Ramzi Jelassi just changed tables and got involved in one of the first hands he was dealt. The UTG player limped in for 400, another EP player raised to 1,300, Jelassi called and the UTG player called. The flop was . The action was checked to Jelassi, who fired out 2,500. The UTG player raised to 6,500, the EP player folded, and Jelassi went into the tank.
"You do know this in my first pot at the table?" he quipped with a smile as he flashed and folded.
Ed de Haas is one of the European poker circuit's most colorful characters. Standing nearly seven feet tall, de Haas is a good-natured chatterbox at the table, cracking jokes and even breaking into song on occasion (he just serenaded his tablemates with the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer").
I'm envying de Haas at the moment, as he's just become the recipient of a delivery bag of a large quantity of sushi and is already midway through his second spicy tuna roll.
Hailing from Amsterdam, de Haas finished 71st at the 2007 WSOP Main Event, collecting over $130K.
Stephen Devlin raised pre-flop and the aggressive Ramzi Jelassi put in a reraise. Stephen moved all in for just over 20,000 and got insta-called by Ramzi with aces. No help for Stephen's K-9 and EPT Copenhagen is over for "allinstevie."
Rolf Slotboom called a 4,500 all-in with , his opponent had . Rolf started calling for a jack before the flop was dealt and as soon as the doorcard, the , was revealed he needed one. It never materialised and he is down to 13,000.
After two early-position players limped in for 600 apiece, Michael "Timex" McDonald popped it to 2,100, only to see PokerStars qualifier and fellow Canuck Russell Carson move all in from the button. The limpers folded and McDonald insta-called.
McDonald:
Carson:
The flop was , the turn was the , but the spiked on the river to save Timex and send Carson to the rail. He's now up to 25,500 with just about 25 more minutes to play today.
The tournament clock has been stopped with 11 minutes, 46 seconds left. Instead of playing until the clock hits zero, seven more hands will be played on each table. After that, play will end, the 25-denomination chips will be raced off the tables, and players will bag and tag their chips.
On the last hand of the night, Arnaud Mattern raised to 1,800, a middle-position player reraised to 8,000, and Charlie Ciresi moved all in for 12,500. Mattern folded and the MP player called. Ciresi turned up A-A and was in great shape against his opponent's . The flop was K-J-7, the turn was an eight, but a queen spiked on the river -- a cruel end to Ciresi's tournament.