Your Level Three Chip Leader has become Kristoffer Thorsson with 155,000. Not content with a deep run in the WPT Main Event, he's been hoovering up chips on his table like a gambling Dyson and has taken chunks of everyone (most notably Vikash Dhorasoo nearer the start). Just now, however, a vacant seat appeared where Kevin Eyster once was, and Thorsson was once again stacking chips. A big pot went down, clearly, we'll try to get the information in the break.
A five-way flop of was seen after three players saw fit to limp, including an under-the-gun Jean-Paul Pasqualini. No one bet the first three cards, and the turn came the . Now first to act Kristoffer Thorsson bet out 2k into everyone else, and only Pasqualini made the call. The river was the and again, Thorsson bet out, this time 4k. This was fairly quickly called and when he revealed that was proven enough to take the pot.
Two of them actually - in a pot which doubled him to over 60k after a second level which was none too good for him. On a flop of Jean-Noel Thorel check-called the 7,200, a little under pot. The turn brought the and a bet out of 15k from Thorel. A slow think later (he had just under 20k total behind), and the rest slid over the line, shrug-called by Thorel. Mizzi's was comfortably in front of Thorel's and the final card to come brought no upsets (the ). A restart for Mizzi and a blow to Thorel who's down to 30k.
Roger Hairabedian, the only player in the high rollers event (and probably the Aviation Club) wearing a tan fisherman's hat, was involved in the last four out of five pots on his table and has been steadily increasing in chips until it all went wrong with a preflop all in:
The player listed as Husainov had shrunk to less than 15k from the starting 50k and having called a late position threebet to 3,200 was in no mood to fold to Hairabedian's following 11,650 total. It was all in and on their backs:
Husainov:
Hairabedian:
The flop brought an instant Ace: and although the turn brought a flush draw for Hairabedian with the the rivered doubled up his shortstacked opponent and put a temporary stop to his accumulation.
Jean-Noel Thorel takes two pots in a row out of position - the first one check-raising a flop to 4k from 1,200 then taking it down with an 8k bet on the turn. Then, calling Sorel Mizzi's preflop raise, Thorel checked the next hand's flop of . Mizzi bet 1,500 and Thorel promptly raised to 3,000 and took down that one without having to wait an instant.
Due to a very early shift-about to accommodate more players on the current three tables (one nine-handed) and the latecomers not all wearing name-badges, it might take the first break to get a definite on all names here today. However, a few more have been identified and we can start the chip graphs off for the beginning. Of course Layani now has double the starting stack, and there have been a few more large shifts (Vikash Dhorasoo down to 23k, tablemate Kristoffer Thorsson up to 88k) but other than that it's a slow start, deep all round.
The first emergent stack here, and almost instantly in six figures, is that of Jonathan Layani. A pot of around 15k had developed until it all went crazy on the river, which is when the first 25,000 chip plaque went into the middle and caught my attention.
The board was standing and Seat One (who refused to give his name and is not in the original assigned seat) bet out, c.10k (it was hard to tell bet sizing here because both players simply announced figures while sliding these huge blue plastic rectangles into the middle). Layani raised and Seat One came over the top all in. A dwell began which finally ended in a call, and Layani showed for the rivered middling full house, while Seat One showed ! The board and hands were quickly swept away and I wondered if my eyes had deceived me, although none of those cards looked like a five to me, there's always a chance.
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was seen after three players saw fit to limp, including an under-the-gun Jean-Paul Pasqualini. No one bet the first three cards, and the turn came the 
. Now first to act Kristoffer Thorsson bet out 2k into everyone else, and only Pasqualini made the call. The river was the 
and again, Thorsson bet out, this time 4k. This was fairly quickly called and when he revealed 
that was proven enough to take the pot.
Jean-Noel Thorel check-called the 7,200, a little under pot. The turn brought the 
and a bet out of 15k from Thorel. A slow think later (he had just under 20k total behind), and the rest slid over the line, shrug-called by Thorel. Mizzi's 
was comfortably in front of Thorel's 
and the final card to come brought no upsets (the 
). A restart for Mizzi and a blow to Thorel who's down to 30k.
and although the turn brought a flush draw for Hairabedian with the 
doubled up his shortstacked opponent and put a temporary stop to his accumulation.
turn. Then, calling Sorel Mizzi's preflop raise, Thorel checked the next hand's flop of 
for the rivered middling full house, while Seat One showed 
! The board and hands were quickly swept away and I wondered if my eyes had deceived me, although none of those cards looked like a five to me, there's always a chance.