[user46392]
Our current chip leader is November Niner and convincing trucker impersonator (he works for a trucking company but actually does their accounts) Dennis Phillips, on a whopping 80,000 or so, and he has been wielding his stack around in a threatening manner, to the chagrin of those who get involved with him.
Most recently he raised to 1,600 in early position and was called by Chris Moneymaker on the cutoff. Sebastian Ruthenberg made it 4,100 to go and Phillips called, but a very harassed looking Moneymaker folded. They saw a flop and Phillips checked -- but when Ruthenberg bet 5,600, Phillips announced all in and Ruthenberg folded instantly, leaving himself with 12,000.
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Yes indeed, the Gus-ted is busted. With three hearts on the flop, he got it in with only to find that Negreanu the Golden was holding . No further hearts on the board, and Hansen was off to share his woe with fellow Dane Peter Eastgate.
Negreanu now flying very, very high on over 60,000.
[user24788]
Didn't see the hand, but the Great Dane is making the walk of shame. The table of death got a lot less deadly. Yet, I still wouldn't want to sitting there.
[user46392]
With over 10,000 in the pot and the board reading , Nenad Medic bet a chunky 4,700, to the obvious consternation of Chris Moneymaker. Eventually Moneymaker folded, leaving himself just 6,800 to play with, and invested some time after in slowly shaking his head.
[user46392]
Liya Gerasimova has been having a rough time of it. With 5,000 in the pot by the flop, Gerasimova bet 3,500, only for Vivek Rajkumar to raise all in. With only the briefest of pauses but an intense look of sadness, Gerasimova folded. As the cards are reshuffled, Steve Zolotow turns to me. "Did you see their hands?" I confess that I didn't, what with the awkwardness of players having heads and some of those heads obscuring my view. He informs me that Gerasimova was holding and Rajkumar the mighty .
The very next hand, Gerasimova raised from the button, only for a short-stacked Patrik Antonius to move all in from the small blind for 2,400. She called, and promptly doubled him up on a coinflip.
Gerasimova:
Antonius:
Board:
Gerasimova is now back down to around her starting stack.
[user46392]
Cookie monster
Dinner was only just recently served to our high rollers (leek and potato soup, followed by a large fishcake accompanied by a single, enormous prawn), but many of them seem unsatisfied by such lowly fare. Here is what they have been snacking on in between meals.
Johan Van Til: regulation Grosvenor issue ham and cheese sandwich.
Phil Ivey: Merba brand Dark Chocolate And Hazelnut Cookies (a "delicious blend of chocolate and hazelnuts", in case you were in any doubt). The cookie sugar rush seems to have been doing him good -- before he started munching he was down to 7,675; post-cookie he was making a recovery, clawing his way back up to 10,600.
Neil Channing: What else but champagne? Actually he's not drinking champagne, but told me that yesterday a valet knocked over a glass that was almost empty and apparently belonged to no one. The valet apologized to Channing and asked him if he'd like a glass of champagne on the house to make up for the one he knocked over. Channing, obviously, accepted. The Irish Open champion and now-legendary picker of excellent horses (for example James Akenhead who won $500,000 in Vegas this summer) clearly can't afford his own champagne.
[user46392]
Bansi - seems to be coming down with something already
Admittedly the juice on this tournament is peanuts compared to the buy in, but £300 is £300 and surely the players in a £20,000 high rollers event deserve better than the old Grosvenor chips that have been riffled, stacked, won and lost by generations of Vic regulars. The only player happy to see these grubby symbols of the old school dug out of the closet is Praz Bansi, who seems to have a certain nostalgic affection for them. Although, "You will probably catch something off them," he admits. Wash your hands in the breaks, now...
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flop and Phillips checked -- but when Ruthenberg bet 5,600, Phillips announced all in and Ruthenberg folded instantly, leaving himself with 12,000.
only to find that Negreanu the Golden was holding 
, Nenad Medic bet a chunky 4,700, to the obvious consternation of Chris Moneymaker. Eventually Moneymaker folded, leaving himself just 6,800 to play with, and invested some time after in slowly shaking his head.
flop, Gerasimova bet 3,500, only for Vivek Rajkumar to raise all in. With only the briefest of pauses but an intense look of sadness, Gerasimova folded. As the cards are reshuffled, Steve Zolotow turns to me. "Did you see their hands?" I confess that I didn't, what with the awkwardness of players having heads and some of those heads obscuring my view. He informs me that Gerasimova was holding 
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