Play at Victoria Coren’s Table

Victoria Coren, PokerStars player, journalist and broadcaster is playing today on table 12. She is down a little bit from her starting stack but still in the action. As we joined her table a big hand broke out between Martin Staszko from Czeh Republic and Sunny Chattha from the UK. Staszko raised to 900 from early position and was called on the button by Chattha. They saw a flop of and Chatta called a continuation bet of 1,000 from Staszko. The turn card was the which saw a bet of 2,300 from Staszko met by a raise to 5,300 from Chattha. Staszko contemplated the board and moved all in. This got a disbelieving look from Chatta, but in the end, a fold.

Matt Frankland has recently joined the table and had a brief chat with Chatta. After winning a pot preflop uncontested Frankland proclaimed that he wanted a stack high enough to use as a chin rest before the next level.

It was Coren’s turn to play a pot now. On the button she looked at her cards and gave a playful smile. Bodo Sbrzesny, a PokerStars player from Germany either didn’t notice or didn’t care as he opened for 800 in the cut off. Coren raised him to 1,700 and after the blinds folded he made the call. They both checked the flop of . The turn card came and Sbrzesny checked. A 2,000 bet from Coren and he folded.