Andy Black's stack has been up and down like the U.S. Stock Market today, but he's been holding his own with bad position on the aggressive Ruben Visser. During an earlier break, Glo caught up with The Bearded One to talk about anything but poker. Check it out:
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Martin Wendt raised to 5,800 in early position, only for Marlene Cerqueira to his immediate left to push for her last 48,700. Wendt gave it some serious thought... But eventually he folded, and Cerqueira lives to fight another couple of hands anyway.
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Tome Moreira opened the pot with a button raise, and Nicolas Levi moved all in for about 60,000 from the big blind. Moreira quickly called to put him at risk, turning over . Levi shook his head and showed his .
The board would fail to provide any help for Levi, running out . That's all she wrote for the well-hatted Frenchman.
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Guillaume Da Silva raised before the flop, and Andy Black called from the blinds. The flop came out , and both players checked. When the turn brought the , Black led out with a bet of 5,000, and Da Silva called quickly. The river was the , and Black flicked out a tiny bet of 2,000. Da Silva shook his head and called, and Black showed , his two pair good enough to win.
"Most people increase their bets," said Black with a chuckle. "But I like to reduce mine."
His bets got smaller and his stack got bigger; Black is up to about 135,000 after that pot.
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How's this for some sick preflop action:
Mercier opened the pot to 4,800, and Antony Lellouche three-bet to 12,100. When it came back to Mercier, he made it 27,400 to play, and Lellouche came right back over the top to 67,400. Not to be outdone, Mercier moved all in for 177,400 total, and it brought Lellouche to a pause. After about 30 seconds, Lellouche called with the covering stack to put Mercier at risk.
The Frenchman tabled , and Mercier sheepishly turned over . The flop held contained a queen, but the board of Q-2-2-4-A failed to get Mercier over the hump.
You've got to admire his bravery, but it hasn't worked out for Jason this time; he's out. Andy Black saw Mercier wandering around the room, and he asked where Jason was sitting. "I'm not," said Mercier.
"What? You taking a break?" asked Black rather indignantly.
"No. I decided to punt my stack." Black didn't hear him, so Mercier repeated a bit louder, this time adding a kicking gesture as he spoke: "I decided to punt my stack. (*shrug*) I'm the worst ever."
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Wow, massive chip leader to completely bust in just one level!
Yes indeed, just as we approached the break, Matthew Nieberg, already considerably down from his earlier uber-stack, ran a full house into Martin Wendt's bigger, indeed second-nut, full house and soon after hit the rail. Unbelievable. We understand Nieberg accused Wendt of slow-rolling, although it could just have been an emotional moment for the young Englishman.
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. Levi shook his head and showed his 
.
. That's all she wrote for the well-hatted Frenchman.
, and both players checked. When the turn brought the 
, and Black flicked out a tiny bet of 2,000. Da Silva shook his head and called, and Black showed 
, his two pair good enough to win.
. The flop held contained a queen, but the board of Q-2-2-4-A failed to get Mercier over the hump.
