Full Tilt Professional Gus Hansen called aces to end his tournament life just because 'curiosity killed the cat'. He talks to Laura Cornelius about the tragic hand and how he will be drowning his sorrows afterwards.
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Full Tilt Ambassador Martins Adeniya opened to 2,100 preflop before Dermot Fleming made it 10,000 to play with just 8,300 behind. Adeniya quickly set him all in and Fleming obligingly called off his remaining chips.
Adeniya: 
Fleming: 
Adeniya was in good shape to add to his stack but the board came 
and the 36,000 pot went to Fleming instead.
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Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Level 8 is in the books and players are now on their last 20-minute break of the day. During this time the tournament staff will be racing off the T25 chips. When players return, they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
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It started innocently enough.
In a four-way pot the flop of 
had been checked around to David McHardy who bet 3,000 as last to act. First Adrian Arulanandam check-raised to 7,025 - a strong move in a multiway pot. But that was only the beginning as Hakon Johansen then reraised all in over the top for around 25,000 - a move that looked even stronger.
And then Dino Sabatini then pushed over the top of that! The action was back around to McHardy who probably couldn't believe what he'd started. McHardy quickly folded and Arulanandam looked similarly bemused, also giving up the hand.
Johansen: 
Sabatini: 
The 
on the turn did not change anything but the on the river did, Johansen making a full house to jump to 70,000 while Sabatini dropped down to 78,000.
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78,000 | 4,250 |
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70,000 | 70,000 |
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120,000 | 46,350 |
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114,750 | 48,550 |
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Jay O'Toole opened preflop to 1,800 with Stephen Ng flat-calling, James Noonan then squeezed all in from the big blind for 13,175. O'Toole quickly folded but Ng asked for a count before throwing in a call he could well afford.
Ng: 
Noonan: 
The flop looked to be a death sentence for Noonan when it came 
and the on the turn didn't help either. But then from nowhere, the 
appear on the river to save Noonan, doubling him up to 28,000 while Ng dropped to 62,000.
Martins Adeniya is currently on 43,000 in the Main Event but he admits he's got a tough task as his fellow Ambassadors have already outshone him results wise.
"Sin and Dermot were both on finals today and Ben has nearly made a final, I have to win this and set the bar really high..."
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