Annette Obrestad found herself under the gun and seeing a flop, on which she bet 300. Alexander Vaserfirer to her immediate left raised to 625, and Annette called.
Annette check-called 600 from Vaserfirer on the turn and 1,500 on the river -- and then mucked when Vaserfirer turned over . Annette's down to around 6,500 now.
Ola Brandborn has enjoyed a double up to 20,000 after calling an opponent's preflop shove and finding himself well ahead with pocket kings against the shover's jacks. Just for good measure, Brandborn flopped a set and turned a full house as well, and promptly decided that he was well stacked enough to leave the table and take a stroll around the card room. His opponent must have had a good start to the day, though, as he still has around 6,000 to his name.
Cheeky chappy Tony Phillips is down to around 7,000. A chunky pot formed between him and an opponent on a king-high, two-spade flop, which culminated in his opponent massively raising and Phillips folding. His opponent showed .
With some moderate raising from an opponent preflop, Arnaud Mattern bet out 500 on a flop, called by an opponent in seat 2. He bet another 1,250 on the turn, which his opponent also called, but merely checked the river. His opponent checked behind, and Arnaud turned over . His opponent mucked, but Mattern guessed: "Tens?" he inquired from behind his aviators. His opponent let the very tiniest glimpse of an enigmatic smile cross his face...
The crew at Poker News Hungary helped give me the lowdown on several of the local players. Attila Foris is considered one of the best cash game players in Hungary. His specialty is Omaha.
Peter "Majka" Majoros is one of the local celebrities playing today. He was the star of a reality TV show in Hungary.
And don't forget about Kwaysser Valdemar Akos. Otherwise known as Luigi at the virtual tables, Kwaysser finished in first place on the PokerStars.com Latin American Poker Tour in Costa Rica this past May. He won $274,103.