Break Time
The players are now on a 20-minute break.
The players are now on a 20-minute break.
There was an open from early position to 450 with two callers including Chihao Tsang, a PokerStars Qualifier. From the big blind, Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Martins Adeniya made it 2,000. Tsang was the only caller and they saw a flop of . Adeniya bet out for 2,000 and was raised to 5,300 by Tsang. Adeniya made the call and they saw a turn card of . Now, Tsang bet 5,300 and Adeniya called. The river was a and Adeniya had 12,800 behind. He moved it all in and a puzzled Tsang made the call. He was slightly surprised, and not a little disappointed, to see Adeniya turn over for the straight, crushing his which had flopped a set.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Martins Adeniya
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38,000 | 14,500 |
John Eames is getting the better of Full Tilt Poker Tour Ambassador Sin Melin.
In a three-way pot, Melin checked the flop in the small blind and Eames bet 750 in the big blind. Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo called and Melin made the overcall.
All three checked the turn before Melin also checked the river. Eames now bet 1,400 and de Melo tanked for several minutes before folding. Melin quickly called.
Eames showed for a rivered full house. Melin flashed a seven.
Eugenio Verde opened to 400 preflop from the cutoff and UKIPT Galway champion Alan Gold three-bet to 925 on the button. Verde called to see a flop.
Verde checked and Gold bet 1,000. Verde looked at his cards.
"You got one?" asked Gold.
"Eh?" said Verde.
"You have a diamond when you looked?"
"No."
At that point, Verde check-raised to 2,500 and Gold folded instantly.
"Two diamonds then?" said Gold with a smile.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alan Gold | 40,000 | 10,000 |
Laura Cornelius talks about Day 1b so far.
Nick Abou Risk, a PokerStars player, opened the action for 500 and got a call from the player to his left, István Csabai, and the blinds. came the flop and the blinds checked to Abou Risk who continued for 1,025. Csabai made the call, the blinds folded and it was heads up. The turn was the and Abou Risk bet 2,625. Csabai called again and the final card was a . 7,700 now was the hefty bet from Abou Risk and Csabai went in the tank. The reason became clear when he finally called. Abou Risk showed the winning hand for a flush, and Csabai tabled for top pair and a missed flush draw. Beware those back door draws.
Rob Yong, the owner of Nottingham Poker Club Dusk Til Dawn, the biggest card room in Europe for poker, has just arrived and is ready to play the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rob Yong | 20,000 | 20,000 |
We reported earlier on in the day how Irish PokerStars qualifier Tomasz Raniszewski landed a tough table draw with Sin Melin, John Eames, Ike Haxton and Fatima De Melo, and so it has proved to be. He was in a hand with De Melo and bet 525 on a flop of and got his call. They both checked the turn and saw a river card . Raniszewski checked it over to the Dutch Pro and she obliged with a bet of 800. Raniszewski’s shoulders sagged and he made the call. De Melo showed the for the rivered straight. Raniszewski is down to his last 5,400.
It's game over for Nicholas Jamieson, he was all in on the turn of a board with but found Martin Hanitz behind him with for a bigger two pair.
The on the river changed nothing and Hanitz upped his stack to about 40,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nicholas Jamieson
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Busted |
The board was reading and Sin Melin checked, John Eames bet 3,400 and the Full Tilt Poker Tour Ambassador quickly called to see the on the river.
Melin checked again and Eames moved all in for 13,475. Melin took a minute or two, clearly unimpressed with the size of the shove, before she opted to fold her hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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John Eames | 25,500 | 8,500 |
Sin Melin
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11,300 | -16,200 |