2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
EPT Polish Open Main Event
Day: 1a
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So with this in mind, four-way to the turn of the
board and with 825 in the pot, Ricardo Sousa bet out 625. He received just one caller. The song pumping out of the stereo was Tom Jones' "She's a Lady", and what could be more appropriate as the dealer turned over the
river and started tapping the table in time to the music. Sousa bet 1,600 as the song faded out, and his opponent called as the intro of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" started up. Sousa turned over
to happily take the pot. His opponent mucked, but did, as it turned out, survive.
flop. When the
came on the turn, the action was checked to Johnny Lodden, who led out for 150 from early position. Only the small blind came along. The river was the
. The small blind checked and Lodden led again, this time for 425, and earned a call. Lodden turned up
for trips and took down a nice early pot. Only a few hands later, however, Lodden raised it up to 200 from the big blind behind two late position limpers and both men called. All parties involved checked the
flop as well as the
which fell on the turn. When the
appeared on the river, Lodden quickly tossed out a single purple 500 chip. The cutoff folded, but the big blind raised to 1,500.Looking quite perplexed, Lodden stared at the board, attempting to figure out what his opponent possibly could have here. Ultimately, he tossed in a call.
Unfortunately for Lodden, the button made a runner-runner straight with the
and raked in the pot.