[user4144]
Matthew Carter, whose chips have been in and out more than the hokey pokey, is now on 57,500 after doubling up off Jimmy 'Gobboboy' Fricke.
It was a pretty simple affair - although I'm not 100% on the pre-flop action - Jimmy Fricke raising it up under the gun before finding action from Carter on the small blind. The chips (what was left of them) went in on a flop, Carter's holding up against Fricke's on the turn and river.
[user4144]
I'm King of the World!
I love the security guards here, if only because they don't have a clue who any of the players are and so treat everyone equally, which, in truth, is a breath of fresh air.
Whilst we had Johnny Chan being stopped by the doormen as he trundled into the Betfair lounge for a cuppa, we now have Gus Hansen being fronted on the balcony here as he tries to watch Patrick Antonius in action.
"Excuse me, sir," says the unknowing security guard, "You need to stand the other side of the rail."
"I think you'll find I'm okay here," replies a frustrated Gus, clearly thinking, "Does he not know who the hell I am!"
Standing firm, the security guard continues, "Sorry sir, you need to have a press pass to watch from there."
Reluctant to budge, Gus adds, "If you just ask one of these guys in charge over there they'll confirm it's okay."
At this point, one of the TV guys plods over and pretty much says it's okay and invites Gus to sit down on the seat in the corner. Meanwhile, the security guard isn't too sure what to do as he has been given strict orders to follow. Anyhow, for the time being, it looks like where Chan failed, Gus has succeeded and that star power reigns supreme.
[user38334]
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[user46298]
Big Slick is no good for Adam Junglen
Aleksander Vathne raised in late position after a couple of limpers entered the pot. Small blind Adam Junglen thought for a while and re-raised from 6,700 to 21,000. Back to Vathne, who thought for about the same length of time and threebet all in. It wasn't a tiny stack either - he had Junglen covered and this was going to be nearing a six-figure call if he made it. Probably for the first time I've seen at an event, Adam Junglen looked a bit uncomfortable, and muttered something to himself - whatever misgivings he might have had weren't enough to stop him calling, though.
Aleksander Vathne showed:
Adam Junglen showed:
The board came out ...
And so the aggressive young player misses out on Day Three by eleven minutes.
[user24788]
"Zwei biere!!"
At the featured TV table, Daniel Negreanu made small talk with Daniel Zink, who happens to be German. Negreanu said the three or four phrases he knew in German. Zink laughed because they were totally random. Zink then said he knew only one phrase in Spanish, "Dos cervezas." At that point, Negreanu became the Tower of Babel and began speaking in tongues, in an odd mixture of German, Romanian, Spanish, German, and French. For about two minutes no one knew what he was saying.
TD Jack Effel announced to the crowd, "It's official, Daniel Negreanu has gone insane."
[user3511]
Patrik Antonius
A man on the rail asked me to take his hat to Patrik Antonius to sign it. I duly obliged and it was only when I handed him the hat that I realised a TV camera was fixed on me.
So if you watch this on TV later on this year and see a guy pushing 30 with a beer gut acting like a Justin Timberlake fan to Antonius, its me.
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flop, Carter's 
holding up against Fricke's 
on the 
turn and 
river.
his opponent pushes all in for about 25k. Gold thinks so long they call the clock and in the last few seconds he calls with 
and runs into 
.