Having reached the stack size which was looking for an increase to get back to Comfortable, Roland found himself being dwelled at by James Hart after he'd pushed all in for 6,100 on the turn, with the board standing: . It was an overbet of the pot, and a good chunk of Hart's stack to call him, but he eventually made the call with the , ahead of Roland's . The traditional lengthening of the pause before the river card occurred as multiple TV cameras simultaneously recorded the cards on their backs, Roland's handshake of his opponent with the muttered, "Good call, good game," and then the on the river which sealed his fate.
Richard Wheatley
I don't know if Richard Wheatley is successful with the ladies or not, but he felt their wrath tonight, a Queen on the river dealing out a cruel blow and sending the cheery chappy home.
After his pre-flop button raise of 1.2k was called by Dieter Dijkstra in the small blind, Wheatley pushed all-in on the flop with only to find Dieter making a reluctant call with .
Everything was looking peachy on the turn, but a slapped Wheatley across the face come river time.
"It just wasn't your day," consoles Peter Gould as Wheatley exits stage left.
Having raised preflop, Roland found last-minute enterer of the competition Eric Tran moving in. With less than 8k in total, Eric had found a spot with the speculative , but Roland wasn't going anywhere with his . Soberly remarking before a board card was dealt, "It doesn't matter how well you play, you have to win these ones," Roland watched the board come a definitive knocking his stack down under 7,000 in turn. Both players sanguine; the Table Of Chat broke good naturedly after many hours, finally separating de Wolfe from Tony G.
Mel Judah
All in on a flop of seen from the big blind with , he found Arvydas Kondratas calling with the crushing ... a 10k pot for Kondratas, and 23rd place for the experienced pro. After the AQ vs. Aces which lost him a tidy chunk to Maria Demetriou, another seemingly good flop for him spelled his demise, but a gentle table tap was all his opponents got as he made his exit.
Dieter Dijkstra
A few short stacks are now making moves, one of whom is Gary Jones who just forced Patrik Selin to fold his Big Blind by shoving on the Small for 2,925 more.
Brian Prescott is similarly active, moving in and out more than the hokey cokey. All his moves remain uncontested, though.
On the same table, Dieter Dijkstra, being railed by his beautiful young girlfriend, is still plugging away with 9,600, but not quite bumping and grinding at the the same rate as the two aforementioned short stacks.
There was a slight moment of confusion as a few players sprinkled in to see that the clock had already started. "There's no one here," announced Tony G. "Let's deal some cards."
Although keen to get going, we later learned that this was a faux pas and the level wasn't actually due to start for another few minutes.
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The players are currently enjoying a brief 10 minute break. Whether they're also having a Kit Kat like the advert suggests is merely speculation.
James Hart
With Jason Ho and James Hart seeing (and checking) a flop, Ho bets out 1k on the turn only to throw Hart into the think tank.
After seemingly dwelling up a fold or call, James surprised everyone by shoving his entire stack across the line, making it precisely 4,775 more for the chip leader to call.
Either a total non-believer or eager to show that he's unwilling to be pushed around, Ho makes the call with making him not just an underdog to James' , but an underpuppy with just two outs.
Neither of those outs arrived, resulting in a double through for Hart. Ho, however, remains in a commanding position with circa 30 thousand in chips.