Simon Trumper is well known back in the UK for his triumphant appearances on Late Night Poker, before later becoming the cardroom manager of the country's biggest cardroom.
Today, he was back at the felt, but sadly not for long as I spotted him moping through the corridors during the break:
"It's my own fault," he confessed. "There was this big hand where I had A-2 on a 2-2-Q flop. I was going to check-raise, but decided to bet and got called by 7-7. The turn was a 7 and I lost the hand, but if I'd have checked the flop, the other player in the hand said he would have gone all in with his nines and then the sevens probably would have folded."
Thuy Doan was checked to on a flop of and bet 1,100, getting called by her opponent. When the turn came down , Doan's opponent checked once more. When Doan bet 3,500, her opponent raised to 8,500 and Doan called.
The river was the and Doan's opponent bet 17,500. Doan tanked for a while before folding, leaving herself with 20,000.
We arrived on the turn of a board and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was facing what was either a bet or a raise of 5,500 from Kido Pham. ElkY made the call and they saw the river.
The river was the and ElkY checked. Pham bet another 15,000 and ElkY called, but mucked when Pham turned over for two pair.
Pham - up to 77,000
ElkY - doing rather less well on 9,000
PokerStars Team Pro: Germany Jan Heitmann reached a flop of where he check-called a bet of 1,700. He then check-called a second bet of 3,100 on the turn, before both players checked down the river.
On their backs, and Heitmann took the pot with for third pair. He now increased his stack to 36,000.
Phil Laak had , and he got some action. After a little preflop raising war, Laak got Justin Morgenstern to commit his full stack with .
The board ran out , and that was safe and clean for the "Unibomber." He's eliminated Morgenstern from his table and climbed to 85,000 in the process. So far, so good.
AJ Van Gilder raised to 725 from the button only to have the player in the big blind re-raise to 2,400. The flop came and Van Gilder called a bet of 3,075.
Both players checked the on the turn, but Van Gilder's opponent bet 7,000 when the fell on the river. Van Gilder called and showed , leading his opponent to muck.
With roughly 6,000 chips in the middle, the final board read between Tom Schneider and one other player. The ESPN cameras lurked around the table to catch the tail end of the action after Schneider's opponent fired 2,125 into him. Schneider fired back a raise to 7,125. After a minute in the tank, the player folded and Schneider was pushed the pot to push his stack up to 52,000 in chips.
Four players took a monotone flop of . The first player checked and then Vladimir Shchemelev checked. The next player checked to the last player to act and he bet 750. Only Shchemelev made the call.
The turn brought the and Shchemelev check-called a bet of 1,750 from his opponent before the paired the board with bullets on the river. Shchemelev checked and his opponent bet 5,750. Shchemelev made the call, but mucked his two hole cards when his opponent tabled the for a diamond flush. Shchemelev dropped to 38,000 in chips.
Three players made it to the flop and it checked around to the gentleman who raised preflop, who bet 3,300. Johnny Lodden (small blind) called. The third player (under the gun) folded.
Both players checked the turn and they saw a river which they checked again. The original raiser turned over for what had been top pair on the flop - but Lodden's had turned into an even more top pair by the river, and he was up to 69,000.
We picked up the action on a flop of , and Andrew Lichtenberger was heads up with the betting lead. He stuck out 1,200 chips, and his opponent made the smooth call. Both players checked the turn, and the river drew a leading bet from Lichtenberger's opponent. He made it 1,825 to call, and Lichtenberger obliged him by dropping the chips into the pot.
The unknown player showed for the set, and that was better than Lichtenberger's hand. We never saw it though; into the muck went his cards, and he's back to 30,000 and ready to restart his day from all over again.
and bet 1,100, getting called by her opponent. When the turn came down 
, Doan's opponent checked once more. When Doan bet 3,500, her opponent raised to 8,500 and Doan called.
and Doan's opponent bet 17,500. Doan tanked for a while before folding, leaving herself with 20,000.
board and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was facing what was either a bet or a raise of 5,500 from Kido Pham. ElkY made the call and they saw the river.
and ElkY checked. Pham bet another 15,000 and ElkY called, but mucked when Pham turned over 
for two pair.
where he check-called a bet of 1,700. He then check-called a second bet of 3,100 on the 
turn, before both players checked down the 
river.
, and he got some action. After a little preflop raising war, Laak got Justin Morgenstern to commit his full stack with 
, and that was safe and clean for the "Unibomber." He's eliminated Morgenstern from his table and climbed to 85,000 in the process. So far, so good.
and Van Gilder called a bet of 3,075.
on the turn, but Van Gilder's opponent bet 7,000 when the 
and Shchemelev check-called a bet of 1,750 from his opponent before the 
turn and they saw a 
for what had been top pair on the flop - but Lodden's 
had turned into an even more top pair by the river, and he was up to 69,000.
turn, and the 
for the set, and that was better than Lichtenberger's hand. We never saw it though; into the muck went his cards, and he's back to 30,000 and ready to restart his day from all over again.
