[user628]
Nikolaus 'Kaibuxxe' Jedlicka is licking his wounds after the following hand.
With the board reading 5-5-8-10, the opponent check-raises Jedlicka's 1,000 bet to 3,000, and Jedlicka calls. The river is a 3, and Jedlicka's opponent leads out for 5,000. Jedlicka tanks for a couple minutes, but ultimately makes the call. The opponent turns over 10-10 for a turned Full House, and Jedlicka smiles, shakes his head and mucks his cards. The hand puts Jedlicka down to 10,200 chips.
[user4144]
It's a fair cop, Guv!
From the floor of the Empire...
On two neighbouring tables we have, at the cost of repeating a phrase, two neighbouring players where one has won a WPT and the other an EPT.
The first example is table 5, the voluptuousness, sassiness and package completing intelligence of Vicky Coren being pitted up against the slightly less voluptous, but just as menacing sight of Erick Lindgren.
Not too far away on table 4, prepare for fireworks from the Forrest fire as recent(ish) WPT victor Ted Forrest takes on the ever-popular Andreas Hoivold of Norway, the latter of the two showing he is more than capable of competing at the highest level after triumphing in the 2006 Baden EPT for a nice meaty six-figure sum.
I can't help but nurture a budding friendship with Hoivold, as many people have agreed that he is a dead ringer for my understudy, Woodstock. After my flesh-hunting eyes spotted Helmuth's female entourage earlier, though, I think there are other chicks I'd rather befriend than Woodstock.
[user38334]
Who's a Naughty Boy Then?
So, it turns out that Phil managed to make it to the Casino today without destroying any motor vehicles. He arrived on a bright red Double Decker Bus, ladies in tow, and is now playing on the televised feature table.
He must have been a naughty boy, as his escorts are all dressed in Policewoman garb and look set to punish him.
[user46298]
SPORTSMAN -- Andrew Rees is out, after the old vs. preflop chestnut. It must sting afresh every time you have the Aces bust, though, and he didn't look best pleased as he emerged into the sparkling sunlight outside the casino. He thought he was the first player eliminated in the whole tournament, and I didn't have the heart to mention the quads in the Empire.
[user25067]
THE FIFTY-- The mood here inside the Fifty is the absolute antithesis of the carnival-like atmosphere of the Amazon Room during this summer's Main Event in Las Vegas. Rather than having over 200 tables in play spread over a convention center room the size of an airplane hangar, here at the Fifty, we have seven. One might walk past fifteen or twenty tables in the Amazon Room and not recognize a single face, but here, there are three or four stars of the game at every table.
The tournament room is incredibly posh, the walls covered in a lush chocolate brown and gold leaf pattern and dark, plush carpeting lining the floors. Players' chairs are gold-backed with red velvet seat cushions and the felt is a luscious ebony emblazoned with the WSOPE logo. A grand marble bar sits at the back of the room for all the players (and reporters!) cocktailing needs.
Players are quiet, either listening to their iPods or chatting quietly to their tablemates as they settle into their game. And always omnipresent, is the sound of clattering chips...
I assume payers are sizing each other up, finding their feet, or simply not receiving the hands, as there has been very little chip movement up here on the top floor.
I haven't witnessed any double ups as of yet, although my action-hungry eyes would love to spot a 40k stack on the felt, but I did notice that Chris Ferguson is down to 16k early doors.
I'm no Hercule Poirot, and certainly not a mathematician of Stephen Hawking proportions, but considering that Jennifer Harman has shot up to 24k, my spider senses are tingling manically and informing me that she took those chips off Jesus.
[user24788]
From the floor of the Empire Casino...
On a flop of and with 2,100 in the pot, William Thorson bet the pot, Fedorus raised, and Thorson moved all in for 6,600 total. David Fedorus called. The players turned up their hands.
Thorson:
Fedorus:
Thorson was ahead with twopair and Fedorus had an open-ended straight draw. Then came the delay. The dealer had to call the floor over whenever there's an all in. Then the floor called the camera crew in order to capture the moment on film. Since the table was downstairs it took a few minutes for the crew to arrive.
"What are we waiting for?" asked Patrick Bruel. "Did you have to call Las Vegas to get permission to deal?"
A group of almost ten people burst into the room with cameras and other sound equipment as a wall of people surrounded the table.
"Is the Queen here too?" wondered Bruel.
I looked around and did not see her majesty the Queen on the rail. It took another few moments before the crew were set up before the action continued. The dealer burned one card and then dealt the turn. The fell and Thorson smiled. That gave him quads and Fedorus was drawing dead.
With about 700 in the middle, Paul Ephresen led at the pot, and Michael Watson raised. The bets kept escalating until Ephresen, with 5,000 in the middle was faced with a call that would take 98% of his chips if he lost the pot. The board read .
Paul called and rolled over .
Watson flipped over for the flopped set.
The board ran out , giving Paul the flush. Michael Watson is eliminated from the tournament.
[user3511]
Devilfish Schools his table
From the Sportsman.....
A few observations early from the Sportsman. The action is pretty quiet and subdued.
Annie Duke has won a series of big pots and has already more than doubled up.
The Devilfish has been lecturing his table on how they should be playing X hand at X time and how they were wrong to play it the way they did. What a good guy he is for giving them a free masterclass, I assume he gets 5% of any winnings?
There are only five players at Paul Wasickas table and several chips stacks unaccounted for. Being a heads up champ this shorthanded scenario should suit him.
At David Williams table the dealer has been replaced, by someone who was clearly the dealers twin brother. Lots of conused faces over there.
Humberto is being very kind and singing to his table.
[user25067]
THE FIFTY-- Just after Michael Watson was sent to the rail when his set was flushed out on the river, we heard the fateful words "all in and call!" over on Table 20.
With the board reading on the turn, Gijsbertus Spijkers (say that five times really fast) raised Jeffrey Garza's 5K bet to 14,000. Garza immediately moved in and and Spijkers called. Cameras swarmed the table as Garza said "nuts!" turning over the , while Spijkers tabled and had ten outs to pair the board for a full house. The river blanked out, however and Garza doubled up while Spijkers hit the rail, our second casualty here at the Fifty.
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vs. 
preflop chestnut. It must sting afresh every time you have the Aces bust, though, and he didn't look best pleased as he emerged into the sparkling sunlight outside the casino. He thought he was the first player eliminated in the whole tournament, and I didn't have the heart to mention the quads in the Empire.
and with 2,100 in the pot, William Thorson bet the pot, Fedorus raised, and Thorson moved all in for 6,600 total. David Fedorus called. The players turned up their hands.
fell and Thorson smiled. That gave him quads and Fedorus was drawing dead.
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for the flopped set.
, giving Paul the flush. Michael Watson is eliminated from the tournament.
on the turn, Gijsbertus Spijkers (say that five times really fast) raised Jeffrey Garza's 5K bet to 14,000. Garza immediately moved in and and Spijkers called. Cameras swarmed the table as Garza said "nuts!" turning over the 
and had ten outs to pair the board for a full house. The river blanked out, however and Garza doubled up while Spijkers hit the rail, our second casualty here at the Fifty.
