Kelopuro - vomitous
Disaster on the Kelopuro front in a gigantic cooler of a pot.
Kelopuro and Roger Hairabedian saw a flop and they went bet-crazy. It looks as though Hairabedian bet out, then Kelopuro raised, then Hairabedian reraised, and after some thought, Kelopuro called. This all took an incredibly long time, allowing me to witness Ben Spindler's bustout on the next table before Kelopuro had called the reraise.
Turn:
Hairabedian now bet out just 30,000 into the already enormous pot, and now Kelopuro made it 96,000. Hairabedian, who had suddenly acquired a large number of railers from apparently thin air, looked him up and down and said in broken English, "I say you, don't make move. All in."
Insta-call from Kelopuro, and I have to say it was the first time I'd ever seen the usually sanguine Finn look as though he was going to throw up.
Kelopuro:
Hairabedian:
River:
Kelopuro dropped down to just 62,000, while wild applause and cries of "Roger! Roger!" echoed from the railers and the Moroccan enjoyed a full, in its raked-in state uncountable, double up.
J.J. Liu's frustration was palpable after a recent hand against Mohamad Kowssarie and Jean Paul Pasqualini. Kowssarie open-shoved from the button and was called by Pasqualini before Liu re-shoved from the big blind. Pasqualini didn't seem to want to give up his hand, but he eventually did, leaving Liu heads up with Kowssarie for the main pot.
Kowssarie:
Liu:
Liu could only look away from the table in the disgust as the dealer peeled off a flop of , pairing Kowssarie's trey. The turn and river were running tens to give him a triple-up. Liu is down to 110,000.
We came to Annette Obrestad's table to see her playing another pot. With plenty of chips to burn, she has been quite active this afternoon. The board showed in a three-way pot. A player with an name we're glad we can copy-and-paste, Gijsbertus Spijkers, led out for 25,000. Obrestad was the only caller. When the river fell , Spijkers made a motion as if to pick up some chips, then waved his hands over his whole stack and said, "All in." No sooner had the words passed his lips, then Obrestad's cards hit the muck.
We bid au revoir to Sorel Mizzi. Mizzi was in the big blind against Peter Traply's preflop raise from late position. Mizzi reraised to 48,000, a raise that Traply called to a flop of . Mizzi led out for 55,500 and was flummoxed to see Traply move all in for more than 300,000 -- an amount that covered Mizzi by about 100,000.
Mizzi took one of the deepest dives into the tank we've seen in a while. He tanked for at least five minutes. At one point, he seemed to ask Traply, "If I call, can we run it twice?", perhaps trying to decide if Traply was making a move with a hand like . Traply didn't make the slightest response. Mizzi finally said, "I call. I call," taking us to showdown.
Mizzi:
Traply:
The on the turn ended the hand. Mizzi was drawing dead. He stood up, shook Traply's hand, and walked off.
Joe Hachem and Leonardo Patacconi got to the river of a board and Patacconi bet 45,000. After an incredibly long time, Hachem called, and covered his eyes. "What does he have?" he blindly inquired of the table. "The nuts," replied a gent who was actually looking, and Hachem opened his eyes to see Patacconi's , and mucked.
"So much for having chips for two minutes," he sighed.
"They'll come back to you, they love you," a tablemate told him.
Gaetano Mazzitelli, who thought it appropriate to dress for the tournament today in a towel resembling the Italian flag and bearing the legend "ITALIA", is bustissimo after getting it in with against Jerzy Slaby's .
Mazzitelli insisted that it was a split pot when the board came down , but he was put to rights by the dealer and was sent on his way.
* J.J. Liu, in another lovely hat and dress ensemble;
* Dag Palovic, sporting a scarf that appears to be a Slovakian flag;
* Steve Sung, in an Asian Poker Tour zip-up hoodie and his trademark oversized sunglasses.
Although they were taking a 15 minute break after every level yesterday, in an attempt to get down to 24 players before bedtime, today they will only be taking a break every two levels. All our players will be getting their fair share of vitamin D today though -- for the first time since we got here, the curtains have been open for the whole day so far, affording everyone a fantastic view across the bay, if they care to look up from their cards.
flop and they went bet-crazy. It looks as though Hairabedian bet out, then Kelopuro raised, then Hairabedian reraised, and after some thought, Kelopuro called. This all took an incredibly long time, allowing me to witness Ben Spindler's bustout on the next table before Kelopuro had called the reraise.
, pairing Kowssarie's trey. The turn and river were running tens to give him a triple-up. Liu is down to 110,000.
and getting a call from Pieter de Korver holding 
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in a three-way pot. A player with an name we're glad we can copy-and-paste, Gijsbertus Spijkers, led out for 25,000. Obrestad was the only caller. When the river fell 
. Traply didn't make the slightest response. Mizzi finally said, "I call. I call," taking us to showdown.
on the turn ended the hand. Mizzi was drawing dead. He stood up, shook Traply's hand, and walked off.
, and mucked.
against Jerzy Slaby's 
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, but he was put to rights by the dealer and was sent on his way.
