Phil Laak bet 11,000 on the river of a board only to see Andrew Frankenberger raise him to 26,000. Laak talked himself out of the call and mucked his hand before shouting, "Show the bluff kid! Make me mad! Come on, show the bluff!"
Frankenberger didn't move, raking in the chips but Laak was unperturbed. "I will pay you real cash money to show me a bluff!"
Again Frankenberger stayed stoic and began to stacking his chips.
"I will give you £40 cash money right now if you show me a bluff," said Laak flipping out a wallet assorted with £50 and £20 notes.
Finally, the weight of Laak's words took their toll and the seemingly emotionless Frankenberger couldn't help but break into laughter and a little smile. He still refused to show though.
Viktor Blom just got moved to table 26 and next to fellow Swede Magnus Persson. The two had a chat in Swedish before playing out a sizable pot. Persson raised from UTG+1 and then called Blom's three-bet from the next seat. The flop came and the action went check-check. The turn came and Persson check-called a 13,600 bet to see the river. Persson checked again but this time faced an over-bet of 49,000 from Blom. He called quickly but mucked upon seeing Blom's . Blom's up 480,000 now and Persson drops to 125,000.
Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy has just been relieved of his chips at the hands of Irish Open champion James Mitchell. Mitchell was the three-bettor preflop, and Collopy four-bet shoved for less than 40,000 when he looked down at two tens. Unfortunately for him, he ran them smack into Mitchell's pocket queens, and a board full of blanks is all she wrote for the Big Cheese.
You'll be seeing Collopy again though (at some point). He and Gus Hansen have some unsettled business in Event #4, the £10,000 High Roller Heads-Up. They've split the first two matches of the best-of-three final, and the rubber match is still slated for a TBD time. Keep an eye on the blog for more info as firmer plans get made.
With the board reading , Patrick Selin led out for 20,000, and after rising from his seat, Matthew Waxman made the call.
Hesitation to show led to Selin meekly flipping , whilst a jubilant Waxman announced jack high with the to feign the hero call, before sliding the from underneath.
Just another note to confirm that Viktor Blom is still the chip leader - but now he's at 440,000. The Table Of Death was broken recently, and the expressions on the faces of all his new tablemates are concerned, to say the least.
Following that last hand where Alex Keating picked up a chunk of Andy Black's chips, it was to be an unfortunate end for the Irishman not long after.
The flop read when we arrived and Keating had bet out 4,500 from the cutoff. Black made it 20,000 on the button, and then swiftly called all in to Keating's three-bet.
A real cooler here:
Black: for trip jacks, top kicker
Keating: for a full house
Turn:
River:
"YESSS!" said the clearly very excited Keating, pushing his chair back as he did so and only narrowly avoiding a disaster with a waitress carrying a tray full of drinks.
"Well done," said Black rather curtly, and took his leave.
Keating improved to 170,000 with that, and seemed very pleased about it too. "S***," he said, giggling. "S*** this is cool. S*** this is so cool."
Andrew Pantling raised from early position, and Stephen Elias called on the button. In the big blind, Erik Cajelais squeezed in a raise to 10,600, and this time only Pantling put in the calling chips to go heads up to the flop.
It came , and Pantling called a 15,000-chip continuation bet. Both players checked the turn, and the river came the to double pair the board. Cajelais fired another bullet, 20,000 chips this time. Pantling took a minute or so to sigh and grimace and count down his own stack, then he announced an all in, stacking out a tidy pile of 100,000 in front of him. Cajelais had about 45,000 behind his bet, and he only gave it a cursory thought before surrendering his cards into the muck.
Robert Tanita opened preflop to 3,000 and Barny Boatman made the call behind him in the hijack. Andrew Pantling now made it 9,000 from the cutoff and Tanita flat-called with about 40,000 behind.
Instead of calling or folding, Barny Boatman suddenly surprised us by throwing out a chunk of orange 5k chips making it 39,000 to play. Pantling looked disgruntled but folded before Tanita nodded and decided to push all-in. Boatman immediately called.
Tanita:
Boatman:
Tanita was already packing up his things and getting ready to leave the table, even as the board came down. Boatman has a chunky 265,000 now.
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board only to see Andrew Frankenberger raise him to 26,000. Laak talked himself out of the call and mucked his hand before shouting, "Show the bluff kid! Make me mad! Come on, show the bluff!"
and the action went check-check. The turn came 
and Persson check-called a 13,600 bet to see the 
river. Persson checked again but this time faced an over-bet of 49,000 from Blom. He called quickly but mucked upon seeing Blom's 
, Patrick Selin led out for 20,000, and after rising from his seat, Matthew Waxman made the call.
, whilst a jubilant Waxman announced jack high with the 
to feign the hero call, before sliding the 
from underneath.
when we arrived and Keating had bet out 4,500 from the cutoff. Black made it 20,000 on the button, and then swiftly called all in to Keating's three-bet.
for trip jacks, top kicker
for a full house
, and Pantling called a 15,000-chip continuation bet. Both players checked the 
turn, and the river came the 
board came down. Boatman has a chunky 265,000 now.