Juha Helppi has reversed his pre-dinner downward trend and is looking strong again. His opponent raised to 2,500 preflop, and Helppi called.
Flop: - The raiser bet 6,000, and Helppi called.
Turn: - Same story. Helppi called a bet of 12,000.
River: - This time, Helppi's opponent checked, and Juha bet 23,775. After a minute in the tank, the other player mucked, and Helppi scored the pot without a showdown. He's up to 87,000 now.
Barney Boatman bet 3,300 on an board. His opponent thought it over and made the call. The river was the , and both players checked. Boatman tabled , which was good enough to take down the pot.
Threee players made it to the flop. The gentleman in the big blind checked and the player in mid position bet 2,100. Team PokerStars Pro Johannes Steindl called in the cutoff, and the action moved back to the big blind, who now check-raised to 7,000. The mid-position bettor folded, but Steindl paused for some time before reraising all in. The big blind thought for a much shorter time before calling.
Steindl: for top pair
Big Blind: for the tiniest flush draw
Also among the hordes of the busted now is Mr. Martin Kabrhel. Now that he's out of the main event, he can resume his extraordinary run beating up the side events.
Julien Brecard had his last break cut short thanks to our Gloria Balding who wanted to grab a few words with "The People's Poker Player." Brecard was kind enough to oblige and here's what he had to say about his day so far.
Praz Bansi is out after running aces into Albert Iversen's queens in a 90,000-chip pot. Not a great idea, at least if your opponent is going to turn a queen. Iversen is over 100,000 now.
[Removed:197] opened from late-middle position to 1,400 before the hijack seat called. The flop came down and [Removed:198] fired 1,900. His opponent called.
The turn was the and [Removed:198] checked. His opponent checked behind.
The river was the and [Removed:198] checked again. His opponent checked behind once more and tabled the for ace high. [Removed:198] showed and won the hand with a pair of sixes on the turn. He's up to 42,000.