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Neil Channing - do not pass go. But do collect £47,045.
The flop read and there was a mere 27,000 in the pot when all hell broke loose at Gus Hansen and Neil Channing's table; the betting went as follows:
Channing - check
Hansen - 22,000
Channing - 56,000
Hansen - 147,000
Channing - all in
Hansen - snap-call
Channing's flush draw was up against Hansen's for bottom set, and following a bricky turn and river, it was a swift and probably mostly painless end for the British legend.
We'll be seeing Mr. Hansen tomorrow in the semi-final.
Kevin Eyster is not happy, after his turned two pair was counterfeited on the river.
Eyster was in the big blind and Ram Vaswani on the button when they both checked the river of the board. Eyster tabled , but Vaswani's pocket had snuck back into the lead on the river and he took the 160,000 pot, leaving Eyster with 225,000.
After sneaking that early lead, Huck Seed has dropped back to 314,000.
We caught up with him betting 31,000 from the button to a check from Jim Collopy on the turn of a board. Collopy made the call, and the were at the river.
The river came down the and Collopy checked again. Seed bet 100,000 - but Collopy now check-raised all in for 217,000, and Seed - after tanking for a full five minutes - laid it down.
Some poor fortune for Kevin Eyster, as the EPT Tallinn Heads-Up champion found himself outdrawn.
With 50,000 in the pot by the flop, Eyster checked and Ram Vaswani checked behind. Eyster bet out 33,000 on the turn and Vaswani called; he bet out another 76,000 on the river and that got called too.
To showdown, and Eyster revealed pocket - but Vaswani turned over for trips, and took the pot.
Perhaps Huck Seed could have done with a bit of a break - we just now witnessed a most curious hand.
Jim Collopy opened for 10,000 from the button and Seed called to see a flop. Seed checked, before flat-calling 13,000 from Collopy. Interesting.
They saw a turn and Seed checked again. This time he tank-called 33,000 from Collopy. Curiouser and curiouser.
The river was the and Seed checked again, before tank-calling a whopping 76,000. Collopy turned over for two pair - but was most surprised to find Seed turning over for the flopped flush.
Seed raked in the pot and has taken an early lead.
Howard Lederer's poor all-in form continued as his final hand saw him call all in with when Huck Seed put him in on the button with . But pretty much the first card out on the flop was the at which Lederer looked fairly mortified. Seed clearly felt for his opponent, calling for the Queen which didn't come ( did instead). Shaking his head Lederer could only admit he was out of chips, while the rail muttered about the sickness of poker all round.
Seed min-raised from the button and Lederer called. There was no betting through the board until the river where Seed bet 40,000. Lederer folded and asked Seed "Why did you bet?"
"Because I hoped you would call" came the response.
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and there was a mere 27,000 in the pot when all hell broke loose at Gus Hansen and Neil Channing's table; the betting went as follows:
flush draw was up against Hansen's 
for bottom set, and following a bricky 
turn and 
river, it was a swift and probably mostly painless end for the British legend.
board. Eyster tabled 
had snuck back into the lead on the river and he took the 160,000 pot, leaving Eyster with 225,000.
board. Collopy made the call, and the were at the river.
flop, Eyster checked and Ram Vaswani checked behind. Eyster bet out 33,000 on the 
turn and Vaswani called; he bet out another 76,000 on the 
- but Vaswani turned over 
for trips, and took the pot.
and Seed checked again, before tank-calling a whopping 76,000. Collopy turned over 
for the flopped flush.
at which Lederer looked fairly mortified. Seed clearly felt for his opponent, calling for the Queen which didn't come (
