Tom Middleton limped the small blind with and Luca Fiorini checked his option in the big blind with . They saw a flop of and Fiorini hit his pair. Middleton bet 250,000 and Fiorini called. The turn was the . Middleton checked but when Fiorini bet 430,000 he check raised to 1,150,000. Fiorini with the nut flush draw called. The river was the and when Middleton bet small for 650,000, Fiorini made the call to pick off the bluff.
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Benoit Gury opened on the button for 425,000 with and got a call from the big blind from Pasi Sormunen with . They saw a flop of and Sormunen flopped top pair. They both checked the flop and saw a turn card of to give Gury a gut shot straight draw. Sormunen now bet out for 200,000 and Gury made the call. A river and Sormunen went for thin value, betting 350,000. Gury suspected the bluff and made the call which leaves Gury as the short stack at the table.
Action folded around to Luca Fiorini on the button and he raised to 460,000 with the . The small blind folded and Benoit Gury shoved all in from the big for 2.805 million. Fiorini postured for over a minute and then released his hand.
Pasi Sormunen, under the gun with , raised for 425,000. Benoit Gury made a speculative call in small blind with and the big blind folded. The speculation was rewarded when Gury hit top pair on a flop of but checked it over to Sormunen, who checked behind. on the turn and again they both checked. The river was the giving Sormunen a set and now Gury decided to bet out for 430,000. Sormunen raised him to 975,000 and Gury must have thought he sniffed a bluff as he made the call and saw the bad news. Gury was down to just 11 big blinds after that pot.
Action folded to Tom Middleton on the button and he announced that he was all in for 2.98 million. Luca Fiorini squeezed out his cards in the small blind and then excitedly shot up and announced, "I'm all in." The big folded and the cards were turned up.
Middleton:
Fiorini:
"Jack ball," Middleton's British rail began to yell. It was a flip, but not after the crowd got what they asked for when the dealer put out the on the flop. Needless to say, the boisterous Brits went wild for their man. Fiorini, who looked a bit annoyed by it all, watched helplessly as useless appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Kresten Nielsen shoved from the small blind with and got called by Benoit Gury who was at risk but had the lead with . The board ran out . The six on the flop giving “El Torro” the lead which he kept to the end to send the short stack home.
After looking down at the , chip leader Kresten Nielsen opened for 435,000 in the cutoff and must have been loving it when Kimmo Kurko shoved from the small blind for 4.51 million. The big blind folded and Nielson quickly called. Needless to say, Kurko was in trouble with the .
Nielsen clapped his hands together and began to celebrate with his friends on the rail, but he got gravely serious when the flop gave Kurko a plethora of outs. A queen, jack and ten would give Kurko the lead, and while he didn't get it on the turn, he did when the rolled off on the river.
Kurko let a huge smile creep across his face while he momentarily took off his gold sparkly fedora. Meanwhile, Nielsen looked understandably frustrated.
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and Luca Fiorini checked his option in the big blind with 
. They saw a flop of 
and Fiorini hit his pair. Middleton bet 250,000 and Fiorini called. The turn was the 
. Middleton checked but when Fiorini bet 430,000 he check raised to 1,150,000. Fiorini with the nut flush draw called. The river was the 
and when Middleton bet small for 650,000, Fiorini made the call to pick off the bluff.
and got a call from the big blind from Pasi Sormunen with 
. They saw a flop of 
and Sormunen flopped top pair. They both checked the flop and saw a turn card of 
to give Gury a gut shot straight draw. Sormunen now bet out for 200,000 and Gury made the call. A river 
and Sormunen went for thin value, betting 350,000. Gury suspected the bluff and made the call which leaves Gury as the short stack at the table.
. The small blind folded and Benoit Gury shoved all in from the big for 2.805 million. Fiorini postured for over a minute and then released his hand.
and the big blind folded. The speculation was rewarded when Gury hit top pair on a flop of 
but checked it over to Sormunen, who checked behind. 
on the turn and again they both checked. The river was the 
giving Sormunen a set and now Gury decided to bet out for 430,000. Sormunen raised him to 975,000 and Gury must have thought he sniffed a bluff as he made the call and saw the bad news. Gury was down to just 11 big blinds after that pot.
on the flop. Needless to say, the boisterous Brits went wild for their man. Fiorini, who looked a bit annoyed by it all, watched helplessly as useless 
and got called by Benoit Gury who was at risk but had the lead with 
. The six on the flop giving “El Torro” the lead which he kept to the end to send the short stack home.
flop gave Kurko a plethora of outs. A queen, jack and ten would give Kurko the lead, and while he didn't get it on the 
turn, he did when the