A crazy hand just went down on the casino floor between Man Hei Lam and Nicholas Galtos. The action started when Lam raised to 600 under the gun and Chris Moorman decided to three-bet to 1,425 one seat over. Galtos was sitting to the left of Moorman and he four-bet to 2,425.
The action was quickly folded back to Lam who took some time before five-betting to 4,950. Moorman also took some time to make up his mind and his answer ended up being fold. Galtos extended the preflop action by another minute before he decided to make the call.
The flop rolled out and Lam fired out a small 3,000-chip bet. Galtos tanked and then raised it up to 8,000. Now it was Lam's turn again to think and he ultimately decided to move all in. Galtos still didn't seem sure what to do as he took another 30 seconds before making the call.
Showdown
Nicholas Galtos:
Man Hei Lam:
The turn brought the and Lam came from behind to make his straight. Galtos let out a big sigh but the river turned things around again. The popped up and both players ended up with a straight. The pot was split and everything was back to normal after a hand that took well over ten minutes to play out.
Paul Volpe is off to a bit of a slow start today, but he recently eliminated a short-stacked Gaetano Dell'Aera in a cooler situation. Dell'Aera was all in preflop for his last 5,000 or so with , but he was crushed by Volpe's .
The board rolled out , and Dell'Aera was eliminated.
Volpe now sits with around 20,000 chips.
After the hand, Volpe asked his neighbor, Vojtech Ruzicka, if he was rooting for him or against him.
"He [Dell'Aera] was a nice guy," Ruzicka responded, grinning.
A bit of a cooler saw Jochum Weenink bust to Sandra Naujoks to boost her up to around 72,000 chips.
The action folded around to Weenink on the button and his raise opened up a betting war between himself and the Team PokerStars Pro. She was in the small blind and before long the chips were in the middle, Naujoks had her opponent covered by around 4,000.
Naujoks:
Weenink:
The board ran failing to bring an ace to save the Dutchman.
Team PokerStars Pro and 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe Cada opened to 700 from early position. Fellow Team Pro Juan Manuel Pastor defended out of the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Pastor checked, Cada continued for 1,000, and Pastore called.
The turned, both players checked, and the fell on the river. Pastor led out for 1,200, and Cada scrunched his face. He eventually released his cards, telling Pastor he had two-pair.
Jens Kyllönen has just doubled through an opponent. We missed the details of the hand, but Kyllönen held on an ace-high board. His opponent's hand was already in the muck by the time we reached the table, and Kyllönen was happily stacking his newfound chips.
"Nice hand," Guy Bachar offered, rapping the table.
James Dempsey raised under the gun +1 to 500 and Toby Lewis made the call. Niklas Asplund decided to three-bet to 1,100 from the cutoff and both Dempsey and Lewis made the call.
The flop brought out and the two Brits checked to the Swede who bet 2,600. Dempsey folded and Lewis made the call.
On the turn the hit and Lewis check-called 5,100. The river brought out the and Lewis checked once again. Asplund threw in another 5,100 and this time Lewis decided to fold. Asplund is up to 61,000 chips while both Lewis and Dempsey are hovering around the start stack.
"This seems to be my standard start," Bryn Kenney said with a wry smile to Fabian Quoss after he just lost a decent sized pot.
"I just came in here 20-minutes ago and already I've dusted off 18k," Kenney added.
We witnessed a part of Kenney's hand, and picked up the action on the flop. The flop read and Kenney had checked to his opponent who bet 1,900. Kenney check-raised to 5,200 and his opponent made the call.
On the turn the hit and Kenney checked. Kenney's opponent moved all in and the American pro folded his cards.
Also at this table are Martin Hruby and Ilari Sahamies who are both above the starting stack.
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and Lam fired out a small 3,000-chip bet. Galtos tanked and then raised it up to 8,000. Now it was Lam's turn again to think and he ultimately decided to move all in. Galtos still didn't seem sure what to do as he took another 30 seconds before making the call.
and Lam came from behind to make his straight. Galtos let out a big sigh but the river turned things around again. The 
popped up and both players ended up with a straight. The pot was split and everything was back to normal after a hand that took well over ten minutes to play out.
, but he was crushed by Volpe's 
, and Dell'Aera was eliminated.
failing to bring an ace to save the Dutchman.
fell on the river. Pastor led out for 1,200, and Cada scrunched his face. He eventually released his cards, telling Pastor he had two-pair.
for sixes and fours.
and the two Brits checked to the Swede who bet 2,600. Dempsey folded and Lewis made the call.
and Kenney had checked to his opponent who bet 1,900. Kenney check-raised to 5,200 and his opponent made the call.
hit and Kenney checked. Kenney's opponent moved all in and the American pro folded his cards.
