Chris Day raised to 6,000 in first position and found only one caller in Sergio Aido, who was the big blind. The dealer put out a flop of .
Aido, first to act, bet 14,000 which Day smooth called.
The turn was a which prompted Aido to bet again, this time 16,000. Again Day called.
The river was the seemingly innocuous . Aido thought for a while and pushed out a big bet of 55,000.
This certainly confused the Englishman who took a long while to come to a decision; largely based it would seem on Aidos’ body language.
“I don’t understand why you looked so upset when that last card came and then you bet.” He mused aloud. Day nearly folded, put his cards down and cut out calling chips.
Then he had a change of heart and went with his read. He flicked his cards up, exposing them for all to see.
“He just looked so pained, almost as bad as a speech.”
Did Chris Day just get saved or did he just miss out on a double up?
The cards had been dealt and Day's second card flew off the table and onto the floor and the rule here is that the hand counts as a misdeal. The card on the floor was the and Day's other card was the , Maguire showed and Dermot Blain flashed the as well.
Chris Day opened to 8,000 from UTG/cutoff before Kyle Maguire made it 21,000 from the button. Day moved in and Maguire made a quick call.
Day:
Maguire:
The flop came - it wasn't looking good for Day but the turn gave him some extra outs and a few splits as well. The river changed nothing though and the chip leader at the start of the day goes out in fourth place.
Dermot Blain made a standard raise to 8,000 on the button, Sergio Aido folded after some thought and Kyle Maguire raised to 30,000 from the big blind.
It took some time for “The ambassador.” as Maguire has taken to calling him, to make a decision, counting out the call and his remaining chips. Complicated equity decisions were no doubt being made at a high speed.
Blain declared that he was all in and the dealer threw him the triangle. It was Maguire’s turn to make some calculations of his own. “Pass.” He said eventually, perhaps deciding there would be better spots to come.
“What a grind eh?” Commented Maguire.
“Says the man with all the chips.” Blain shot back.
Kyle Maguire opened to 8,000 preflop before Sergio Aido made it 22,500 in the big blind. Maguire slid out a small stack of blue chips, raising to 68,000 and Aido instantly responded by moving all in for 230,000. Maguire balked at this figure and gave up his hand.
After grinding it out for nearly an hour, two hands inevitably clashed.
Sergio Aido made it 10,000 on the button and Kyle Maguire called in the small blind. Dermot Blain saw a squeeze opportunity and made it 32,000 to go. Aido folded and Maguire thought for only a moment before pushing a tower of blue chips over the line, enough to put Blain all in.
Blain instantly called and showed his . Maguire tabled and we were off to the races.
The rail craned their necks to see the board run out and Dermot Blain’s first High Roller as a Full Tilt ambassador was over.
Maguire is now heads up with the bigger stack against Sergio Aido.
Kyle Maguire opened to 12,000 from the button and Sergio Aido raised to 27,000 from the big blind. Maguire made the call to see a flop.
Aido continued the aggression with a 18,000 continuation bet before Maguire raised to 38,000. Aido called to see the on the turn and the Spaniard checked, before calling Maguire's 47,000 bet. The river didn't seem to change anything and Aido checked again before Maguire announced he was all in, effectively putting Aido all in for his last 215,000.
Aido tanked for a couple of minutes but maybe he had a tell on Maguire as he made the call and the Scot sighed, "Queen-high," flipping and Aido showed having made a big hero call.
Maguire then stated, "It's ok, I play better with a short stack."
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which prompted Aido to bet again, this time 16,000. Again Day called.
. Aido thought for a while and pushed out a big bet of 55,000.
and Day's other card was the 
, Maguire showed 
and Dermot Blain flashed the 
as well.
- it wasn't looking good for Day but the 
turn gave him some extra outs and a few splits as well. The 
river changed nothing though and the chip leader at the start of the day goes out in fourth place.
and we were off to the races.
on the turn and the Spaniard checked, before calling Maguire's 47,000 bet. The river 
and Aido showed 
having made a big hero call.