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[user4144]
Fear the Mantis!
Karl 'Mantis' Mahrenholz is bumping and grinding now. He just re-raised Andreas Berggren's 20.5k pre-flop raise from the small blind to 70k in the big. Theo Jorgensen happily folded after limping on the button, and so did Andreas, although it took him a good few minutes to release his hand...
With a stare more menacing than a serial killer, Andreas looked his gangly opponent up and down before locking eyes with the Mantis. Karl looked away, but remained cool under pressure, the famous eyebrows that normally fidget like a three legged ferret motionless under the duress.
[user46298]
Aleksander Vathne - nearly eliminated by text message
A nice bit of early controversy (which ended in smiles, however) is just what's needed to wake up a table. It surrounded Aleksander Vathne, who had just made a giant check-raise (all-in for around 200k over a bet of 19,500) against Gus Hansen on a flop of: . "He really doesn't want me to call him," pondered Hansen.
Just then, Vathne picked up his mobile phone and started pressing buttons. We all know that phone use at a table is a big no-no, and someone at the table asked (not in all seriousness), "Is his hand dead?"
The T.D. said, "That is a dead hand." Hush fell. The tension was broken by Gus saying, "If his hand is dead, I'm definitely going to call. But that would be a bad ruling."
It wasn't obvious that Vathne was all in, though, and when it was explained he received a warning, as there was no further action which could possibly be influenced. Even so, one of them joked, "He's just emailed Gus saying 'fold'."
[user46298]
In a blind on blind all-in situation, short stack Janne Lamsa took on big blind Gus Hansen, all in for around 100k. Hansen was only too happy to call, having woken up with . Lamsa showed .
Flop:
Turn: And it took a moment for the crowd to understand the pained expression on Gus Hansen's face...
River:
Gus counted off a bite from his big stack and the short stack counted his blessings.
[user24788]
The action has slowed down over at the featured TV table ever since the Lindgren bustout. Annette_15 has been making some moves and playing back at the aggressive Pat Scanlon. Aside from that, there's not much to report.
Here's an updated chip count:
Seat 1: John Tabatabai - 485,000
Seat 2: Tino Lechich - 415,000
Seat 3: Jakob Paulsen - 265,000
Seat 4: Steven van Zadelhoff - 400,000
Seat 5: EMPTY
Seat 6: Annie Duke - 275,000
Seat 7: Oyvind Riisem - 400,000
Seat 8: Pat Scanlon - 155,000
Seat 9: Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad - 287,000
[user46298]
Terry Cook's got all in against - it looked hairy on the turn when the board was ....but all draws missed and Cook can breath a little more easily with his 240k.
Right after this dramatic hand, Gus Hansen raised to 19k preflop (this, incidentally, happens a lot) and was called by Cook on the cutoff. Button Johannes Korsar then raised to 62,500, and despite someone pointing to Hansen and saying, "Don't you know who that is?" they both passed and the young player took some chips without a flop.
[user3511]
Abishek Khaitan is playing some good aggressive positional poker. He just rerereraised Theo Jorgenson out of a massive 200k pot and did the same with Will Durkee a pot later. He has bullied his way to a big stack despite having less than ten blinds during yesterdays bubble.
[user4144]
Says it all...
In what is one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far, Will Durkee has jumped right up to 480,000 and left Karl Mahrenholz licking his wounds with just 85k.
The volcano bubbled when Karl raised to 17k pre-flop and William Durkee flat called behind. As both players saw a flop, Karl bet 25k and Will smooth called yet again.
Then, on the turn, the volcano erupted, Karl check-raising the American's 50k bet to an enticing 65k more.
Slightly bemused, Will set up stall in the think tank and mulled up his options. Meanwhile, Karl adopted his familiar hand on chin posture, statuesquely awaiting his opponent's next move.
After huffing and puffing, counting out his chips and looking like he was leaning towards a fold, Durkee pushed all-in for his tournament life. Although not 100% confident in his , he would have been delighted to hear Karl sigh, "How much is it? I've got nothing, but I think I have to call."
Inevitably, it wasn't too much, and Karl did indeed call, although he will have wished he didn't as he was drawing dead with . The TV crew tried to create some drama and tension for the river, but it was all academic, the pointless last card seeing a hit the felt.
Understandably bamboozled, Karl shook his head and looked down dejectedly at his depleted 85,000 stack as the dealer asked for another 500 to send over to the victor. I don't think I've ever seen Karl knocked for six like that before, but with so much on the line, I think any poker player can sympathise with how he felt as most of his stack went sailing over to his jubilant opponent.
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. "He really doesn't want me to call him," pondered Hansen.
. Lamsa showed 
.
And it took a moment for the crowd to understand the pained expression on Gus Hansen's face...
got all in against 
- it looked hairy on the turn when the board was 
....but all draws missed and Cook can breath a little more easily with his 240k.
turn, the volcano erupted, Karl check-raising the American's 50k bet to an enticing 65k more.
hit the felt.