When we arrived at the table, Davidi Kitai had a bet of 1,400 sitting in front of him on a flop of . Jeff Rossiter announced a raise, tossing out a blue T5,000 chip, but we are unaware of the exact amount. It could've been anything from 2,800 to 5,000.
Kitai put in a third bet, making it 5,800 to go, and confirming that Rossiter's raise was for no more than 3,600.
The Aussie tanked for a bit, then released his hand.
When you first look at Andy Moseley, you no doubt see a young run-of-the-mill poker player from the UK. What you might not know is that Moseley is an accomplished high-stakes cash game player who has played in the famed Macau games.
"I have played in the big game in Macau. I have probably played about 25 to 30 sessions," Moseley previously told PokerNews in an interview. "I initially got in the game about 14 months ago when it was a lot smaller than it is now. It was $5K/$10K with a $1 million buy-in. It has now possibly tripled in size on average. The biggest I played was $10K/$20K with a $2 million buy-in and a button ante. The major appeal about the game was not the softness but the size of it."
Today Moseley isn't in Macau, but instead is on his home turf taking a shot at EPT glory. In a recent hand, Moseley opened for 1,100 from early position and received calls from Patric Laudam and Christopher Brammer on the button and in the big blind respectively.
After Brammer checked the flop, Moseley bet 2,500 and Laudam called. Brammer folded and then both players checked the turn and river. Moseley flashed , but it was no good as Laudam tabled the for a winning pair of aces.
Moseley dropped to 60,000 on the hand. Meanwhile, Brammer is sitting with a monster stack of 150,000.
On the table with Team PokerStars Pros Jason Mercier, Lex Veldhuis and other top pros Kyle Julius and Paul Volpe we're noticing an extraordinary amount of banter.
"Let's do a last longer!" Mercier suggested while having a short stack. Nobody seemed to agree on an amount when Veldhuis suggested a last shorter. After Volpe had explained to Mercier what a last shorter entailed there was some discussion about the money, but once again nothing ended up happening.
"I've never seen him like this," Julius said as he had a hard time not laughing, "I'm having a great time here," he added.
"The thing is, I don't want to shut up!" Mercier yelled after a while.
The conversation went on about Mercier wanting to get paid for being quiet for an entire level, but the negotiations seemed to be going nowhere.
"You just said you would do it for less, so why wouldn't you do it for $50?" Veldhuis said about the initial price being $200.
"It's not that I can't do it, I just don't want to," Mercier replied as everyone chuckled. As the conversation wasn't going anywhere soon Veldhuis suggested a topic change.
"Let's talk about your anger," Veldhuis suggested and both Volpe and Julius encouraged Mercier to open up about what was bothering him in a playful way.
"I'm not angry, I'm just very excited about life!" Mercier said.
The four went back and forth some more but with no clear end in sight we had to step aside to focus on the poker action elsewhere. It seems like Mercier is a lot more talkative than he usually is at the table and the other three at the table are clearly having a go at him every chance they get.
After the cutoff raised to 1,100, David "Devilfish" Ulliott defended from the big blind. It was heads-up action to the flop, and Ulliott promptly checked. The cutoff continuation-bet 1,150 and the Devilfish, who was donned in a suit (reminiscent of the Devilfish of old) and smacking down on some Juciy Fruit gum, flashed the .
"If that was the queen of spades I'd have to call," Ulliott said in his thick Hull accent. He then folded his cards. It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on the Devilfish's chip stack.
Neil Channing raised to 1,000 from early position when it was Nik Persaud's big blind.
"Oh...sorry Nik..." said Channing.
"I know what you've got," replied Persaud. "King-jack."
Channing rechecked his cards as everyone folded to Persaud.
"You're good," declared Channing.
"A flop with a king and a jack please!" shouted someone else.
The flop was which elicited "ooohs" from the rest of the table.
Both players checked.
The turn was the and Persaud led out for 1,500. Channing made the call to see the on the river. Persaud checked and Channing checked behind saying, "I think I have you..."
At this point, Persaud slowly turned over the causing a quiet of "Oh for f**ks sake" from Channing.
Phil Hellmuth made his way to the tournament room after the dinner break but so far things haven't gone his way. We have to note that Hellmuth's seated at an extraordinarily tough table with no less than seven other players we recognized.
Hellmuth just raised under the gun to 1,500 and folded when Pratyush Buddiga moved all in for 9,425 from the button. On the very next hand Salman Behbehani raised under the gun plus one to 1,200 and the action was folded to Hellmuth in the big blind.
Hellmuth three-bet to 3,200 and Behbehani called after which the flop brought . Both players checked and on the turn the hit and Hellmuth bet 5,000. Behbehani called and on the river the hit. The action was checked again and Hellmuth showed . Behbehani turned over and raked in the pot.
"You could've gotten it all," Hellmuth said, as he was willing to go all in on the flop if Behbehani would've bet. Behbehani did not bet and therefor the cameras keep rolling on Hellmuth who's, as always, very entertaining to watch.
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. Jeff Rossiter announced a raise, tossing out a blue T5,000 chip, but we are unaware of the exact amount. It could've been anything from 2,800 to 5,000.
flop, Moseley bet 2,500 and Laudam called. Brammer folded and then both players checked the 
turn and 
river. Moseley flashed 
, but it was no good as Laudam tabled the 
for a winning pair of aces.
flop, and Ulliott promptly checked. The cutoff continuation-bet 1,150 and the Devilfish, who was donned in a suit (reminiscent of the Devilfish of old) and smacking down on some Juciy Fruit gum, flashed the 
.
which elicited "ooohs" from the rest of the table.
and Persaud led out for 1,500. Channing made the call to see the 
. Both players checked and on the turn the 
hit and Hellmuth bet 5,000. Behbehani called and on the river the 
hit. The action was checked again and Hellmuth showed 
. Behbehani turned over 
and raked in the pot.
