saw Sorrel Mizzi lead out for 1,350. Thierry van den Berg tanked but then folded. The button then raised to 2,800 and Mizzi called.On the
turn Mizzi fired out again for 4,000 and the button flat-called before Mizzi bet 12,500 on the
river. The button called a final time but then mucked when the Canadian turned over
for top two pair.
X and getting his huge overbet called on the river, Lex Veldhuis has lost most of it back again and is now back to roughly his starting stack.
flop. The small blind checked and Veldhuis bet 1,200, Mezheritsky called and the small blind got out of the way.
and Veldhuis now bet out 2,850. Again, Mezheritsky flatted, and they moved on to the river.
and this time Veldhuis checked. Mezheritsky bet 6,000, and Veldhuis now check-raised all in to cover. Mezheritsky called all in for 24,600 and turned over
for the flopped straight, then raked in the 60,000 pot. Veldhuis mucked and looked ill, and dropped right back down to 34,000.
. So far, so reasonable. The problem was he was all-in against Masaaki Kagawa's
but even worse, Alex Keating's
, which had the other two players drawing dead even before the
river was dealt.
, two-club flop and reigning champion Pieter de Korver found himself involved holding
. One gentleman bet out 1,300, and de Korver made it 4,100. Everyone else got out of their way while the bettor made it 11,000. De Korver went all in and the other gent called, holding pocket sevens for a set.
board only to find himself being check-raised to 12,000. He tanked for a moment before making the call.
board but found Patrick Renkers check/raising all-in for just 7,275 more. Gardner made the call but could not beat his opponent's flopped set holding of