With a board exposed in the middle of the felt Carlos Mortensen faced a bet of 2,100 from Terrence Chan. Mortensen unfazed by the bet quickly raised to 6,000. A call was made and both players were granted access to the turn.
When the landed on fourth street both players seemed to be cautious of each other and each opted to check. The on the river brought a bet of 8,500 from Chan. Mortensen became playfully disgruntled, throwing his hands up every once in a while in a questioning matter. He even went as far to ask the dealer why a couldn't have came on the turn. After a few minutes or so Mortensen placed the call directly in front of Chan giving credit to the fact that he was more than likely beat.
Chan flipped over for a pair of queens and Mortensen countered by flipping over for a king high flush
A hand just played out on table 397 that only went as far as the flop and took a full 15 minutes.
Carlos Mortensen and Keanu Tabali were tangling in a pre flop raising war. When we reached the table Mortensen had just raised (four-bet) to 7,700 and saw Tabali pop it back to 14,000.
The Spaniard thought over his options, counted out the call from his remaining stack, and eventually decided to call.
The flop fell and Mortensen quickly moved all-in for 31,550. Then ensued the mother of all tanks from Tabali. At one point he said. "If I win this, I have a great chance."
Gavin Smith heard this and said to Padraig Parkinson who was off wandering, "Did you hear that? He said if he wins this pot he has a great chance!"
"I could've told him that ten minutes ago!" came the reply.
Tabali took offense to this and was backed up by Terrance Chan. Smith said he wasn't needling, just repeating what he said. He took the point though, sat down, and was quiet.
Tabali took another two minutes before he open folded saying he had pocket jacks.
"Show the bluff, show the bluff," were the cries from all at the table. Mortensen smiled and allowed Tabali to pick one card - the .
Laughter erupted once more and Tabali just shook his head.
Phil Ivey was just seen leaving the tournament area, the chips in his former seat are gone along with his dreams of this event giving him his 9th bracelet. We asked around the table what happened to see the poker superstar exit early and we were told that his opponent three bet him all in preflop and Ivey called with . Ivey's opponent held and when the board blanked out Ivey was sent packing.
There has been a lot of three-betting so far today with a very high success rate. Someone, somewhere had to play back and they did.
Matthew Ezrol opened to 1,025 from early position and was called by Ray Qartomy in the Jared Rubin three-bet to 2,800 from one more seat along. Priyan De Mel was on the button and put in a four-bet to 5,600.
This was enough to force out Ezrol and Qartomy but not Rubin who five-bet to 12,800.
De Mel tanked for a minute and then asked his opponent, "I guess you know this is the first hand I've played, right?" before he folded.
In a weird twist of fate Tom Schneider is the first one eliminated here on day two. You might remember that Schneider was the first player to win yesterday. Schneider finished yesterday 8 hours before some tables completed for the night.
We don't know exactly how it went down, but we do know that Joe Cada held on a board. Schneider's cards were mucked and he was eliminated after chips were counted out and he didn't have enough to cover Cada.
Cada now holds almost 90,000 in chips and emerges from the table of death with a chip advantage for now.
Filipp Khavin and his opponent, Kimi Heiskanen managed to get all in against each other after a series of raises preflop. Unfortionately nothing really interesting became of it, as both players possesed big slick. It was for Khavin, while Heiskanen held . Unless we saw four of any suit on the board this was going to be a chop pot.
A flop was spread, so it looked as though Khavin had a small chance of stealing this pot away. A on the turn though dashed those dreams as this was going to be a split pot. With a falling on the river both players were given their money back.
We brought you the "Table of Death", well now we bring you the "Table of Noise". Feel sorry for the likes of Terrence Chan and Carlos Mortensen as they have to put up with Gavin Smith and Padraig Parkinson, to of the chattiest - and to be fair, funniest - players in poker.
As all the players are already in the money so the "No headphones" rule is in place. When Smith heard this announcement everyone at this table got the double-handed bird signal in their faces. A friend came along to chat to him and he went off on one telling stories about the players at the table.
When Smith stopped his friend said, "I used to sell earplugs at the garage just to combat people like him!"
Not missing a beat from yesterday David Sands is continuing to put pressure on his opponents and take down chips.
In a recent hand we found him calling a sizable bet from Jeff Madsen on a board. After the turn both players were witness to the on the river, where Madsen took his time before tapping the felt for a check. Action was then on Sands who deposited a 21,750 bet in the middle.
It was back on the birthday boy, who took a few moments deciding what the right decision was. After a minute or so passed he opted to fold. With around 15,000 in the pot Sands took down a nice pot early on.
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board exposed in the middle of the felt Carlos Mortensen faced a bet of 2,100 from Terrence Chan. Mortensen unfazed by the bet quickly raised to 6,000. A call was made and both players were granted access to the turn.
landed on fourth street both players seemed to be cautious of each other and each opted to check. The 
on the river brought a bet of 8,500 from Chan. Mortensen became playfully disgruntled, throwing his hands up every once in a while in a questioning matter. He even went as far to ask the dealer why a 
couldn't have came on the turn. After a few minutes or so Mortensen placed the call directly in front of Chan giving credit to the fact that he was more than likely beat.
for a pair of queens and Mortensen countered by flipping over 
and Mortensen quickly moved all-in for 31,550. Then ensued the mother of all tanks from Tabali. At one point he said. "If I win this, I have a great chance."
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. Ivey's opponent held 
and when the board blanked out Ivey was sent packing.
. Kling bet 4,200 from the button and the Team PokerStars Pro check-called from 
and Kling bet 7,700 when the action was checked to her again. Cada looked confused, stared at the board for a while, and then folded.
board. Schneider's cards were mucked and he was eliminated after chips were counted out and he didn't have enough to cover Cada.
for Khavin, while Heiskanen held 
flop was spread, so it looked as though Khavin had a small chance of stealing this pot away. A 
board. After the turn both players were witness to the 
on the river, where Madsen took his time before tapping the felt for a check. Action was then on Sands who deposited a 21,750 bet in the middle.