We are a few hands into the break and Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu already looks like he could do with another one. Maybe Adrian Veghinas was thinking the same thing?
A player in seat six opened for 1,500 and Veghinas made the call before Negreanu made the squeeze play from the Small Blind making it 5,600 to play. Seat six folded and Veghinas confidently Four-Bet Negreanu to the tune of 12,500. Negreanu looked up and down his chip stack before pushing them over the line for the all-in and Veghinas instantly mucked.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a stack which has been sitting in a lonely corner, having not been removed and refunded now has been claimed by its owner Tom 'durrrr' Dwan. If you're willing to pay the buy-in to have your stack kept warm, and don't mind missing only six levels of action, you too could vie for the title of 'Latest Possible Arrival.'
Who knows what's kept him - travel issues, stuck at the top of the ferris wheel, just didn't feel like it - he's here now and Table 13 is going to notice a difference in Seat 1's aggression levels.
Giuseppe Zarbo is not a retiring player: with a bright blue jacket proclaiming ITALIA across the front, he has, we discovered, a quiet routine when he gets his stack in. He brought out a very large pair of sunglasses when his final decision was made, and then flicked an invisible switch and their rims started flashing blue.
The flop which proved his last was - he had just 10,250 and with was happy to commit it (the last chips he sort of slid into the pot off a kind of glass plinth they were resting on). His opponent had flopped a set, though, with and he had to watch as the river brought him a painfully pointless . He had to exit cutting a figure like a sad Timmy Mallet.
It has all been kicking off at Table 28. We arrived to see a board of and what must have been a pre flop all-in by Daniele Mazzia. There was 27,000 in the pot and Adam Jerney declared all-in for a total of 11,250 on the flop. The decision was back on Dieter Albrecht and he decided to make the call.
Daniele Mazzia:
Dieter Albrecht:
Adam Jerney:
The turn and river were and respectively. Jerney's pocket sevens held up and the 50,000 pot was shipped over to him much to the joy of his supporting wife Kati Jerney. Mazzia was eliminated and Albrecht had a much lighter stack than he has started with.
It looks as though Ramzi Jelassi's new accountancy trip has not had the desired effect on his stack size, as he's back down to around 30 big blinds.
We just caught the end of the hand, on the turn - the board reading with 6,000 in the pot - and a very sleepy Daniel Negreanu was betting out enough to set Jelassi in. He tanked up for a while, making small movements with his hands as though going to put his chips in the middle and then thinking better of it - but eventually he passed, and was left with 12,000.
At his new table, Marcel Luske's fortunes have not fared well, and after a river bluff was called he was prepared to lose the pot - but nearly found himself winning it through a vision-related misread!
His opponent spoke to him in German and wears small rectangular glasses - we have him listed as Claudio Simaldoni with a stack of over 75k but there's been a fair magimix of players today as tables have been restocked, broken and moved and the tried and tested method of 'asking in the break' will need to be employed.
In the hand, Luske had bet 4k on the river with the board standing and his opponent took his time before finally making the call. Luske turned his hand immediately and with a firm, expressionless motion, never mind the fact that it was . So confident did he seem that his opponent accidentally slowrolled his which he thought he was flashing so that Luske, with could see. In fact, this was the winning hand, which scooped the pot as soon as it was on its back.
There followed some multilingual confusion as the winner tried to tell Luske that he hadn't actually slowrolled him, just confused a four for an ace and thought he'd had the wrong read, when actually he was spot on.
"It's because no one said anything," prompted the dealer.
"I'd rather have him muck his hand if he thinks he loses!" laughed Luske, clearly not pro help in hand reading.
Table 29 is starting to get very interesting. We have Daniel Drescher, Andrew Teng, Jim Collopy and Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Minieri all playing mind games with one another.
We pick up this hand after Minieri had been away from the table for a long time while talking on his phone. He returned to make a raise of 1,000 from early position which received a call from the cut-off and Collopy who was sat in the Big Blind. The flop was . Collopy checked to Minieri who bet 2,150. The cut-off folded and Collopy called. Now to the turn which was the , Minieri had his head bowed and Collopy looked straight forward - eyes concealed by shades. Collopy once again checked and this time Minieri bet 4,450 and again Collopy made the call. The river was the and Collopy checked for the third time. Minieri also checked and Collopy dropped his head for the first time throughout the hand as he showed an exasperated for the full house. Minieri escpaed that little trap but his stack has dwindled to ~45,000
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- he had just 10,250 and with 
was happy to commit it (the last chips he sort of slid into the pot off a kind of glass plinth they were resting on). His opponent had flopped a set, though, with 
and he had to watch as the river brought him a painfully pointless 
. He had to exit cutting a figure like a sad Timmy Mallet.
and what must have been a pre flop all-in by Daniele Mazzia. There was 27,000 in the pot and Adam Jerney declared all-in for a total of 11,250 on the flop. The decision was back on Dieter Albrecht and he decided to make the call.
and 
respectively. Jerney's pocket sevens held up and the 50,000 pot was shipped over to him much to the joy of his supporting wife Kati Jerney. Mazzia was eliminated and Albrecht had a much lighter stack than he has started with.
with 6,000 in the pot - and a very sleepy Daniel Negreanu was betting out enough to set Jelassi in. He tanked up for a while, making small movements with his hands as though going to put his chips in the middle and then thinking better of it - but eventually he passed, and was left with 12,000.
which he thought he was flashing so that Luske, with 
could see. In fact, this was the winning hand, which scooped the pot as soon as it was on its back.
. Collopy checked to Minieri who bet 2,150. The cut-off folded and Collopy called. Now to the turn which was the 
, Minieri had his head bowed and Collopy looked straight forward - eyes concealed by shades. Collopy once again checked and this time Minieri bet 4,450 and again Collopy made the call. The river was the 
and Collopy checked for the third time. Minieri also checked and Collopy dropped his head for the first time throughout the hand as he showed an exasperated 
for the full house. Minieri escpaed that little trap but his stack has dwindled to ~45,000