"Do you just want to go all in?" Leif Force asked his tormentor, Ali al Jenabi. Jenabi agreed and each player got all in for 97,000, with Force at risked. His aces, , had been out-flopped by Jenabi's , which made two pair. But the board paired tens on the turn to give Force a bigger two pair.
"That's a good card dealer," said Force.
The river bricked out to secure a double-up for Force. He's back up to about 200,000. Jenabi has sunk all the way to 41,000.
Felix "River Me" Gubitz opened for 6,000 under the gun; Andy Black callde to his left and Sergey Altbregin called in the big blind.
They saw a flop which Altbregin checked. Gubitz bet 15,000. Over to Andy Black.
"How much have you got there?" Black asked. Gubitz put his hood up, and then presented his stack with a flourish. It was somewhat dirty - the stacks of various denominations and of uneven heights. A brief discussion between Black and the dealer established that the dealer was not permitted to count Gubitz' stack in this situation; after the hand was over, tablemate Brian Rast suggested they all agree to stack in 20s, and our blogging hearts leapt for joy.
But back to the hand.
Gubitz' stack was around 90,000. Black, rather disappointingly after all that, folded. So did Altbregin, and Gubitz moved up to around 130,000.
Incidentally, Gubitz piped up after the hand, explaining to Black why he had remained silent when Black asked him how many chips he had left.
Said Gubitz: "I don't want to talk to anyone in a hand. Especially you."
Phil Hellmuth has a penchant and a reputation for making "big folds". Earlier he folded an A-2 nut flush draw. Just a few moments ago, he bet a flop, then check-folded the turn, showing that he was folding a king-high flush with as he did so.
While we were poking about, trying to get all of the dead stacks out of the chip counts, Erick Lindgren made a silent departure. He seemed to have been beaten by one of the remaining Russians, Sergey Altbregin.
It's a crazy game, this PLO8. The variance can be deadly. Leif Force was riding high as the chip leader just a few hands ago. Now he's all the way down to 95,000 after losing two pots. First, he doubled up Ali al Jenabi on a flop. Jenabi turned up for just a pair of kings against Force's "just a pair" of aces, . Jenabi promptly turned two pair with the and dragged the whole pot with the river.
That hand knocked Force down to 195,000. He lost another huge chunk to Jenabi a short time later when the two engaged in a pre-flop raising war that ended with Jenabi all in again. He turned up [3h to Force's . A jack on the flop and no low on board was pretty much the end for Force in the hand. He's down to 95,000 now.
"Nut flush draw again?" a player at Rob Hollink's table asked. That player wasn't talking about Hollink's hand. Hollink had called the all-in of an opponent, on a flop of , who tabled , the nut flush draw. Hollink himself hd two pair, . No draws came in with the turn or river. Hollink collected thee whole pot to climb to about 100,000 and eliminate his opponent.
Michael Six checked the flop and Erick Lindgren bet. Bruno Fitoussi called, but folded when Six went all in for another 30,000 and Lindgren called all in.
Six:
Lindgren:
Turn:
River:
They chopped it up, and Six just edged up to 97,000. Lindgren was still in some trouble on 45,000, and Fitoussi dipped to 83,000.
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, had been out-flopped by Jenabi's 
, which made two pair. But the board paired tens on the turn to give Force a bigger two pair.
to secure a double-up for Force. He's back up to about 200,000. Jenabi has sunk all the way to 41,000.
flop which Altbregin checked. Gubitz bet 15,000. Over to Andy Black.
flop, then check-folded the 
as he did so.
flop. Jenabi turned up 
for just a pair of kings against Force's "just a pair" of aces, 
. Jenabi promptly turned two pair with the 
and dragged the whole pot with the 
. A jack on the flop and no low on board was pretty much the end for Force in the hand. He's down to 95,000 now.
river. Hollink collected thee whole pot to climb to about 100,000 and eliminate his opponent.