Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki was pitted against young superstar Chris Moorman on this hand when we picked up the action on the flop. Horecki had checked and Moorman bet 2,650. Horecki made the call.
Fourth street was the and Horecki checked. Moorman bet 5,250 and Horecki called.
The river completed the board with the . Horecki took a minute or two and then fired 5,525. Moorman fired back with a raise to 18,075. Moorman had exactly 20,000 behind after he raised the river. Horecki gave it up and Moorman won the pot.
We can't be sure when the money went in, but it truthfully doesn't matter when it happened. Whenever it was, it was still pretty sick. We only caught up at the end of the hand, walking up to see Attila Polner with out in front of him and Andrey Subbotin with what had been the dominating .
It seems likely that Polner committed his last ~24,000 after the flop, but again, we can't be sure. What we can be sure of is that the turn was an absolute dagger to Subbotin. The one-outer struck, and he could not find his own one-out redemption as the river brought the blank .
Subbotin has been dashed down to about 14,000 with that bad beat, and Polner has doubled his way well back above the chip average.
This day is 75% of the way through, and we've got just two more levels to play before we call it a night. First things first -- a fifteen-minute break.
Recent World Series of Poker November Niner Eoghan O'Dea three-bet to 3,600 from the big blind after Christopher Brammer raised to 1,000 from the button just as the tournament was going on another 15-minute break. Brammer opted to take a flop in position on O'Dea by flat-calling.
The flop produced the and O'Dea was to act first. He put out one blue T5,000 chip and two black T200 chips while announcing "4,200." Brammer took some time to think. After a minute or so in the tank, he slid out a tall stack of chips to put O'Dea all in. O'Dea pushed the rest of his chips across the line to put himself at risk.
O'Dea:
Brammer:
O'Dea's top pair was up against the gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw for Brammer. O'Dea could also lose if Brammer smacked a king.
Everything worked out for O'Dea as the turn brought the to pair the board and river the . O'Dea's hand held up and he was able to double. Upon final count, O'Dea was all in on the flop for 25,275. He's now at nearly 60,000.
We joined the pot on the turn, walking up to see David Peters betting 1,700 on a board. There was about 2,500 in the pot before that bet, and Ismael Bojang made a raise to 4,800. Peters made the call, and he checked the river. Bojang kept the heat on with another 7,200, but Peters check-raised all in for 13,575. Bojang hated it, but he dropped the calling chips into the pot.
Peters rolled over , and quads will do rather nicely. With a noise of frustration, Bojang shuffled his cards in his hands and then spun them into the muck, paying off his debt to double Peters up to just a tick over 40,000.
Michel Abecassis raised from under the gun to 1,150. Action folded all the way around to Barkatul Mohammed in the big blind and he defended with a call to see the flop come down . Mohammed checked and Abecassis bet 1,500. Mohammed made the call.
The turn paired the board with the and both players checked. The river added a fourth diamond with the and both players checked again.
Mohammed tabled the for a flush and Abecassis mucked his hand.
From early position, Ilan Boujenah raised to 1,025. Action folded to Francesco Favia in the cutoff seat and he three-bet to 2,550. In the small blind, Artur Wasek made the call. Boujenah also called.
The three players took the flop of and action checked to Favia. He moved all in for about 14,000. Wasek and Boujenah folded.
Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki in the hijack seat. He put in an opening raise to 1,125. In the cutoff seat, Chris Moorman three-bet to 2,525. Ben Vinson was next up on the button. He took some time before four-betting to 6,350. The blinds folded, as did Horecki. Moorman didn't go away so quickly, but did eventually fold after a minute or so in the tank.