After a raise to 500 it was Davor Pavic who three-bet to 1,250 and only the big blind decided to call. The flop rolled out and both players checked. On the turn the hit and the big blind bet 1,575 and Pavic made the call.
The river brought the and the big blind threw out 2,000. Pavic went into the tank and eventually raised it up to 8,000. The player in the big blind folded his cards and Pavic is now up to 40,000 chips.
German pro Tobias Reinkemeier has also joined the tournament as we just spotted him in the downstairs tournament area. Reinkemeier recently finished runner up in the Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge for AUD $1,250,000 which bumped his total career earnings up to $5.7 million.
Surinder Sunar is not a man who likes to be hurried. He comes from an age where there was more time and it was accepted that players could take ten minutes to make a decision.
Robin Keston was his opponent in a hand and was left waiting for what seemed like ten minutes. Keston was a little agitated but other table mates seemed more so.
Around 17,000 had made it into the middle by the time the board rested as . Both players were in early position and Sunar checked to face a 10,000 bet.
Sunar eventually called with for two pair, bettering Keston's .
The first hand we saw was raised by Jude Ainsworth to 450 and the player to his left three-bet to 1,300. The action was folded around to the Irishman who four-bet to 3,100. Ainsworth's opponent folded and this pot was decided preflop.
A few minutes later the board read when two players checked and Ainsworth bet 1,200. The player to Ainsworth's left folded, as did one of the blinds, and Shannon Shorr made the call.
On the river the showed up and Shorr checked again. Ainsworth fired out 3,300 and took down another pot.
Gus Hansen, a member Full Tilt Poker's "The Professionals," has just arrived to play in the EPT London Main Event. Yesterday, Hansen was swept by Daniel Negreanu in the Tilt vs. Stars heads-up challenge, losing $50,000 to Kid Poker.
Hansen hasn't cashed in an EPT event since 2005, where he finished fifth in the EPT Barcelona Main Event for $96,712.
Thomas Muhlocker came in for a raise in middle position, and Irishman John O'Shea three-bet to 2,300 from the small blind. Muhlocker made the call, and the dealer fanned . O'Shea checked, Muhlocker fired 2,800, and O'Shea made the call.
The turned, both players checked, and the completed the board. O'Shea led out for 6,200, which was good enough to win the pot.
"Did you flop a set?" a player asked O'Shea after the hand. "I had jack-ten."
"Hard for me to flop a set if you had a jack and a ten," O'Shea returned, grinning.
At the ridiculously stacked table downstairs (which includes Jude Ainsworth, Daniel Rudd, Team PokerStars Pro and Martin Jacobson) Shannon Shorr and Andrew Chen have been sparring.
Shorr had check-called a bet of 1,800 on the flop before both players checked the turn. The came on the river and Shorr led for 4,000 but was instantly called by Chen, the former mucked but Chen showed anyway.
Lam Man Hei and Chris Moorman are sat next to each other and tangling in some pots. The count was one each while PokerNews was there.
Moorman opened from under the gun and the action folded all the way around to Hei in the big blind who called. The flop fell and Hei check-called a 675 c-bet. That was as much heat as Hei could stand as he check-folded to a 1,550 bet on the turn.
Two hands later the two had made it to the river with around 9,000 in the pot. The board read and Moorman checked from the big blind to face a 5,550 bet. He called and mucked upon seeing Hei's .
and both players checked. On the turn the 
hit and the big blind bet 1,575 and Pavic made the call.
and the big blind threw out 2,000. Pavic went into the tank and eventually raised it up to 8,000. The player in the big blind folded his cards and Pavic is now up to 40,000 chips.
. Both players were in early position and Sunar checked to face a 10,000 bet.
when two players checked and Ainsworth bet 1,200. The player to Ainsworth's left folded, as did one of the blinds, and Shannon Shorr made the call.
showed up and Shorr checked again. Ainsworth fired out 3,300 and took down another pot.
turned, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. O'Shea led out for 6,200, which was good enough to win the pot.
turn. The 
came on the river and Shorr led for 4,000 but was instantly called by Chen, the former mucked but Chen showed 
anyway.
turn.
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