On a flop, Cedric Rossi finds himself all in against Sorel Mizzi with versus . No drama on the turn and river means he doubles up his short-stack whilst online pro Mizzi drops to 21,000.
Alan Smurfit
Alan Smurfit has been using his WSOP bracelet as a card capper these last two days, but it hasn't proven to be a lucky charm this time around.
Cedric Rossi min-raised to 2,000 from UTG, Niklas Strom called from the small blind, and Smurfit moved all in for his remaining 5,000 from the big blind. Both of his opponents called.
The flop was . Strom led out for 6,000, Rossi folded, and the cards were turned up.
Smurfit:
Strom:
Smurfit was drawing nearly dead to Strom's set, and the two sixes that landed on the turn and river made him a full house, eliminating Smurfit.
Jason Mercier raised to 2,700 from early position. Action folded around to Malte Strothmann in the small blind and he made the call.
The two saw the flop heads up. Strothmann checked and Mercier led out for 4,600. Strothmann made took his time before calling. When the hit the turn, both men quickly checked.
The hit the river and after Strothmann checked to Mercier, he bet 9,200. Strothmann took his time but called that bet as well. Mercier confidently rolled over but Strothmann tabled for two pair. Mercier tapped the table and nodded as if to indicate "good hand."
Mercier slipped to just over 48,000 chips on the hand while Strothmann is doing well with just roughly 56,000.
Henri Koivisto raised to 1,700 preflop and received three callers in Martin Nielsen, Patrick Perez and finally Nester 'Cheesecake' Ygborn in the big blind. On the flop, play was checked around to Nielsen who led out for 8,700 only to be raised by Ygborn. Quicker than a jet propelled whippet, Nielsen shoved his chips across the line and we had ourselves a showdown.
Nielsen:
Ygborn:
Although all eyes were fixated on the potential pairing of the board, it was the backdoor that the Poker Gods flung open as the turn and delivered an unexpected flush draw.
Double up for Nielsen whilst Ygborn takes a nasty hit.
Crikey, we've seen more rockets than NASA today, the latest recipient to the launch being Peter Eastgate. All in with against the of Malte Strothmann, the November Niner was drawing dead by the turn of a board and swiftly exiting stage left.
2008 Grand Final winner Glen Chorny is steaming after accusing Julien Sallin of a slow-roll. When I joined the action, Chorny was in the process of calling a bet on the turn of a board. On the river, Sallin paused momentarily, peered down at his chips before leading out for 6,000. With his leg twitching erratically under the table, Chorny grabbed two columns of chips and effectively put his foe all in. After around fifteen seconds, Sallin made the call.
"Flush," announced Chorny as he revealed . Confident that he had his nose in front, Chorny was shown a for the turned full house.
"What's with the slowroll?" probed Chorny, to which he received no response. "You like sit there for minutes before calling and don't turn your cards over. I wouldn't have done that to you, but don't be surprised if I do it back."
Ed de Haas
A short-stacked Adam York moved all in for 8,900 from early position. Ed de Haas, next to act, made the call and the players showed:
De Haas:
York:
The flop came down giving de Haas a piece of it, but left him still trailing. Things changed dramatically however when the hit the turn. York was drawing to one of two remaining queens and he failed to connect with either as the fell on the river.
York was eliminated on the hand and de Haas climbed to just over 26,000 chips with the win.
That annoying 90's dance tune made its way into my head as I took a look at PokerStars' list of the 28 countries represented in our starting field of 619 players. The Italians topped the list with 71 players, closely followed by the United States with 69. France and Sweden sent 68 apiece, while home country Spain boasts 40 runners. Also representing well were Germany, the United Kingdom, Holland, Russia, Denmark, Finland and Norway.