"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 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.
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.
"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.
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.
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."
It remains to be confirmed still if all online qualifiers from partypoker have showed up, while the screens had 192 entrants for day 1c locked over the past hour. The final number should be available as soon as possible though.
Dimitrios Patroklou defended his small blind to see the flop of . Action carried on until the turn and the river had completed the board and Patroklou check-called two bets before getting his stack in after the river. He was called and the opponent then mucked when he was shown for an open ended straight draw and flush draw that improved.
turn, Miller had moved all in for 18,125 into a pot of what appeared to be 15,000.
. 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.
[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.
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.
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.
turn and the 
river for 6,600. Chaplin showed 
. Action carried on until the 
turn and the 
for an open ended straight draw and flush draw that improved.