donpeters
A huge pot had grown between Faraz Jaka and Alain Roy on the turn with the board reading . Jaka fired 42,000 into the pot and Roy called after some deliberation.
The river brought the to the felt. Jaka took his time and picked out a bet of 35,000. Roy raised all in for 53,700 and Jaka quickly called.
Roy rolled over and had made a heart flush on the river. Jaka showed only the and counted off the chips. After the hand, Jaka was left with 5,000.
[user46392]
Mike "Timex" McDonald: 265,000
Marc Goodwin: 310,000
Laurence Houghton: 70,000
Jan Collado: 165,000
Noah Boeken: 97,000
Marc Gork: 63,000
Thierry van den Berg: 85,000
Matt Woodward: 375,000
Samer Rahman: 245,000
Almira Skripchenko: 100,000
Michael Greco: 93,000
Jorn Walthaus: 110,000
donpeters
Timex is wound up
The small blind checked to Mike "Timex" McDonald on a flop of . McDonald fired 8,500 and his opponent called.
The turn was the and the small blind checked again. McDonald checked behind.
After the river fell the , the small blind fired out 25,000 rather quickly. McDonald tanked and then made the call. The small blind tabled for sevens and fours with an ace. McDonald showed and despite starting with the better hand, wound up with the same hand. The two players chopped up the pot.
[user46392]
Carter Phillips called a big bet on the river from Luis Ramon Rufas Acin, and he was right -- Phillips had hit second pair on the river, and Acin could only boast a busted straight draw. Phillips is up to 390,000.
[user76023]
Carter Phillips has increased his chip stack even further, he's up to about 600,000 after raising and seeing a flop and hence eliminating his opponent who had called preflop with .
His stack is now probably twice anyone else's left in the tournament.
[user46392]
Alain Roy limped under the gun, and it folded around to Faraz Jaka in the small blind who moved all in for his last 5,000 or so. Big blind Bas Steegers called, and so did Roy.
Flop: -- check, check.
Turn:
Now Steegers bet out 5,500 and Roy called.
River:
Steegers now bet 17,000, eliciting a fold from Roy.
On their backs, and Jaka showed a surprisingly premium . Steegers, however, flipped for a flopped set, and Jaka hit the rail.
[user46392]
One corner of the card room has a distinctly Nederlands feel at the moment, featuring as it does Messrs. Lex Veldhuis, Noah Boeken and Bas Steegers. On the non-Dutch front, it also currently involves Alain Roy and Marc Goodwin.