Oyvind Riisem jumped from under 700,000 to over 900,000. Magnus Persson was down to 680,000 and increased his stack to 814,000. Matthew McCullough regained the chiplead and holds a small margin over Tabatabai.
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 5
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Oyvind Riisem jumped from under 700,000 to over 900,000. Magnus Persson was down to 680,000 and increased his stack to 814,000. Matthew McCullough regained the chiplead and holds a small margin over Tabatabai.
Seat 2: Oyvind Riisem – 905,000
Seat 3: John Tabatabai – 1,409,000
Seat 4: Annette Obrestad – 543,000
Seat 5: Dominic Kay – 338,000
Seat 6: Matthew McCullough – 1,469,000
Seat 7: Theo Jorgensen – 896,000
Seat 8: Magnus Persson – 814,000
Tabatabai (now referred to as 'Johnny' by the announcer) calls. Annette folds her small blind and Dominic Kay checks his big blind.
Flop:



Kay checks, Tabatabai bets 20k, Kay calls.
Turn:
Kay checks in the dark. Tabatabai bets 50k. Kay instacalls.
River:
Kay checks in the dark again. Tabatabai just moves all-in. Dominic Kay passes and Johnny Tabatabai wins the pot.
It folds round to Johannes Korsar who makes it 40,000 to go. John Tabatabai calls and so does Matthew McCullough in the big blind.
Flop:


McCullough checks, Korsar checks, Tabatabai 75,000. McCullough passes and Korsar calls.
Turn:
Korsar checks and Tabatabai checks.
River:
Korsar checks again, and so does Tabatabai. Korsar shows the

to win the pot.


. Jorgensen checks, Riisem bets 70,000, and Jorgensen calls. The turn is the
and both players check. The river is the
. Jorgensen bets 150,000, Riisem folds, and Jorgensen wins the pot.

, while Kay holds the 
. The flop is 

, the turn is the
, opening up flush and straight draws for Tabatabai, but the river is the
, and Kay doubles up.
Magnus Persson makes up the small blind; Johannes checks his big blind.
Flop:


Persson and Korsar both check.
Turn:
Persson checks. Korsar checks.
River:
Two more checks... and Persson's

wins the pot.
Was it a possibly dominated Ace or small pair?
Maybe he was wondering if King-Queen was good for a coinflip?
Perhaps he had a big pair and was working out whether to smooth call to insight more action?
Nope, he eventually called and turned over the monster that is 5-6 suited. It turns out it was actually the best hand to call against Kays Aces, maybe he knew something we didn't?
Either way, there is no chance anyone will be taking liberties with Tabatabai's blinds anymore.
Theo Jorgensen in the cutoff raises to 46,000. Button Magnus Persson calls. Both blinds pass.
Flop:


Jorgensen bets out 100,000. Persson folds and Jorgensen takes it.


. McCullough checks, Korsar bets 80,000, and McCullough calls. The turn is the
. McCullough checks, Korsar bets 125,000, McCullough folds, and Korsar wins the pot.