Sam Trickett busted in the last hand yesterday, and we kind of expected him to buy back in today. If we understand his twitter correctly, he isn't going to. At least not today.
He just tweeted he went flyboarding earlier today, and is now getting ready for the party. The World Poker Tour party in North Cyprus is kind of a big happening, with fire throwers, free drinks, and Miami based dj SUB ZERO on the beach.
Trickett can still buy back in tomorrow in the first level of Day 2. He just has to make sure the hangover isn't too big so he can still crawl to the registration desk before the first level ends.
On a flop of , Sofia Lövgren check called a 1,200 bet from Simon Trumper. She did the same on the -turn, check calling 2,150 this time. She checked for a third time once the hit the river. Trumper checked behind, and mucked his ace-four as Lövgren showed .
Albert Daher busted as one of the first players today, but so far the choice to re enter has been a good one. He's leading this tournament at the moment, having already gathered 130,000 in chips. We just saw him win a big hand to get to this many chips.
Daher check called a 2,000 bet on , and check called another 5,000 on the -turn. The river was the and Daher checked again. His opponent bet out 7,500, and without much hesitation Daher made it 28,500. His opponent thought about it for some time, and eventually mucked.
Daher slammed on the table, and started gathering chips again. He won the next hand as well, and added even more chips to his already impressive stack.
Andrey Shatilov has been eliminated, and we haven't seen him buy back in. Paul Tedeschi busted as well, but we did saw him buy back in and take a new seat with 30,000 in chips.
Simon Higgins opened under the gun to 800, and a player two positions down made it 2,150. Action folded around back to Higgins, and he made the call.
Higgins checked on , and his opponent fired 1,700. Higgins check raised to 4,800, and the call followed.
The turn brough the to the table and Higgins bet out 7,200. After half a minute of tanking, his opponent shoved all in for 18,500. Now Higgins was the one tanking, muttering something like "Do you have ace king?", if we heard correctly.
After not too long, Higgins gave it up, showing the . His opponent didn't show anything.
Higgins is still up since the last time we checked, he plays about 83,000.
Steve Watts was eliminated after suffering a bad beat/cooler for the fourth time today. Watts last endeavor to get chips ended with kings all in versus aces. Well, that didn't end up well, and Watts bought back in. Good thing these re entries on the same day are free of rake.
Like yesterday, it's time for the 60-minute dinner break as level 6 has just ended. When the players return, most of them will play two more levels, have a 15-minute dinner break, and then play one more level and bag and tag. Some of them will bust before all of that happens though of course.
Sam Trickett said it was time to party, and with party the man from England apparently means playing poker. He just entered the event, and has 30,000 of chips to work with.
, Sofia Lövgren check called a 1,200 bet from Simon Trumper. She did the same on the 
-turn, check calling 2,150 this time. She checked for a third time once the 
hit the river. Trumper checked behind, and mucked his ace-four as Lövgren showed 
.
, and check called another 5,000 on the 
-turn. The river was the 
on the table, and started gathering chips again. He won the next hand as well, and added even more chips to his already impressive stack.
, and his opponent fired 1,700. Higgins check raised to 4,800, and the call followed.
to the table and Higgins bet out 7,200. After half a minute of tanking, his opponent shoved all in for 18,500. Now Higgins was the one tanking, muttering something like "Do you have ace king?", if we heard correctly.
. His opponent didn't show anything.
