Welp, Ruben Visser has just lost a big pot, so we'll scratch our previous remarks. It began with Kyle Julius raising to 125,000, and Visser and John Dibella both came along with calls from their respective small and big blind.
It rolled out , and Visser check-called another 155,000 from Julius while Dibella ducked out of the way. The turn paired the board, and Visser check-called another 230,000. Julius got another 465,000 into the pot after the river, and Visser paid off that bet too, committing almost a million chips to the pot.
Julius tabled for the trips, and that's going to send a big pot to his corner. Visser mucked, and he's back down into the pack after that loss.
In the last pot, Xuan Liu raised to 120,000 from the button, and Ruben Visser flatted in the big blind. He check-called a bet of 155,000 on the flop, and they both checked to the end as the and completed the board.
Visser tabled , and it was good enough to win him the pot. Visser is very close to taking over the chip lead now, just a couple big blinds behind Xuan Liu.
First into the pot from the hijack, Nikolaos Alafogiannis open-shoved for 460,000, and the action paused on Martin Jacobson next door. After a couple moments, he said, "I'm all in, too," and slid a tower of chips across the line. That folded everyone else quickly, and Alafogiannis was at risk for the nth time today. He liked his chances once again.
Showdown
Alafogiannis:
Jacobson:
"You called me with king-queen?!" Alafogiannis asked, halfway serious. He was standing now as the dealer burned one and gave him favorable flop.
Suddenly, David Bernstein appeared from the featured table, and he came over to root, "Jack!" and sweat the last two cards. "Jack!"
The turn was the blank , though, but the foreshadowing came in on fifth. The ol' dropped off the deck, and a couple people quickly said, "Good game," happy to have finally shaken the pesky Alafogiannis. He laddered up like a champ today with a variety of interesting doubles, but he could not find one more double on his final hand. He's out in 13th place, good for a $70,000 consolation prize.
One of the many little things that sets the PCA apart from some of the other $10,000 tournaments in the world is that players are permitted to use electronics even when they're in the money. A couple of them are shuffling through their tunes, and most everyone has been taking the occasional Facebook and Twitter break in between hands.
Perhaps nobody is making better use of their electronics than Martin Jacobson, though. For the balance of the day, he's had his iPad on his lap under the table, and he's diligently refreshing our Live Reporting blog to keep up with the action at the other table, especially.
Hi, Martin!
Naturally, we appreciate the show of support from the players, and it does seem rather prudent of Jacobson to take advantage of all the tools available to him right now. Information is sacred in this game, and Jacobson has more of it than the other 12 who are only keeping up with the goings-on at their own table.
It seems like a good time to remind you that we have our own Live Reporting app for the iDevices. It's available right here, and it's free.
Ruben Visser is having a good level, and he's worked his stack up into second place overall behind Xuan Liu. We just watched Visser call a raise to 125,000 from Kyle Julius. They both checked through the turn on the board, and the hit the river. Visser finally had to bet, and Julius called the 155,000 to see what was what.
What was what was that Bisser had , and his triple aces took the pot.
In middle position, Kyle Julius made it 125,000 to go, and he found action in two spots as both Daniel Shiff (button) and Nikolaos Alafogiannis (big blind) came along with him.
The flop came out , and Julius continued out with 135,000. Shiff shoved all in, though, and that folded both opponents and allowed him to chip his way up to 1.5 million.
We picked up the action as Nikolaos Alafogiannis was opening the pot to 120,000 from middle position. In the small blind, Xuan Liu was thinking three-bet, and she made it a total of 310,000 to go. The call came from Alafogiannis, and they were heads up to the flop.
It brought and a continuation bet of 240,000 from Liu, and Alafogiannis could not proceed. He mucked, and Liu took the pot.
In middle position, Anthony Gregg came in with a raise to 250,000, and the action came around to the button. There, David Bernstein took a couple minutes staring and stacking up chips, and he stuck in a reraise to 250,000 total. Gregg called, and off they went.
Check-check was good enough on the flop, and Gregg took the betting lead on the turn. His bet of 185,000 went uncalled as Bernstein surrendered, and the latter has fallen back under the million-chip mark with that little slide.
From the cutoff, Martin Jacobson opened to 125,000, and Kyle Julius came along with a smooth call from the button. The two of them took a flop with Julius calling a continuation bet, and Jacobson fired another 260,000 after the on the turn. Julius called that one too, then another 500,000 straight when the rivered.
Jacobson had his hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar. His had missed, and Julius' made the winning two pair to scoop up that big pot.
It looks like all 13 players are back in their seats, and the cards are in the air. We're playing with the same 5,000 ante, but the small blind is now 30,000 and the large blind 60,000.
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, and Visser check-called another 155,000 from Julius while Dibella ducked out of the way. The 
turn paired the board, and Visser check-called another 230,000. Julius got another 465,000 into the pot after the 
river, and Visser paid off that bet too, committing almost a million chips to the pot.
for the trips, and that's going to send a big pot to his corner. Visser mucked, and he's back down into the pack after that loss.
completed the board.
, and it was good enough to win him the pot. Visser is very close to taking over the chip lead now, just a couple big blinds behind Xuan Liu.
flop.
, though, but the foreshadowing came in on fifth. The ol' 
dropped off the deck, and a couple people quickly said, "Good game," happy to have finally shaken the pesky Alafogiannis. He laddered up like a champ today with a variety of interesting doubles, but he could not find one more double on his final hand. He's out in 13th place, good for a $70,000 consolation prize.
board, and the 
hit the river. Visser finally had to bet, and Julius called the 155,000 to see what was what.
, and Julius continued out with 135,000. Shiff shoved all in, though, and that folded both opponents and allowed him to chip his way up to 1.5 million.
and a continuation bet of 240,000 from Liu, and Alafogiannis could not proceed. He mucked, and Liu took the pot.
