Roger Hairabedian has just bought in and is on the same table with Albert Daher, David Vamplew and Ludovic Geilich. We joined the action after some heavy preflop betting had swollen the pot, and Daher is facing off against Hairabedian who is in the big blind. The flop was and Hairabedian looked like he was going for a bet but pulled it back and broke out into a laugh. “Check.” He said. Daher smiled and bet 3,500. Hairabedian started the chat. “You got something on the flop?”
“Maybe.” Said Daher.
“Maybe the ace?”
“Maybe the deuce.”
“Ok. One time and then I’ll go away.” Said Hairabedian who made the call. They saw a turn card fall the . “Too much. Check. Don’t make a mistake. I’m very dangerous for this game.” He warned Daher who also checked to see a river card . Hairabedian bet 21,000. “Only twenty one.”
Daher found the fold and pleaded not to be shown the bluff. Hairabedian turned over , paused and turned over the .
When I mean 'the fray' I mean the tournament, not the popular rock group The Fray (although I would definitely go and see them if Big Roger was part of the group).
Roger Hairabedian has joined the tournament after picking up the 'Poker Personality' trophy at last night's GPI European Poker Awards.
Artur Koren has been eliminated after he was all in preflop with against Marcin Wydrowski's . The board ran out and Koren was up, shaking hands, and heading to the rail.
There are had been a lot of preflop action between Sergey Pronin and former EPT winner Jannick Wrang, culminating in Wrang making a raise to 15,100 over the top of Pronin's 7,500 bet.
The Russian made the call but check-folded to a 10,800 bet on a flop of . Wrang couldn't resist showing to much mirth from the table.
Canadian Glen Cymbaluk has been knocked out. Aleksandr Denisov, who won a huge pot from Niall Farrell at the start of the day, has also been knocked out but has rebought into the tournament.
Dario Sammartino, the GPI player of the year for Italy, is the early chip leader in the High Roller event. On the river of a board, he set Ludovic Lacay all-in for the Frenchman last 15,000 or so chips. Lacay thought for about a minute then made the call and the Italian quickly turned over . Lacay sighed and mucked his hand, leaving the table.
Albert Daher is putting those new chips to good use. Emil Mattson opened for 800 got a call from Jean Tepper and small blind Daher made it 2,600 to go. They both made the call to see a flop of . Daher led out for 4,600 and the pot was his.
Albert Daher has made a tremendous recovery having only 6,500 a couple of hours ago. He just eliminated compatriot Ibrahim Ghassan with against all in preflop when the board came .