Paul Bennett knocked out an opponent that had been bluffing for around 40,000 in chips and walking straight into the pocket kings of Bennett, who even caught a set.
The next hand, Bennett opened to 2,700 and received folds all around. "Kings again?" he was asked and replied with a smirk: "Nah, just ace-king."
Tristan Chaplin raised from early position and was called by the player in the cutoff seat. On a flop of , the opponent of Chaplin check-called a bet of 2,650 and did so again for the next two barrels worth 4,675 on the turn and the river for 6,600. Chaplin showed and is up to more than 50,000.
"A bit better then the two first two flights, yeah" Chaplin added and one could almost see a smile in the usually very grumpy and focused face.
"That's the most chips I had in a while," Tristan Chaplin added when we walked past his table. His average stack saw the biggest pot recently coming from a coin flip against a short stack for 7,000. Chaplin emerged victorious with against a pair of sixes when a king hit on the flop.
Carlo Citrone raised from late position and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop was checked through and the turn saw Citrone make a delayed continuation bet of 1,200. The player in the big blind called and did so again very reluctantly after the river for 1,800. Citrone showed his and that won the pot.
After a limp for 400 and two calls including Laurence Essa, Sandra Reid raised to 1,200 from the button and was called by all three opponents. On the [Js6 flop the action was checked to Reid and she bet 3,600, which only the first limper called. Essa was about to fold his cards when he touched his glass filled with ice cubes and it fell over, wetting his cards. The dealer asked for a new deck while the hand continued.
The turn saw no further action and the other player in the hand then bet 8,000. Reid raised to 18,000, putting her opponent all in and was eventually called. The shorter stack announced a jack and then laughed when Reid flipped over her for a full house with the last community card.
"Write that down Mister blogger. Anna Kournikova looks nice but barely ever wins." Keith Miller replied to a fellow opponent from seat two "but it was enough to win this time," before stacking the chips after a double up. On the turn, Miller had moved all in for 18,125 into a pot of what appeared to be 15,000.
His opponent tank-called after long consideration and then sighed when Miller showed the . His own had the worse kicker and the hero call with ace-high was no good anymore. A meaningless river completed the board and the pot was shipped to Miller.
After a turn of , Paul Price bet 2,000 and was check-called by the player in the small blind before the appeared on the river. The action got checked to Price and he checked behind, announcing a straight. "That board got worse and worse," Price said and then tabled the to scoop the pot.