To prove Simon Young's point about the quality of his table, the following hand soon took place:
Andrew Black has been chugging along with a smallish stack and must have thought he was about to double up. Almost everyone on the table limped in for a family pot. The flop of had several players perking up. An American player was first to act and threw 800 in the middle without hesitation (over 5 x the big blind). Andrew Black re-raised to 2,100, causing Jim Kerrigan to go into the tank. Kerrigan played meaningfully with about 8,000 in chips near the push line before eventually thinking better of it and folded after ascertaining that the American had some 13k to fight with.
Other cards folded back to the American who raised all-in. Andrew Black's chips met his in the middle instantly.
Both turned over QJ unsuited. The non-heart turn card meant a split pot and two deflated players. Jim Kerrigan said he had folded a flush draw when asked by the others. Folding was a good choice as neither turn nor river were hearts.
Simon Young and Mika Paasonen are both struggling. Mika, from Finland, is down to his last couple thousand chips. Simon is juggling a handful of chips, sadly for him they are mostly 25 and 100 in value.
Dave Colclough is grinding away with around 8000. Jennifer Mason is also around the 8000 mark. Roland de Wolfe has spent a lot of time out of his seat. His chip stack is very thin, probably five or six big blinds.
Meanwhile, the Tony Chessa train keeps pushing on. Tony is sitting pretty in his purple shirt with 35,000 in front of him.
Readers of a certain age will recall that England's football (a.k.a. "soccer" in the U.S.) team failed to make the 1974 World Cup due to the heroics of a Polish goalkeeper, Jan Tomaszewski. Well, Tomaszewski is here and still in the tournament. Don't tell the English players.
A couple of side games have started up. Cash is on the agenda! There is a very interesting game involving Iwan Jones just to the right of the main event.
Iwan is playing tomorrow, Day 1B. He looks to be in a relaxed mood. Which could be bad news for the other Day 1B players.
We're down to 102 players now. Dave Colclough has clearly found a few hands and is looking more comfortable on 14,000.
Meanwhile, Roland de Wolfe, who has somehow managed to drag himself up from the felt, has been moved to the left of Simon Young. Young is still in the mix with a below average chip stack.
I believe Andrew Black is out; his seat is now vacant and he is nowhere to be seen. The friendly Irishman, who woke up at 4am this morning and decided on the spur of the moment to come to Warsaw, had been struggling in the more recent rounds.
Unlucky Andy.
On the other tables Jen Mason appears to be struggling. She's let a number of blinds go to strong raises.
Dave Colclough is in a Tony Chessa/Anonymous American sandwich. A huge stack on each side of Colclough puts him in a difficult situation. The action on this particular table is fierce. I just witnessed a local player outdrawn by a German, much to his table thumping frustration.
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had several players perking up. An American player was first to act and threw 800 in the middle without hesitation (over 5 x the big blind). Andrew Black re-raised to 2,100, causing Jim Kerrigan to go into the tank. Kerrigan played meaningfully with about 8,000 in chips near the push line before eventually thinking better of it and folded after ascertaining that the American had some 13k to fight with.
