When Underground Poker Goes Wrong
Sarah talks to Brad Willis about a recent article he wrote.
Sarah talks to Brad Willis about a recent article he wrote.
We happened upon a hand in progress with Jaroslaw Sikora all in preflop for 112,000 and at risk against Andrew Chen.
Chen:
Sikora:
Sikora was well out in front, but the made things interesting as Chen picked up a flush draw. The turn didn't complete it, and fortunately for Sikora, neither did the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jaroslaw Sikora | 225,000 | 125,000 |
Andrew Chen | 65,000 | -175,000 |
Abbas Moradi has taken down a huge pot that has seen him soar up the chip counts.
A preflop betting war broke out between Moradi in the small blind and Germany's Julian Stuer in the hijack that resulted in Moradi being all-in for 525,000 chips in total. Moradi held and Stuer . An aces-friendly board reading saw Moradi climb to more than one million chips, but left Stuer nursing a 79,000 chip stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Abbas Moradi | 1,067,000 | 527,000 |
Julian Stuer | 79,000 | -431,000 |
After an under the gun raise and a call from Boghean Andre Lucian, it was Vegar Myren who moved all in from the big blind for 106,000. The under-the-gun raiser gave it some thought, but folded, and Lucian made the call.
Lucian:
Myren:
The board ran out and Myren doubled his stack up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrei Boghean | 460,000 | -85,000 |
Vegar Myren | 220,000 | 164,200 |
Germany's Thomas Butzhammer raised from late position and Ghattas Kortas called from the big blind. Kortas then check-called a 14,000 bet on the flop before both players checked the turn. Kortas then fired a bet of 27,000 on the , Butzhammer called and then mucked when Kortas showed a craftily played .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Butzhammer | 300,000 | -50,000 |
Ghattas Kortas | 150,000 | 60,500 |
Sonny Franco opened for 14,000 from middle position and was met by an all-in three-bet to just under 100,000 by Alexander Nemchin in the small blind. The big blind folded and Franco tossed in a single chip to indicate a call.
Franco:
Nemchin:
Nemchin was in big trouble, and it got even worse when the flop gave Franco a full house. Nemchin needed running eights to stay alive, but that didn't happen as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco | 390,000 | 90,000 |
Alexander Nemchin | Busted |
Joseph El Khoury was just all in before the flop and at risk against Simon Persson, which created the following showdon.
El Khoury:
Persson:
The board ran out and El Khoury was knocked out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Simon Persson | 400,000 | 240,000 |
Joseph El Khoury | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hossein Ensan
|
1,070,000 | -70,000 |
Vlado Banicevic | 753,000 | 8,000 |
Samuel Vousden | 750,000 | -68,000 |
Gavin O'Rourke | 726,000 | 6,000 |
Vyacheslav Stoyanov | 652,000 | 112,000 |
Preben Stokkan | 640,000 | 230,000 |
Ivan Deyra | 632,000 | 240,700 |
Terence Stevens | 630,000 | -120,000 |
Christopher Andler | 620,000 | -30,000 |
Sam Chartier | 611,000 | -349,000 |
Aki Virtanen | 610,000 | 442,000 |
Niall Farrell
|
600,000 | -100,000 |
Andrei Boghean | 545,000 | 305,400 |
Abbas Moradi | 540,000 | 398,300 |
Bryan Paris | 515,000 | -85,000 |
Julian Stuer | 510,000 | -110,000 |
Gleb Tremzin | 482,000 | 57,000 |
Kitty Kuo | 473,000 | 213,000 |
Tomas Pleticha | 450,000 | 160,000 |
Henri Jaakkola | 450,000 | 307,500 |
Robert Layne III | 425,000 | 236,000 |
Javier Gomez | 410,000 | 110,000 |
Marc Macdonnell | 410,000 | 100,000 |
David Boyaciyan | 395,000 | -45,000 |
Roman Korenev | 374,000 | 120,100 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Another 20-minute break for the players.