A late position player raised Benjamin Kang's big blind to 3,000. Kang looked down at and quickly shipped in his whole stack. His opponent called all in for less, a total of 12,000, with . Kang clenched and shook his hands in frustration when the flop came down . He had outs to a king or a jack, but the turn was the and the river was the . Kang was left to shake his head and stare up at the ceiling, asking the poker gods why they hate him.
Asa Smith: 43,000
Constant Rijkenburg: 40,000
Ivo Donev: 22,000
John O'Shea: 36,000
Isabelle Mercier: 35,000, and nursing a very large green apple and a very small Italian phrasebook
There was a raise to 2,200 under the gun, and it folded around to David Saab who sighed and dropped his remaining 15,000 in the middle. Back around to the raiser, who thought about it for a while. Eventually, a call.
Saab:
Under the gun:
Saab: "Flop me an ace! Flop me an ace right away!"
In true Scandi fashion, Sami Kelopuro is playing some very aggressive poker today. There were already 20,000 chips in the pot on the turn of a board. Kelopuro had position on his lone opponent and had made a bet of 11,000 chips. His opponent tanked for one minute before giving up the ghost, allowing Kelopuro to increase his count to approximately 75,000.
John O'Shea knew what he had to do when the button player raised his big blind to 3,100. O'Shea peeked down at and moved his chips into the middle. His opponent emphatically called all in for less with . A flop of hit both players, giving O'Shea two pair and bringing a flush draw for the button. Everyone loves a good sweat, right? The turn changed nothing, nor did the river . Each player made two pair, but O'Shea's aces and queens were the best hand. He eliminated the button and chipped up to 36,000.
Another player who is in considerable trouble, but still refusing to bow to the inevitable, is garrulous Peter Hedlund. Down to just 2,500, he still managed to fold his big blind to a raise, showing the and then going back through the muck after he'd handed his cards to the dealer trying to find whatever other raggy piece of unplayable filth he'd had. He also passed his small blind the next hand. Now all he needs is several quadruple-ups in a row and he'll be back in the game.
To be honest, the echoing calls of "Seat open!" around the card rooms are becoming confusing, being so numerous. In just forty minutes of play we're down to 405 runners.
Jannick Wrang started the day in the upper reaches of the chip counts. He's still up there, but he's a been a bit puzzled by the play of Jonas Danielsson.
"That was exciting," said Wrang after a recent pot. "That made sense." He had reraised to 9,800 after Govanni Vicinanza opened for 2,800 and was called by Danielsson. Vicinanza folded to the reraise in short order, but it took Danielsson almost two full minutes to fold .
"You can just push," Wrang told Danielsson. "But I'm calling. It would have been fifty-fify."