Matthias de Meulder, reduced to around 8,000, open-shoved and got a flat call from Salvatore Bonavena to his immediate left. The two shook hands good-naturedly as they waited for the cameras to arrive, and de Meulder took his leave shortly thereafter.
De Meulder:
Bonavena: bit of a sneaky flat call with but no-one else was interested
Board:
We lose one de Meulder, but the other one is still kicking about somewhere in the sea of poker players out there. We'll find out how he's doing shortly.
Matt Stout was just eliminated from the tournament, he had an and a but ran into on a board. That was bad for Stout, for some good stout, I'd recommend the pub on the way to Paddington Station.
Sam Trickett was down to about 9,800 and was looking to get it all-in, the reason being was that he was meant to be going on a date tonight, up unto the point where he got it all-in with on an board against ...
"I thought I had a gutshot..." confessed Trickett.
"A gutshot? Surely that would've been worse than a pair of twos," said Ramsey Ajram from the rail.
Nevertheless, Trickett managed to backdoor a flush meaning he's made his way back up to 55,000. But tragically now that he has a stack, he's had to cancel his date and start playing properly instead now that his no-win scenario has been solved.
Around 25,000 had found its way into the pot by the time we heard the cry of, "All in and call!" over at Jon Aguiar's table. We scuttled over and found the following cards face up on the felt.
Flop:
Aguiar: for a pair of aces
Julien Labussiere: for the mother of all draws
After a few moments the TV crew arrived and the rest of the board was dealt.
Turn: ("Oh, more beautiful!" said someone in a heavy French accent)
River: bringing in Labussiere's flush
Aguiar tossed the requisite 41,000 or so into the middle in the same manner in which a baby might throw his toys out of a pram. Clearly not happy about it all, he dropped to 17,000. Labussiere meanwhile doubled up to 110,000.
There was an opening raise and a three-bet from the hijack and cutoff seats respectively, and Allen Bari four-bet it from the button. In the blinds, Tobias Reinkemeier five-bet shoved all in for his last ~12,500. Everyone folded to Bari, and he called off the extra few thousand to put Reinkemeier at risk.
Showdown
Bari:
Reinkemeier:
"No respect, Tobias! No respect," Bari prodded, both men smirking at each other. For Reinkemeier's part, he seemed content to flip for double or nothing.
It would be nothing. The flop was a safe , but Bari liked the turn. "That's not a good card for you," he said, and he was right. The river filled in Bari's wheel straight, earning him the knockout and ridding himself of a dangerous player on his left.
"Good luck in Partouche, Tobias," was Bari's parting comment, and the two men shook hands as Reinkemeier headed out the door.
"Careful," warned Kathy Liebert from across the table. "You're gonna ruin your bad boy image if you keep being so nice."
Bad boy or not, Allen Bari is doing quite well with about 95,000 right now.
We're back! That was a spicy Thai dinner for the PokerNews crew, and things are really hotting up in the tournament area as well now as only 363 players remain. We're playing another three levels before bagging up tonight, but until that happy time, it's shuffle up and deal.
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