[user4144]
"Eeeeexcellent , Smithers"
Like the pied piper of poker players, the TD leads an eclectic ensemble of "athletes" up to the top floor to join the outer tables. One of those players is Dave "El Blondie" Colclough.
Accompanied by a 100k+ stack, El Blondie has joined a tough table, the likes of Jani Sointula, Gary Jones, Janne Lamsa and WSOP finalist Phillip Hilm -- all standing in his way of progressing into Day 3 of this WSOPE Main Event.
[user25067]
Joe Serock
Joe Serock opened the pot for 3,500, Huseyin Yilmaz reraised to 10,600, and Serock moved all in for 67,000. After nearly five minutes in the tank, Yilmaz called, turning up and found himself in terrible shape against Serock's .
The flop was . The turn was the , and the river was... the . Yilmaz pulled out the miracle suck-out and Serock was suddenly felted.
"He must have a dead, bleeding goat in his basement!" exclaimed a shocked Annie Duke, seated to Yilmaz's right. Voodoo master or not, he is now well north of 200,000 in chips.
[user46298]
Although there are three new players on the TV table, none of them has played a hand yet. The action (and I've already seen two preflop reraises) has been between Gus Hansen, Chris Bjorin, and Vicky Coren. Most recently Vicky called a preflop raise from Hansen, saying, "I'll pay you off now and fold on the flop..."
But what actually happened was a check-down from both players until the river with the board looking like: . At this point, Vicky bet out 13k and after a brief think, Hansen called. She showed her with a small club (can't quite see over the TV table rim) but two clubs plus three clubs equals a queen-high flush and she won the pot.
[user3511]
Phil Hellmuth: Short stack and poker icon
Thats the official word. Phil has taken time out from nursing his short stack to tell the assembled rail how well his plays the short stack:
[user25067]
Annie Duke
In what might be the biggest pot of the Main Event so far, Huseyin Yilmaz opened for 4,200, Annie Duke reraised to 14,200 and Yilmaz called. The flop was . Yilmaz checked, Duke bet 16,000, Yilmaz immediately moved all in and Duke called.
Duke turned over for top set while Yilmaz showed .
"Pair the board, please, right away" begged Duke, remembering Yilmaz' earlier magic with his A-K against Joe Serock's A-A.
The turn was the , the river was the , and Duke dragged the monster pot, worth 205,000 and shot up to second overall in chips. Yilmaz was left with 135,000.
[user4144]
I've been expecting you, Mr Jones.
James Bond villain Janne Lamsa appears to be a ruthless, no-mess kind of player that I would be reluctant to invite to my home game, and it showed in his last pot against Gary Jones.
After Phillip Hilm had raised to 3,500 preflop and Janne called from the cutoff, Gary made it 15,000 on the button. Phillip Hilm then gave Gary the stare down of all stare downs, his ice-cold glare at one point actually seen piercing through Gary's head. Gary, shades on and eyes down, remained silent throughout, just the odd squirm or physical gesture suggesting he wasn't particularly comfortable. Meanwhile, Hilm was motionless, and at one point I wondered if he even knew it was his go.
After Hilm had been reactivated, he decided to fold, only for Lamsa to surprise everyone by swiftly reaching for a stack of red 5k chips and putting Gary all in. Perhaps squeeze-playing, Gary paused for a moment and then folded.
Don't mess with the Bond villain, he vill crush you... like an ant.
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and found himself in terrible shape against Serock's 
. 
. The turn was the 
, and the river was... the 
. Yilmaz pulled out the miracle suck-out and Serock was suddenly felted. 
. At this point, Vicky bet out 13k and after a brief think, Hansen called. She showed her 
with a small club (can't quite see over the TV table rim) but two clubs plus three clubs equals a queen-high flush and she won the pot.
for top set while Yilmaz showed 
, the river was the 
, and Duke dragged the monster pot, worth 205,000 and shot up to second overall in chips. Yilmaz was left with 135,000.
