[user46392]
A spot of good luck for David Alaei -- holding he flopped the set and was called all the way down the board by Rene Mouritsen, who just mucked at the end of the hand. "What's his name?" said a disgruntled but good-humored Mouritsen. "I'm going to look him up."
Mouritsen, utterly crippled, moved all in preflop the very next hand, but there were no callers. A few hands later though his shove-for-a-pittance received the inevitable call and he is a goner.
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A massive pot gives Dario Alioto a fairly commanding chip lead early doors. After some moderate action on the flop, he then bet a hefty 525 on the turn and then called an even heftier raise to 1,400 from Fredrick Andersson. Alioto check-called Andersson on the river to find that they both had the goods - Andersson's up against Alioto's . The jack played and Alioto raked in the chips while Andersson was down to less than 3,000.
[user46298]
There's a special sort of silence which descends upon a table the first time a player puts his whole stack at risk, and halfway into the level it's Brian Johnson whose tournament was on the line. He saw a threeway flop of and when it checked to him in position, bet 400. One of his opponents passed but neighbour Josh Gould check-raised to 1,200. Call.
The turn: Now Gould bet out 1,400, again called by Johnson.
The river: Action slowed at this point - Gould eventually checked, and Johnson moved his remaining 1,825 in. A very long consider later, and Gould laid his hand down, propelling the Englishman with an unexpectedly American accent up over 8,000.
[user38449]
Situated in the rear corner of the main floor, Table 7 currently houses Full Tilt pros Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson and John Juanda, along with English pro Mark Friedman. Just behind them, Phil Ivey and Mike McDonald are seated across from each other on Table 5.
In the middle of the room, Ben 'The Milky Bar Kid' Grundy shares a table with Nikolay Evdakov, who cashed a record 10 times at this summer's World Series of Poker, and next door to their table, Jason Newitt sits opposite Leif Force of WSOP fame.
Suffice it to say, there's not an easy table in the room.
[user4144]
Whilst I watch the other tables and their flurry of all ins with envious eyes, it has been a relatively slow start in my segment, with most hands reaching a showdown with few chips entering the pot.
In fact, there's been more action on the masseuse front during this opening level with Layne Flack, Phil Ivey and the intriguingly named Leif Force all on the receiving end of a good rub-down.
I must confess, the massages, and the masseuses for that matter, look very inviting today, and there have been a number of different techniques applied. I think I saw one player receiving an earlobe massage earlier, an often overlooked and neglected party of the body when it comes to the massage industry.
[user4144]
pieces of eight, pieces of eight
Shiver mi timbers, mi hearties, we're an Italian Pirate down as bracelet winner Max Pescatori hits the deck in a monster three-way pot.
It was Andrew Teng who kicked off the action, raising it up to 150 preflop only for Pescatori to make the call and young William Martin to bump it up to 550. Both players called.
On a flop, everyone checked, only for initial aggressor Teng to lead for 900 on the turn. Pescatori made it 2,000, Martin pushed all in, Teng called, and so did Pescatori.
On their backs, and Martin had Teng dominated with aces versus kings, but would need to dodge a seven and a club against Pescatori's . But dodge them he did, meaning Martin now has circa 18,000 whilst Teng drops to 3,200.
As the shortest stack, however, Pescatori could only conclude "Well, that was fun" and exit stage left disgruntled.
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Barry Greenstein has not had a hugely promising start. Down to around 4,000 and apparently snoozing between hands, he was one of three players to call a 300 raise preflop. With a lack of action on the flop or turn, he tried it on for 1,000 on the river of the board, but folded instantly when his neighbor Jan Arne Bjerke made it 4,000. Greenstein now down to around 2,200 and Bjerke up to a much happier 12,000 as their table breaks. Greenstein has now headed over to this room's new Table Of Doom to join fellow doom-meisters Willie Tann and Mark Teltscher.
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he flopped the set and was called all the way down the 
board by Rene Mouritsen, who just mucked at the end of the hand. "What's his name?" said a disgruntled but good-humored Mouritsen. "I'm going to look him up."
turn and then called an even heftier raise to 1,400 from Fredrick Andersson. Alioto check-called Andersson on the 
river to find that they both had the goods - Andersson's 
up against Alioto's 
. The jack played and Alioto raked in the chips while Andersson was down to less than 3,000.
and when it checked to him in position, bet 400. One of his opponents passed but neighbour Josh Gould check-raised to 1,200. Call.
Now Gould bet out 1,400, again called by Johnson.
Action slowed at this point - Gould eventually checked, and Johnson moved his remaining 1,825 in. A very long consider later, and Gould laid his hand down, propelling the Englishman with an unexpectedly American accent up over 8,000.
flop, everyone checked, only for initial aggressor Teng to lead for 900 on the 
. But dodge them he did, meaning Martin now has circa 18,000 whilst Teng drops to 3,200.
board, but folded instantly when his neighbor Jan Arne Bjerke made it 4,000. Greenstein now down to around 2,200 and Bjerke up to a much happier 12,000 as their table breaks. Greenstein has now headed over to this room's new Table Of Doom to join fellow doom-meisters Willie Tann and Mark Teltscher.
