Anton Wigg is down to a short stack after he fired bets of 5,700 and 9,600 on the turn and river of an board with , only to be called down by the of Fredrik Andersson.
Niels van Alphen just doubled through Philipp Gruissem and he explained to us what happened. Gruissem raised under the gun, the player on the button called and Van Alphen moved all in from the small blind. Gruissem was the only taker of this 26,500 bet and the cards were turned on their backs.
Viktor Blom is having a good day even with Team PokerStars David Williams to his left.
The two just had a small battle in the blinds. Blom raised to 3,000 and Williams called to see a flop fall. Blom continued for 5,400 and Williams snap folded.
Blom then opened and added, "I was ready to go there."
"Really? You were?" came back a chuckling Williams. "Loads of gamble there!"
We continue our guide to London on behalf of the poker player looking to explore not just the cardroom at the Vic, but this great city that is London. Suspicious that nobody is ready, today we expand our tourist radius to five miles from Edgware Road. Read on at the PokerStars Blog.
Salman Behbehani opened to 2,500 from under the gun, and received five callers, including Jeffrey Rossiter, Hiren "Sunny" Patel, Jeff Sarwer, and Rory Mathews.
"A set might not be good on this flop," Sarwer joked.
The flop fell , Sarwer, Mathews, and Behbehani checked, and Rossiter fired 8,700. The action folded back to Behbehani, who moved all in for 25,000 or so, and Rossiter immediately called.
Behbehani:
Rossiter:
Rossiter did flop a set, it was good, and it held as the turn and river bricked , respectively. Behbehani was busted, while Rossiter now sits with around 90,000 chips.
Chris Moorman has just jumped into the chip lead after taking down another huge pot! The board read when we saw a bet in front of Team PokerStars Pro David Williams worth 7,000. At that point Moorman had already called and the action was on the player on the button. George Clyde-Smith was on the button and he made the call.
On the turn the hit and all three players checked. The river brought the and both Williams and Moorman checked to Clyde-Smith. Clyde-Smith bet out 15,000 and Williams decided to make the call. The action was now on Moorman who raised to 55,000 and Clyde-Smith decided to move all in for right around 60,000 chips. Williams tanked for a bit, took a photo of his cards with his phone and then folded his cards.
Moorman called and tabled for a full house. Clyde-Smith had and was eliminated with his rivered straight. Williams explained how he folded and Moorman was the only one smiling after this hand. He's now up to 330,000 chips and the chip leader in this event!
Carlo Citrone opened to 2,500 from the hijack seat, Olof Haglund three-bet to 6,400 from the small blind, and Citrone made the call. The flop fell , Haglund led out for 7,200, and Citrone raised to 15,800. Haglund tanked for a half a minute or so, then called.
The turn was the , Haglund checked, and Citrone splashed forward 16,300. Haglund made the call.
A repeat three - the - completed the board, and Haglund checked again. Citrone fired 17,000, forcing a fold from Haglund.
"Nice bluff," Philipp Gruissem blurted after the hand.
A Ben Jenkins bluff failed to get through just now but he's still in the black on the day. He raised his button and bet the flop and turn before checking back the river. His opponent in the hand was the big blinded Javier Etayo who wouldn't budge with on a board. Jenkins, who came 13th here last season, could only open .
David Sonelin has bust to Gaelle Baumann when his ace-king raced badly against her pocket nines.
A simple rule if you want to live: don't mess with Alex Kravchenko. Jude Ainsworth opened to 2,500 before Kravchenko three-bet to 6,200. Ainsworth came back with a four-bet to 14,500 but folded when the Team PokerStars Pro shoved for 48,000.