Mustapha Kanit has been on a nice little rush and is now up to 135,000 in chips. A short while ago, he cracked a player's pocket queens with pocket sevens after the money went in on a flop. The turn was a and the river a to give Kanit a straight.
More recently, Kanit three-bet before an opponent four-bet him. Kanit came back with a five-bet and his opponent six-bet jammed with . Kanit had the goods and called with two aces. They held, and his stack got a lot bigger.
Lawrie Inman opened with a raise to 1,300 from middle position and then action moved to Team PokerStars Pro Sebastian Ruthenberg in the hijack seat. He three-bet to 3,100. A couple of spots over, Nick Binger came in on the action with a four-bet to 7,525. Play folded back to Inman and he tanked for a bit before finally mucking his hand. Ruthenberg stuck around, though, making the call to see the flop.
The flop came down and Ruthenberg checked. Binger stayed aggressive and fired a bet of 9,125. Ruthenberg thought things over and then called, making this quite the pot at hand.
The turn brought the and Ruthenberg checked again. Binger didn't slow down. He upped his wager and fired in 21,025. Ruthenberg went into the tank deeply. He thought about it for a couple of minutes before giving it up and allowing Binger to scoop the pot.
Jake Cody bet 7,000 on the board before his opponent raised all in for a little over 20,000. Cody quickly called and revealed the nuts with the . His opponent held a second-best , but did have outs to a full house or quads. The river completed the board with the and Cody was able to win the pot. He had the most chips in the hand and eliminated his opponent en route to 75,000 in chips.
After a player in the hijack seat raised to 1,025 preflop, Doyle Brunson called from the cutoff seat. Those were the only two players to see the flop and it came down . The preflop raiser checked and Brunson fired 1,700. His opponent took a minute and then called.
The turn card was the and paired the board with cowboys. Sitting beneath his cowboy hat, Brunson fired 3,000 after his opponent checked again. Another minute or so passed before the player folded and Brunson scooped the pot to move to 37,000 in chips.
Barry Greenstein is doing quite well here on Day 1a of the 2011 PokerStars.comEPT London. He's up to about 90,000 in chips thanks to a big hand with pocket aces versus queens and jacks.
Greenstein only has one prior EPT Main Event cash on record. That one came back in 2009 in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where he placed 148th. He'll surely be looking to break the trend and finish deep in this one, but only time will tell as it's still early.
flop. The turn was a 
and the river a 
to give Kanit a straight.
. Kanit had the goods and called with two aces. They held, and his stack got a lot bigger.
and Ruthenberg checked. Binger stayed aggressive and fired a bet of 9,125. Ruthenberg thought things over and then called, making this quite the pot at hand.
and Ruthenberg checked again. Binger didn't slow down. He upped his wager and fired in 21,025. Ruthenberg went into the tank deeply. He thought about it for a couple of minutes before giving it up and allowing Binger to scoop the pot.
board before his opponent raised all in for a little over 20,000. Cody quickly called and revealed the nuts with the 
, but did have outs to a full house or quads. The river completed the board with the 
and Cody was able to win the pot. He had the most chips in the hand and eliminated his opponent en route to 75,000 in chips.
. The preflop raiser checked and Brunson fired 1,700. His opponent took a minute and then called.
and paired the board with cowboys. Sitting beneath his cowboy hat, Brunson fired 3,000 after his opponent checked again. Another minute or so passed before the player folded and Brunson scooped the pot to move to 37,000 in chips.
and action checked to Barbero again. He bet 4,500 and his opponent called.
for top two pair and his opponent mucked.
