Lucille Cailly played a hand aggressively and managed to fold out one pre flop and one on the turn. Toby Lewis opened to 700 from early position before Cailly three-bet to 2,000 from the next seat. Terje Augdal called from the button but Lewis made a considered looking fold. Cailly continued for 2,000 on the flop and 3,900 on the turn. Augdal folded to the second bet.
On the secondary feature table Lars Garp managed to manoeuvre Salvatore Bonavena off a hand on the river. The Team PokerStars Pro raised to 700 from the cut-off and bet 1,200 on the flop. Garp called from the small blind and check-called the c-bet. Both checked the turn and Garp led for 2,300 on the river. Fold.
Daniel Negreanu was hot and bothered at his first table, and he's even more so now. Some ice wrapped in napkins is helping cool his brow under the secondary feature lights.
In case you missed it, yesterday Dan Smith continued his outstanding year on the felt with a win in the €50,000 Super High Roller event. Smith took home €962,925 and upped his 2012 live tournament earnings to $3,357,442. You can relive the Live Reporting blog from the event here or read the recap here.
The board was reading and Aleksandar Kacuric had put out a bet of 2,100 on the river but was very displeased when Jonas Becker slid out a raise to 10,200 against him.
Kacuric was irked but made the call and Becker quickly flipped for the nuts, Kacuric showed for the third nuts and dropped to about 32,000 while Becker moved up to 41,000.
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuThe French way: when all in and your opponent tables KK pause a moment, sigh, then turn over your AA. "It's just what we do" #classyAugust 20 2012
AngelGuillen25 Angel Guillen PeredaMade a hero-fold on the river vs @barrygreenstein. Hoping he tweets If I was right or not!August 20 2012
barrygreenstein Barry GreensteinRT @AngelGuillen25: Made a hero-fold on the river vs @barrygreenstein. Hoping he tweets If I was right or not! ... you were right as usual!August 20 2012
Fresh off his €215,100 5th place finish in the €50,000 Super High Roller, Mike "Timex" McDonald is looking good in the Main Event as well. He opened for 600 in the early position and Frenchman Sebastien Clot three-bet to 2,600 on the button. Action folded back to McDonald and he made the call.
The board ran and both players checked. McDonald bet 2,025 on the turn and Clot called. The on the river was followed by another 6,525 bet from Timex putting Clot in a tough spot. The Frenchman struggled for two minutes or so and then finally mucked his hand.
Since July, Jesse Sylvia has been carrying the World Series of Poker Main Event chip lead as a part of this year's October Nine. Traditionally, many of the WSOP finalist have traveled to play the European circuit in the off months, and this year's chip leader is no exception.
Sylvia is in today's field and looking to keep his skills sharp until October. At the same time, he's looking to capture an EPT title and make his name known on both sides of the Atlantic.
We recently watched Sylvia for an entire orbit prior to the last break.
Hand #1: Sylvia was under the gun plus one and simply folded.
Hand #2: Sylvia was under the gun and repeated the action from Hand #1.
Hand #3: Sylvia was in the big blind, but opted to fold after the hijack had raised to 500 and the cutoff three-bet to 1,225.
Hand #4: After Elisar Serbu raised to 500, Sylvia called from the small blind and it was heads-up action to the flop. Sylvia took the initiative and led out for 750, Serbu called, and then both players checked the turn and river. Sylvia tabled , but it was no good against Serbu's .
Hand #5: Action folded to Sylvia on the button and he folded his hand.
Hand #6: A player in middle position raised to 450 and Sylvia folded from the cutoff.
Hand #7: Action folded to Sylvia in the hijack and he raised to 500, which Riccardo Marchini called from the small blind. Both players proceeded to check the flop and turn. When the peeled off on the river, Marchini led out for 1,000, Sylvia raised to 3,600, Marchini made it 10,000 to go, and Sylvia moved all in. Marchini called with for the nut straight, and Sylvia showed for the same hand. Chop it up.
Hand #8: Sylvia folded after another player raised to 500.
Hand #9: Sylvia folded and went on break.
For more on Sylvia, check out Sarah Grant's interview with the chip leader after he made the October Nine.
Michael Mizrachi must like the limelight. He joined the TV table, that now includes PokerStars' Fatima Moreira de Melo and Jude Ainsworth, with a little over 2,000 chips and managed to double twice to 8,425.