The action in the high roller events tend to be a little quicker than in most tournaments with players acting in a prompt manner and not wasting time on every street (there are exceptions however, naming no names.) So it was rather unusual to hear time being called so early in the tournament and not in an all-in situation.
The final board read and Spinks had bet 7,000. His opponent, Sylvain Loosli, was deep in the tank; too deep evidentially as the clock was called. With 30 seconds remaining he released his hand.
With the board reading Fabrice Soulier check-called a bet of 4,500 on the turn against Oleksii Khoroshenin to see the on the river. This card didn't appear to change much and the Frenchman checked again, Khoroshenin now bet 12,000 which Soulier didn't appear to like. Indeed, after two minutes the bracelet winner and WSOPE Main Event runner-up from last year decided to let go of his hand.
Three-way to a flop of saw Dario Sammartino and Marcelo Fonseca check the board across to button raiser Abdulaziz Abdulaziz (so good they named him twice).
Abdulaziz bet 1,000 before Sammartino made it 2,600 out of the small blind. Fonseca now reraised to make it 4,400 and Abdulaziz came in with a fourth bet on the flop to 11,600. Sammartino thought for a moment before folding and Fonseca moved all-in. Abdulaziz made the call.
Fonseca:
Abdulaziz:
"I had 9-7," said Sammartino.
The turn and river couldn't make Abdulaziz a better full house and the Brazilian player doubled up.
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz seemed to have lost over half his stack and was saying good naturedly, “Why didn’t I miss the first hand?” But it wasn’t long before he managed to grab a bit of that back. On a board reading Dario Sammartino bet 600 into quite a large pot and was called by Marcelo Fonseca and Abdulaziz. The river was the and Sammartino now bet 3,400. Fonseca folded and when Abdulaziz called Fonseca uttered a hopeful, “Four?” to declare his hand. Abdulaziz flipped over the and picked up a decent pot. As he stacked his chips he looked at the next hand dealt and folded, laughing, “Only one per hour my friend.”
Albert Daher had three-bet from the small blind to 2,200 when Jerome Fougeron opened. Geilich folded the big blind and they saw a flop of . Daher continued for 2,150 and Fougeron called. The turn card was the and Daher kept the pressure on with a 2,900 bet. Fougeron didn’t seem to like the situation and threw his cards in.
Bryan Paris just can't catch a break against PCA Champion Dominik Panka. Paris called 8,000 on the turn of a board against the Polish player before both players cautiously checked the third club river which was the .
Panka showed and Paris flashed the case , having been outkicked. It might be one of those days...
In the main event yesterday Ludovic Geilich was telling his table how he only got chips by bluffing and the odds of him getting aces or kings was 1000-1. Careful what you wish for.