Action folded around to a short-stacked Jamil Kanji in the small blind and he moved all in. [Removed:17] was in the big blind and quickly called after waking up with the . Kanji rolled over the , and despite the bad spot, he was all smile.
"I'm not feeling it," he admitted. Yan didn't seem so confident. The flop provided no help to Kanhi, and as soon as the dealer burned and turned the , Kanji stood and said, "Good luck." As the dealer put out the meaningless on the river, Kanji shook hands with Yan and then exited the tournament area.
Georgios Karakousis has done a fine job chipping up here on Day 4, but he just hit a roadblock in the form of Kuljinder Sidhu.
It happened when Karakousis opened for 23,000 from the hijack and Sidhu three-bet to 83,000 from the small blind. Karakousis thought for a bit before announcing that he was all in and Sidhu snap-called off for 310,000.
Sidhu:
Karakousis:
Sidhu, who had been getting a massage, was up out of his seat and was pleased to watch the board run out a safe . "Thank you," he graciously told the dealer as he sat back down.
Very well-known 34-year-old pro from Madrid, Spain that now lives in Portugal. He is an EPT regular, won 2012 WCOOP $265 PLO Knockout for $40,595. Best live result was runner-up to Jon Spinks in the EPT9 Deauville €2k side event.
His twitter profile @javieretayo says he is a former rugby player and also a former Padel player. Padel is a fantastic Hispanic game played in a small walled court – pretty much a cross between tennis and squash. Loves all sports including golf and is a Real Madrid and Fulham supporter.
Jan Olav Sjavik, 49, Oslo, Norway
Old school Norwegian player, best result was third at EPT3 London (remember the infamous suck out by Vicky Coren?) for £168,600. Nickname (and online name) "Balrog".
He is considered one of the mainstays of Norwegian poker, the old guard that opened the doors for the younglings to come through. What followed EPT3 London was the continuation of a good year. A third place
in Amsterdam at the Master Classics, and a ‘close-to-the-business-end’ finish in Copenhagen a few weeks later.
It's been a great 2013 for Jeff Rossiter. He's already won more than $3.3 million in tournament winnings (only Anthony Gregg and Niklas Heinecker have won more with $5.8 million and $4.5 million respectively), and he'll be adding to that in this event.
In a recent hand, Rossiter opened from the cutoff only to have Steven Warburton three-bet to 58,000 from the small blind. Not to be outdone, Rossiter four-bet to 136,000 and Warburton tanked for about two minutes before making the call.
Both players proceeded to check the flop and turn. When the completed the board on the river, Rossiter fired out 93,000 and Warburton thought long and hard before making the call. Rossiter tabled the for top pair and it was good as Warburton sent his hand to the muck.
Yngve Steen opened for 22,000 under the gun and a short-stacked Salman Behbehani decided it was time to go. He splashed in his last 63,000, the rest of the field folded, and Steen made the call.
Steen:
Behbehani:
Both players held an ace, which meant the kicker would likely determine the hand. Behbehani's was inferior, and that meant he needed to improve to stay alive. The flop gave him some extra outs to a gutshot, but neither the turn nor river helped Behbehani.
Shannon Shorr called off his stack on the river of a board against Javier Etayo, Shorr had called with a queen in his hand but Etayo had flopped a straight with to beat him.
Afterwards, Shorr tweeted his own thoughts about the hand.
Straight after having lost that pot to Joey Lovelady, Kent Roed was involved in another big pot.
Blind on blind, he saw a flop against Carla Sabini (the latter in the big blind). The Canadian had shoved on Roed and the latter was thinking about whether to call the 200,000 chip shove.
Finally he did call and Sabini said glumly, "I was hoping you'd fold because you've just lost a big pot."
Sabini:
Roed:
The turn was the and the river was the - and with that the last lady involved in the Main Event was eliminated.
Joey Lovelady was all in preflop with and in big trouble against Kent Roed's .
"I folded 3-2 offsuit," said [Removed:17] quietly, "that helps..."
The flop was a death sentence for the Liverpudlian but most of the table called for the ten of clubs on the turn.
Instead it was the that came instead, Lovelady could now chop with an eight or win with queen. He was all ready to leave but then out of nowhere the appeared on the river to keep him alive.
A series of preflop raises over at the feature table resulted in Leon Louis being all in preflop holding the and racing against the of Steven Warburton, who had him covered by just 21,000. The flop was gin for Warburton, and Louis had to hit running cards to stay alive.
The turn took away any chance of that happening and Louis was up out of his seat. "Good luck boys," he said as he began to walk away. The dealer then put out the on the river for good measure. "What a waste," Louis joked one last time.
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, and despite the bad spot, he was all smile.
flop provided no help to Kanhi, and as soon as the dealer burned and turned the 
, Kanji stood and said, "Good luck." As the dealer put out the meaningless 
on the river, Kanji shook hands with Yan and then exited the tournament area.![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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