Oh, we have had some fun and games over at Table 3 and most of the fun has centred around Roberto Romanello. Our attention was drawn to the table after a hugh gathering amassed themselves around the table just as a rather irate [Removed:283] was walking away in apparent disgust.
We spoke to Romanello to get the low down on the action and this is what he told us. There was a limper and a raise and a cold call by [Removed:288]. Romanello had pocket Kings and made a huge raise to 8,500 which [Removed:288] called. The flop was and Romanello checked and [Removed:288] bet 10,000 and Romanello called. The river was and Romanello once again checked before [Removed:288] announced he was all-in. This was a decision for all of Romanello's chips and after having a discussion with the Italian decided to make the call and showed the pocket Kings. [Removed:288] erupted when he saw them and started to say a lot of words very loudly in Italian, mostly directed at Romanello, before storming out of the building. [Removed:288] has not returned in the past twenty minutes and there is just over 1,000 in chips where he used to sit.
A few hands later and he is at it again. This time against Ange Thierry Astorga. Romanello opened from early position to 725 and Astorga three-bet from the button making it 2,025 to play. Romanello makes the call. The flop is and Romanello again checks to Astorga who bets 5,000 and Romanello calls. The river is the and Romanello again checks and so does Astorga.
"King high." Says Astorga.
Romanello shows .
"I was calling you down with Ace high. Why does everyone want to bluff Romanello today?" Said the Welshman.
We all know that playing in deep stack poker events can be quite monotonous and understand why people keep themselves occupied with I Pods, I Pads, etc but on times they can be an absolute hindrance.
Over at table 26 where Team PokerStars Pro's Liv Boeree and Noah Boeken are sat we caught up with a hand at the turn. The flop was . Michael Huber had checked and his opponent had bet 5,600. Huber with 20,000 behind him made the call. The river was the and Huber checked and his opponent declared all-in. Huber was wearing headphones at the time and he simply rolled his cards face up to show but didn't say anything.
There was a dispute on the table in four different languages about what Huber's action meant. Huber himself admitted that he did not hear his opponent announce all-in and assumed he had checked.
Boeree called Tournament Director Thomas Kremser over to make a decision and he declared Huber's hand as live and told him that he could either call or fold. There were a few players on the table who were not happy with this decision and believed his hand should have been folded, citing different rulings in different tournaments.
Huber announced a call with his full house.
"OK enough with the slow roll - show us your quad fives." Said Boeken to the player who had gone all-in.
The player mucked his hand, Huber scooped the pot and we left to the sounds of discontent from around the table.
Walking back to my laptop I heard the words every reporter wants to hear. No, not you can go home now and get drunk but instead "all in and call."
I'm not trying to take anything away from the excitement felt by the two players involved but the players involved are only known as Player A and Player B, imagine that.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has taken a bit of a hit. We found him check-calling a 10,000 bet from his opponent on the button on the turn of a board. He checked the river too but this time his opponent quickly moved all in for 22,725. ElkY thought about it for a few moments, but eventually folded, shaking his head.
He's still on a very healthy 50,000 after that, though.
Juha Helppi's stack has dropped to 22,500 after being involved in a big hand.
We joined the hand just as the dealer was putting all of the chips into the middle of the felt but it appeared that Helppi had bet, then called a raise on a flop.
Turn: and the action goes check, check
River: Helppi wastes no time in betting a single yellow 5,000 chip but insta-folded as his opponent raised to 17,100 in total.
It didn't take long for the diminutive Dario Minieri to get his diminutive stack in the middle. He was in trouble from the start, and though he found a little something on the river it wasn't nearly enough to save him.
Minieri:
Happy opponent:
Board:
As always, the tiny Italian Team PokerStars Pro behaved like a gentleman, and was all smiles as he took his leave.
Team Pokerstars Pro Marcel Luske, who recently took down the €1,000 H.O.R.S.E event at EPT Vienna, is sat looking as elegant as always over at table 4.
We caught up with him as he added a few chips to his stack. He limped in early position and David Ian John raised to 550 in middle position and Javier Martinez Perez made the call. The flop was and Luske checked over to John who bet 500. The big blind folded and Luske made the call. The turn was the and both players checked before Luske threw in a 1,000 bet when he saw the river - John folded.