Farid Chati was really happy with his table. He played this tournament before but he never had such a good table as the one today, he just told us while he left for the exit. Too bad so much the more for Chati that he wasn't going outside for some fresh air, he had just dusted of his stack in a cooler situation.
Chati's table was keen on seeing flops and five players interested in the first three community cards were the rule rather than the exception.
This time around things would play out a little differently though as the player under the gun opened and someone called. A player in middle position made it 1,700 to go and with pocket kings Farid Chati cold fourbet from the small blind to 5,200. Everyone folded to the player in middle position who made it 20,000. Chati started the hand with about 40,000 and pushed all in. You could have guessed it, this time his opponent did have aces and he wasn't folding.
Chati wasn't able to make a suck out and headed for the door, still pondering his decision to play that big a pot with his kings.
On the turn of a board, Ejlal Noubarian Majid fired a bet of 4,000 and was called by Fahd Kaabat before David Zakine made it 13,000 behind them. Majid and Kaabat both called to make this a pot of over 40,000.
The river was the and it was checked to Zakine who instantly checked back.
Majid showed , Kaabat had but Zakine turned over for the turned straight for a big pot.
Four-way to the flop and the dealer fanned out a board of . Praz Bansi and Miroslav Alilovic checked to Kaspars Renga who bet 700. James Metcalf called on the button then Bansi and Alilovic also called.
The came on the turn. Bansi checked again and Alilovic led out for 1,200, Renga called, as did Metcalf and then Bansi called as well.
If anyone saw Ludovich Geilich on the PokerStars live stream from EPT10 London (where he finished fourth) then they'll know he's not shy about amping up the aggression and he just did exactly that against Nazim Guillaud. On a flop Geilich bet 1,300 , which was roughly half the pot, and Guillaud smooth called. On the turn Guillaud checked, Geilich fired 2,400 and Guillaud asked Geilich how much he was playing.
The Scotsman spread his chips to reveal he had 10,400 back, Guillaud mucked his hand and Geilich showed him for a total bluff.
Vicky Coren made it 400 to go under the gun plus one. Right next to her was Martin Staszko and he as well invested 400 to see a flop. Sunny Chattha called from the big blind and the three of them saw a flop: . Chattha now lead for 700 and both Coren and Staszko made the call.
The on the turn made Chattha bet again, 1,500 this time. Coren quickly released but Staszko kept hanging around and tossed in the necessary chips. The made Chattha put on the breaks, check. Staszko bet 1,700 and Chattha quickly released.
Robert Woodock opened for 525 and his neighbour Anthony Lerust from France made it 1,225. Ekrem Sanioglu called and small blind Dmitry Yurasov, a PokerStars player from Russia, upped the price raising it to 3,800. The big blind and Woodock folded and Lerust looked over at the Russian who was fiddling with his last 4 grey T5000 chips. Just over 20k left in his stack. Lerust rased him right back to 7,375 and it folded round to the Russian. Yurasov checked his crads again and stared down the Frenchman across the table. He moved all in and Lerust surrendered his cards.
Italian Luca Fiorini opened for 1,100 from early position and it folded round to big blind Daniel Ghionoiu who made the call. Well, it’d be rude not to really. He also announced “Check blind.” They saw a flop of and, with it checked to him, Fiorini made it 1,000 which was called by Ghionoiu. The turn card was the which Ghionoiu waited to see before checking and calling a bet of 2,100. The River came the and a final check from Ghionoiu. Fiorini bet 6,100 and Ghionoiu shrugged and mucked his hand. Fiorini showed the table his hand. .
Belgian live player Bart Lybaert is in good company today, though he might be not all too happy with his neighbors.
Right next to him is Antoine Saout, third place finisher in the WSOP Main Event ($3,479,670) the year Joe Cada won. Right next to Saout is Patrick Bruel, the French singer, actor and poker player with 640,000 facebook likes, 117,000 twitter followers and $1,000,000 in cashes.
Lybaert has position on both players though, let's see where it will lead them today.
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board, Ejlal Noubarian Majid fired a bet of 4,000 and was called by Fahd Kaabat before David Zakine made it 13,000 behind them. Majid and Kaabat both called to make this a pot of over 40,000.
and it was checked to Zakine who instantly checked back.
, Kaabat had 
but Zakine turned over 
for the turned straight for a big pot.
. Praz Bansi and Miroslav Alilovic checked to Kaspars Renga who bet 700. James Metcalf called on the button then Bansi and Alilovic also called.
came on the turn. Bansi checked again and Alilovic led out for 1,200, Renga called, as did Metcalf and then Bansi called as well.
and it was checked around.
for a total bluff.
. Chattha now lead for 700 and both Coren and Staszko made the call.
and, with it checked to him, Fiorini made it 1,000 which was called by Ghionoiu. The turn card was the 
which Ghionoiu waited to see before checking and calling a bet of 2,100. The River came the 
.
