[user75032]
Since Thomas Bichon's double-up, play has ground down significantly. There hasn't been a flop seen in more than an orbit around the table, with players taking turns raising pre-flop and sometimes re-raising. We've been unable to discern any trends. For the moment, no players is enjoying much of an advantage over any other player.
We surmised at the start of the day that play might be tight, due to an awareness amongst the players that only four eliminations were required to make it to tomorrow's TV final table. Now that we're even closer with just eight remaining, the same holds doubly true.
[user38449]
Uri Keidar is off to a fast start this afternoon after already having doubled his Day 5 starting stack.
In a recent three-way pot, Huck Seed opened with a raise to 55,000 from the cutoff, Keidar called from the small blind and Rony Jazzar tagged along in the big.
No bets were made until the river as the board filled out . First to act, Keidar fired a 90,000 bet that prompted both Jazzar and Seed to fold.
The hand hoisted Keidar up over the one million mark in chips.
[user75032]
We've remarked upon the lack of action at the table. This hand may prove instructive. Rep Porter opened preflop for 55,000 and was called by Huck Seed out of the big blind. Seed checked and called a bet of 80,000 on an ace-high flop, . Both players checked the turn.
When a third ace, the , fell on the river, Seed led out for 41,000. It was a bet that Porter mulled over for a full minute before folding.
"I bet too much," deadpanned Seed as he collected the pot.
[user66118]
"Small blind, please," said the rather attractive German-Russian dealer to Huck Seed.
"It's already out there, can't you see it?" said Seed, flasing a big grin. He pointed to his red ante chip which was actually in front of the vacant seat to his left. The dealer didn't acknowledge the comment as she began to pitch the cards.
"Man, I pay my blinds and now she's going to make me pay them twice," Seed continued, trying to get a rise out of her. Once more, no response.
Seed gave up. Looking up at the floor man announcing the table, he said "I only play these events to flirt with the dealers. But they won't say a word to me... Is it too late to get out of this tournament now?"
[user75032]
Rony Jazzar
The stacks are more balanced now after Rep Porter took a sizable hit and doubled up Rony Jazzar. Jazzar opened preflop for 66,000, with Porter calling from the small blind. On a ten-high flop, , Porter checked and then called Jazzar's bet of 100,000.
The turn was the . Porter checked a second time, prompting Jazzar to move all in for 460,000. It was only the second time Jazzar has been all in at this final table; the first time he showed an under-pair of sevens on the river of a queen-high board. We don't know if that influenced Porter's decision, but he opted to call with top pair, . Jazzar showed and doubled up with a blank on the river, .
[user75032]
It's a setback for Jonathan Little. His stack is more than half a million chips shorter after an encounter with new chip leader Uri Keidar.
Little opened preflop to 70,000 and was forced to play the hand out of position when Keidar called from the button. Little led out for 100,000 on a flop of . Keidar called behind to the turn. Little showed no fear in firing out another 175,000. Again Keidar called.
When the river came Little opted to slow down. He checked, inducing Keiter to make a 175,000-chip bet of his own. After confirming the amount, Little tossed in a call. Keidar showed him the nuts, . Little mucked without showing.
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. First to act, Keidar fired a 90,000 bet that prompted both Jazzar and Seed to fold.
. Both players checked the 
turn. 
, fell on the river, Seed led out for 41,000. It was a bet that Porter mulled over for a full minute before folding.
, Porter checked and then called Jazzar's bet of 100,000.
. Jazzar showed 
and doubled up with a blank on the river, 
.
turn. Little showed no fear in firing out another 175,000. Again Keidar called.
. Little mucked without showing.
