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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
From the button, Kyle Julius opened with a raise to 180,000, and Kyle Julius defended his big blind to see a flop heads-up.
It came , and Julius check-called 225,000. He check-called another 340,000 after the turn, and the filled out the board on fifth. Dibella was barreling right way, and he made one final bet of 425,000. Julius wasted no time calling.
"Nothing," Dibella said, and the table waited for him to show. He eventually rolled over his , then Julius flopped his superior down onto the table to drag the pot.
It was a big one, and it gives Julius a bit of a cushion at the top of the leaderboard. He's got about 5.5 million now, the first players to crest that milestone.
Xuan Liu opened the pot to 160,000 from the hijack, and Ruben Visser flatted from the button to go heads up.
The dealer spread out , and Liu continued out with another 175,000. Visser called that bet, and another 285,000 when the turned, and the filled out the board on the river. Liu pulled the hammer back and fired another 910,000 into the pot, and Visser paid it off with . It was no good.
The lady tabled her , and three pair beats two pair in this spot. Visser is forced to pay off a big debt, dropping all the way back to 2.01 million. Liu, on the other hand, has snagged back the chip lead, and she should have about 5.9 million chips when she finishes stacking up.
The table folded around to the blinds, and David Bernstein open-shoved for the 860,000 he had left. Next door, Phil D'Auteuil looked down at and made the call, and Bernstein's was an underdog to keep him around.
He was drawing live, though, and the flop was about as good as it gets. It was good enough that the on the turn was further improvement, and Bernstein threw his arms up in the air to celebrate his now-certain double. The river was meaningless, and D'Auteuil has given his neighbor a double up.
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board, and the 
hit the river. Visser finally had to bet, and Julius called the 155,000 to see what was what.
, and his triple aces took the pot.
flop.
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.
flop, and they both checked to the end as the 
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.
, 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 
, and Julius check-called 225,000. He check-called another 340,000 after the 
, then Julius flopped his superior 
, and Liu continued out with another 175,000. Visser called that bet, and another 285,000 when the 
. It was no good.
, and three pair beats two pair in this spot. Visser is forced to pay off a big debt, dropping all the way back to 2.01 million. Liu, on the other hand, has snagged back the chip lead, and she should have about 5.9 million chips when she finishes stacking up.
flop was about as good as it gets. It was good enough that the