James Potter
James Potter called an 8,000 raise pre-flop holding and saw the flop of . Potter then moves in for his remaining chips to attempt to take down the pot, but his opponent makes the call. Potter is unsure of where he stands but he is delighted to find he is in great shape with his opponent holding . The turn and river are blanks and Potter doubles up!
Kenny Ng
Having won three of the last five pots he's played, Kenny Ng is on quite the heater. In his most recent victory, he eliminated an opponent from the tournament after winning a coinflip while holding pocket sevens against his opponent's .
The board filled out giving Ng a set of sevens and another 20,000 chips to add to his stack. He's currently sitting with right around 84,000 in chips.
In a big clash after the break, Michael Isacson and Steve Wise found themselves all in before the flop:
Steve Wise:
Michael Isacson:
The board brings and Wise doubles up through Isacson.
Isacson, clearly tilted, then pushes his remaining chips in on the very next hand holding pocket threes and is called by Thomas Ovnerud holding .
The flop comes and Isacson is distraught and overheard to comment "Can I ever win a race?". The poker gods then answered the call, and a miracle on the turn puts Isacson back in front. The on the river gives Isacson the pot and after an eventful few minutes he is back up to 30,000 in chips.
The flop of looks great for the player holding the nuts until...
Turn:
River:
The runner runner straight sent the unknown player storming out of the poker area in disgust while the fortunate Bergren is left to count up his chips.
Julian Powell
Julian Powell finds himself all in pre-flop holding but Dave Murray makes the call with . The board of brings no love for Powell and he heads to the rail.
It was folded around to a short stacked Sarah Bilney in the small blind and with the blinds creeping up, she pushed her last 10,000 chips into the middle. Adriano Cendron in the big blind looks down at his cards, looks up and says "I'm so sorry love" before calling with . Bilney flips and is in serious trouble. However the board comes and Bilney has amazingly doubled up to over 20,000 in chips.