Olof Haglund won a huge flip against Steve O'Dwyer to take the chip lead in this tournament. But his run good began yesterday, when he was told there was no room at the inn, forcing him to shift hotels and miss an early morning fire alarm wake up call. PokerStars Blog talks to Haglund's rail as his exceptional tournament continues.
On the hand after Theo Jorgensen lost a lot of chips against Olof Haglund he was at it again. Jorgensen raised under the gun and Ruben Visser called from the big blind.
The flop brought out and both players checked. The turn brought the and Visser bet 190,000. Jorgensen made the call but folded on the river when Visser bet 315,000.
Mantas Visockis had to wait all the way to the river to spike a three-outer to double up versus Ruben Visser.
Visockis opened to 120,000 on the button before Visser three-bet to 315,000 from the big blind. Visockis had around 2.5 million and in they went. Snap call.
Visockis:
Visser:
The board ran .
That put Visser down to third in chips, swapping places with Visockis.
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen raised to 130,000 under the gun and the action was folded to the big blind. Ruben Visser was seated in the big blind and he moved all in. Jorgensen folded immediately and Visser picked up a little pot after losing that massive pot to Mantas Visockis.
Mantas Visockis started the day by limping quite some hands and now he just tried something new. Olof Haglund raised under the gun and Ruben Visser called from the button. Visockis called from the big blind and the flop showed . Visockis lead out for 225,000 and Haglund was his only caller.
On the turn the hit and Visockis bet 350,000, Haglund called again. The river brought the and Visockis quickly check-folded to a bet worth 475,000 chips.
Ruben Visser raised to 135,000 from the small blind and folded when Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen three-bet to 280,000. Jorgensen is still the short stack and every pot has a big impact on his stack.
The hand between Ruben Visser and Mantas Visockis was just checked down to the river on a board. Visser bet 225,000 on the river and Visockis called. Visser showed and took down this pot.
Mantas Visockis raised under the gun to 120,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen three-bet to 275,000. Visockis went into the tank for a while and moved all in. Jorgensen called off his total stack worth 1,380,000 creating another big preflop all in.
Mantas Visockis:
Theo Jorgensen:
The board ran out and Jorgensen doubled up. It's still anyones game here in London as Jorgensen and Visockis are now tied for third place with 47 big blinds.