Dermot Blain was facing a flop of in the small blind. His opponent was Willie Tann and there was nearly 10,000 in the pot.
Blain announced “Four thousand two hundred.” The dealer misheard and announced 2,200 before being quickly corrected. Tann wanted to know how much Blain had left and he held up his remaining two T5000 chips with a grin.
Dominic Mahoney showed a little bit of frustration when he got into a hand with Simon Deadman, flopped a set of sevens and then lost as Deadman made a better hand by the river. They then both started teasing each other about who was running good and playing good, the outcome of which was that they both agreed it doesn’t matter if you’re world class you still need to run good.
David Hill opened the next pot for 1,800 and got a call from Mahoney on the button and the player in the big blind. A flop of saw a bet from Hill take the pot down and seemed to set Mahoney off again about his losing flopped set. “Window card as well that seven.”
Game over for PokerStars' Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade. She pushed her final 6,000 in with but fell afoul of Simon Deadman's which spiked a trey.
Shahade won't be re-entering tomorrow either, she's hosting PokerStars' special Chess/Poker event tomorrow at 6pm.
David Hill looks like the chip leader at the moment and we caught a little bit of how he got there and the table’s reaction to the amateur player from the Isle of Man. Hill had just won another pot, this time from Simon Deadman who had opened the action and had been called by Hill in the small blind.
The flop was and Deadman ended up calling and mucking on the river after being shown the flopped two pair of Hill. Deadman seemed a little surprised to see his opponent’s starting hand but reasoned that he had been in the small blind.
“Every time I’ve been seen I’ve always had it.” Hill told the table as he stacked his chips. As the next hand was about to be dealt the dealer found he was short an ante from one player. Hill said it must have been him as he was busy stacking the pot he had just won.
“That’s where he’s been getting all his chips, he’s not putting his antes in.” joked another player.
Team PokerStars Pro Chrisophe De Meulder opened to 1,300 preflop from the button before Konstantin Karikov, a PokerStars Qualifier made it 3,300 in the small blind. De Meulder called to see a flop which both players checked.
Karikov also checked the turn and De Meulder bet 3,800. The Russian player called to see the on the river, Karikov checked and De Meulder bet 8,500 - Karikov folded instantly.
“Just shove the whole lot in. Go for it” was Ludovic Geilich’s advice to Sam Grafton as they fought over a juicy pot on the turn of a board reading .
Grafton mulled it over for a while and went for a small 6,000 bet. Geilich studied his opponent for a short while before folding. Grafton said he put Geilich on but was shown the before the dealer could gather the mucked hand. There followed a short bout of mutual appreciation between the friends on how the hand played out.
Team PokerStars Pro Matthias De Meulder led out for 3,800 on the river of a board reading . Simon Deadman then shoved for just over 20,000 and De Meulder started to agonise about the decision, screwing his face up, counting his stack and checking his cards. If he made the call it would be for his tournament life. He muttered about it being the top of Deadman’s range and how sick it was before he put out the call.
Deadman showed him the bad news for the flopped full house. “I have to show, right?” De Meulder asked before turning over and leaving the table.
Having just busted five minutes after returning from the dinner break he was then approached by one of the PokerStars staff and asked if he was ready to attend the staff pizza party where members of staff get to meet the Pros. It didn’t look like the most exciting prospect in the world right at that moment but he seemed to take it in good grace. After a brief discussion on which way up the hand drawn map should be held he assented.
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in the small blind. His opponent was Willie Tann and there was nearly 10,000 in the pot.
saw a bet from Hill take the pot down and seemed to set Mahoney off again about his losing flopped set. “Window card as well that seven.”
but fell afoul of Simon Deadman's 
which spiked a trey.
but ran into Nick Smith's 
.
and Brogan doubled through Smith while also busting Pagano. The Italian wished everyone good luck and left the table.
flop which both players checked.
on the river, Karikov checked and De Meulder bet 8,500 - Karikov folded instantly.
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but was shown the 
before the dealer could gather the mucked hand. There followed a short bout of mutual appreciation between the friends on how the hand played out.
and leaving the table.
