[user76023]
"Deuces AND Treys? Instacall!"
Double up for Praz Bansi after he called a raise preflop with and one of the blinds called also. The flop came down and it was checked to Praz who bet 650. One of the blinds called and the original raiser folded. The turn was the and it was checked to Praz again, who bet 1,250 and he was called a second time. On the river his opponent now set him in for his remaining chips and, after a dwell, Praz made the call and his opponent instantly mucked handing Praz the pot.
[user4144]
Recent GUKPT rankings winner and current European rankings leader Marc Goodwin is down to 3,950 after a mistimed bluff. Goodwin raised preflop with , called a reraise, before moving in on a flop after his opponent had led into him. With , the shorter of the two stacks quickly called, and subsequently survived a raggy turn and river to leave Goodwin nearing the felt.
[user4144]
A sizable pot forming on Praz Bansi's table was like a carrot to an updating donkey, and as I neared, the pot grew even larger. With the flop reading , UTG led for 1,250, another player (who I believe was Italian) pushed all in, Bansi folded, and the initial bettor called.
As the cards were revealed, it soon emerged that it was spade-dodging time, the Italian in search of a flush with versus . The turn favoured the Italian, and as the non-pairing hit the river, he leapt from his seat like an epileptic salmon and started celebrating raucously. "Yes, yes, yes!" he exclaimed in jubilation.
"He raised and the kings flat-called," added Bansi revealing the preflop action. "I had and called behind. This guy saved me some money by pushing the flop."
As the Italian scooped the pot and began reconstructing his stack, I approached meekly and asked if he would write down his name for me, if only so I could report the hand without having to use the unhelpful term 'Italian guy".
The Italian guy looked a bit confused, but after a moment's pause said "yes, no problem" and swiped the pad from my paws. Upon return, I was rather surprised to see that he had autographed my notepad, perhaps thinking that this was the birth of his fan club.
I've looked at his signature a number of times and not only am I unable to fathom why he thought I'd want his autograph (on a pad filled with my scribble from other hands, I might add), but I still can't read his name.
So, if you're wondering who the 'Italian guy' who won this pot is, then he is either:
(1) Cherlal Fallon
(2) Clurulal Gellon
(3) Elertal Sellion
(4) Alertal Jellan
(5) John Smith
[user4144]
dancing like he's never danced before
"That Will Fry's a maniac," reported Stuart Rutter during the break. "If he hadn't won an EPT, I would have assumed he was just a bad player."
"He's played so many pots," continued the young Brit. "He hasn't shown a bluff, but he must have bluffed loads. It's almost as if he just enjoys the banter and playing pots."
Rutter, on the other hand, has played few pots, yet still managed to double his stack.
"Apart from the Eastgate hand, I haven't played many hands. I had one where I defended my big blind with and checked-called an flop. I then checked the turn and bet the river. Before I'd even bet, he'd mucked his hand. I also had kings one hand in the small blind, and there was a raise of 400, and a reraise to 1,200 before me. I had several thousand and just pushed all in, but I guess I'm only getting called there by aces, so I'd probably be better off doing it with seven-six suited. It's a strange one."
Yes, my inability to name the nationalities of players continues to flourish as I mistakenly identify the player who made the flush with a few posts earlier as Italian, when he is in fact Lebanese.
More importantly however, intrepid detective work here in the press room (mainly courtesy of Mad Harper of PokerStars who continually searched for names that included the letters 'cha') has led us to name our mystery man as Charbel Salloum. You'd think as his number one fan, I would already know his name, but either way, Salloum is now on 20,725 after busting those set of kings.
I fully intend to keep my autograph just in case he wins. I reckon I could get a least a fiver for it on Ebay. Go Salloum!