Pieter de Korver
Good lord, the rail has got that little bit louder since EPT Grand Final winner Pieter de Korver turned up with a couple of scantily clad lovelies and started singing at the rail. They're very excitable, these Dutch folk.
Just Hangin' out
Marc Naalden raised his cutoff and Tommy Hang reraised from the button; call.
Naalden check-called Hang's bet on the flop and then bet out on the turn. Hang went all in for his last 70,000, Naalden called, and Tommy was all Hanged out to dry.
Hang:
Naalden:
River:
To good-natured but frankly rather ungentlemanly celebration from the sizable Dutch rail, Hang is bust, and the Needle King is up to over 2 million.
Steven Cowley raised his button and Marc Naalden called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and Naalden bet out on the turn and again on the river; both times Cowley called.
Cowley just mucked, however, when Naalden turned over pocket .
And now, as though he's suddenly decided to give someone else a chance, Marc Naalden has boosted Steven Cowley's stack to 625,000.
Naalden raised his button and both Tommy Hang in the small blind and Steven Cowley in the big blind called.
The flop checked around to Naalden who bet; Hang folded but Cowley raised. Call.
Cowley bet out on the turn and Naalden raised -- and after a while, Cowley three-bet. Naalden called, and then called again when Cowley bet out on the river.
Cowley turned over to take the pot; Naalden flashed the .
He called Marc Naalden's small blind raise from the big blind, and Naalden check-called Hang's bets all the way down the board before mucking when Hang turned over .
Marc Naalden raised his small blind and Tommy Hang called from the big. Naalden bet out on the flop and then reraised to Hang's raise. Hang called all in, and promptly doubled up.