The player in middle position started things off by opening to 1,025, and was called by Dave Allen in the cut-off as well as the player on the big blind. The flop came as both players checked their option. Allen was last to act, and threw out a bet of 1,500, which was just snap-called by the big blind. The two were happy to check the on the turn, before the big blind casually check-called another bet of 3,600 from Allen.
“Ace-high,” remarked Allen, as he motioned to muck his hand. His opponent rolled over , to take down the pot, dropping Allen to 13,500 in chips.
The hand started with the player under the gun opening to 800.
“How much do you have?” asked Michael “Sticky” Guttman, eyeing off his opponent short-stack.
“Bugger all,” replied his opponent, confidently defending the 2,200 chip-stack he had left behind.
Guttman made the call, as did the big blind, as the three saw the flop come down . After a minute of thinking to himself, the player in the big blind threw out 800, forcing a quick fold from the original raiser. Guttman wasn’t fazed, as he threw in a raise to 3,000. His opponent folded almost instanty, leaving Guttman to move back up to his original starting stack.
Joshua Bell opened from middle position to 625 and was met with resistance from Julius Colman who defended his big blind with a call. The two took a flop of and action was checked through to see the hit the turn.
Colman led out for 600 and Bell made the call before the appeared on the river. Colman fired again for 1,600 but Bell made the call and raked in the pot when Colman sheepishly tossed his cards straight into the muck in resignation. Bell chips back up to around 18,000 in chips.
The back table in the Poker Room has five well known players occupying the majority of seats. James Broom, Minh Nguyen, Amanda De Cesare, Graeme Putt and Jai Kemp will have a tough time battling it out against each other, as they attempt to progress through the tournament.
In a recent hand, Nguyen opened to 700 from middle position, before Broom raised to 1,750 from the cut-off. With the option back on Nguyen, he quickly reached for chips and threw out a four-bet to 4,600. Broom thought for a moment before relinquishing his hand.
We were walking past Table 49 when one of the players asked if he could do a shout out to his mum.
“What’s your name?” asked the field reporter.
“Just say that Glenn says hi mum,” said the player.
In a recent hand, ‘Glenn’ opened to 450 from middle position and was called by the player in the hijack. The flop fell , and ‘Glenn’ checked, before quickly folding when his opponent threw out 750 in chips.
Amanda De Cesare started the hand off by opening to 275 from under the gun. She was called by the player in middle postion and hijack as well as James Broom in the cut-off. The flop fell and the action checked around to Broom who threw out 450. De Cesare and the player in middle position folded, before the hijack called to see the come on the turn. A quick check from both players saw the complete the board, as the player in the hijack immediately threw out 700 in chips. Broom made the call, but mucked his cards when his opponent tabled for top two-pair.
as both players checked their option. Allen was last to act, and threw out a bet of 1,500, which was just snap-called by the big blind. The two were happy to check the 
on the turn, before the big blind casually check-called another bet of 3,600 from Allen.
, to take down the pot, dropping Allen to 13,500 in chips.
. After a minute of thinking to himself, the player in the big blind threw out 800, forcing a quick fold from the original raiser. Guttman wasn’t fazed, as he threw in a raise to 3,000. His opponent folded almost instanty, leaving Guttman to move back up to his original starting stack.
hit the turn.
appeared on the river. Colman fired again for 1,600 but Bell made the call and raked in the pot when Colman sheepishly tossed his cards straight into the muck in resignation. Bell chips back up to around 18,000 in chips.
with Didier Guerin facing an all-in call of 4,475 from his opponent.
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, and ‘Glenn’ checked, before quickly folding when his opponent threw out 750 in chips.
and the action checked around to Broom who threw out 450. De Cesare and the player in middle position folded, before the hijack called to see the 
come on the turn. A quick check from both players saw the 
complete the board, as the player in the hijack immediately threw out 700 in chips. Broom made the call, but mucked his cards when his opponent tabled 