.” The floor was called and Perez was given the speech: “You have one minute starting from now, at the end of which you will have ten seconds to make a decision or your hand will be declared dead.”
Within 30 seconds though Perez made up his mind and called. Naftlay tabled the . Perez re-checked his cards but couldn’t beat that and mucked his cards.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody just got bluffed big time in a massive hand.
It began when Cody opened for 5,000 and then called when Alan Gold, who began the day as chip leader, three-bet to 13,500. Gold then bet 16,500 on the flop, Cody called and the dealer burned and turned the . Gold kept the pressure on with a bet of 27,000, Cody called and the completed the board on the river.
This time Gold, who had the bigger stack, moved all in to put Cody to the test. The Triple Crown winner thought for over three minutes before shaking his head and tossing his cards to the muck.
"You want to see it?" Gold asked. Cody indicated that he did. Gold then tabled the for a bluff. Cody's face said it all and he got out of his seat for a few moments before taking to Twitter.
A healthy double up for Craig Sweden, he three-bet then called off his stack from the button against Euan Cameron's initial raise. and had the latter massively dominated.
Sweden:
Cameron:
The board came and Sweden doubled up to 150,000 while Cameron was left with 120,000.
Jamie Burland and Mark Spelman got it all-in on a flop of . Burland had for middle set but unfortunately for him Spelman had for top set. The last two cards were no help to Burland and he left the table holding a half-eaten plate of food.
With around 15,000 in the pot and a flop of , Full Tilt Poker quailifer Kellyann Heffernan shoved all in from the big blind for her last 25,600. Yucel Eminoglu decided to look her up from middle position and immediately regretted his decision.
Eminoglu:
Heffernan:
Both players had flopped a flush draw, but Eminoglu's was second best. The turn paired Heffernan to secure her the hand, and after the meaningless (which improved her to a wheel) was run out on the river, she was pushed the pot.