[user46298]
Nicolas Levi: wins today's hat prize
Suave Frenchman and poker player/commentator Nicolas Levi just doubled through to over 100k. Cutoff Julius Colman had raised to 6,300 and Levi pushed all in on the button for just over 50,000. Everyone woke up when it was big blind Dave 'El Blondie' Colclough who flat called the all-in. Colman folded and they were on their backs:
Colclough:
Levi:
A slightly bitter sounding Kenny Tran, who hasn't had the best luck so far in this tournament but at least is still in it, said, "It's 50/50 -- who wants to lay me a price on the queens?"
But the flop brought ("I nearly had a heart attack," said Levi), and the turn and river stayed low, to knock a chunk off El Blondie's stack and double him up.
Incidentally, the white fedora which Levi is sporting (I think it's a fedora) is the best in a line of four hats on his table -- seat one Julius Colman has a kind of straw hat, then there's Levi, then Joe Le with a big blue baseball cap thing, then Colclough with a small black hat.
[user4144]
I'm not playing anymore, hmph!
Sometimes the game of poker is cruel, the last hand I witnessed between John Tabatabai and Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner being a prime example. Surprisingly, this started off as a four-way pot, Dominic Kay suspiciously flat-calling under the gun only to be followed by James Keys two seats down.
On to Jon Turner, and the Pearljammer stuck in 11,400, a bet that could easily look like he was trying to pick up the dead money. Tabatabai looked him up and down, fiddled with his stack and firmly announced 35k before pushing in a column of yellow chips, accompanied by the odd red.
Dominic dwelt for an unusual long time but eventually folded, as did Keys, but Turner was less inclined to pass, pausing momentarily before announcing all-in with .
Tabatabai, who had already committed half his stack, called without hesitation and it was on their backs time, the American way out in front against the Brit's .
"I folded King Jack," confessed Gold, much to the quiet disapproval of Tabatabai.
However, as eluded to at the start of this post, this game can cause even the coolest of cucumber to lose their rag, so it was of no surprise when Turner starting banging his chips against the table in frustration when the flop brought an .
Knowing that he also only had the one out, Turner was understandably dejected as his miracle failed to appear on the blank turn and river.
Meanwhile, Tabatabai, who was, by this time, standing from his seat, was visibly shaken, Gold commenting, "You're still in shock, huh?"
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Martin Johnson
Annette, predictably, is partial to a preflop raise or two. If she isn't at it, immediate left hand side neighbour Aleksander Vathne tends to take up the slack. It's not like there are terribly easy blinds to steal, with Chan, Tran et al. on the table too, but every pot tends to start aggressively.
Just now, big blind Martin Johnson called Annette's preflop raise to 6,800, seeing the . Johnson sat staring, arms crossed, at the flop for a minute, and then threw out one red 5k chip. Annette instacalled.
Turn:
Johnson laces his fingers, stares some more, fiddles with his chips and eventually picks up a stack of reds from which 20k made their way over the line. It was nearly pulled up as a string bet, and the dealer reminded him to place chips in the middle in one smooth motion. The bet stood, however, and Annette called it.
River:
More chip counting and selecting ensued as Martin Johnson had a look at his stacks of 1,000 chips and then the 5,000 ones in turn, before picking up a stack of the former and plonking it on the felt. His hand headed back for more, but this time the bet was marked String by the dealer and only the 10k he'd put in stood.
"I wish you could have bet more," complained Annette_15 as she paid his off, "Then I wouldn't have had to call."
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, Pat Scanlon raised and Matthew McCullough moved all in for 67,000. Scanlon quickly called.
McCullough:
Scanlon:
The flop was and Scanlon took the lead. The turn was the , which gave McCullough more outs with a flush draw. The river was the and Matthew McCullough doubled up with a bigger set. He increased his stack to 130,00. Scanlon slipped to under 100,000.
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Matt Larsh
Matt Larsh gets it all in against Karl Mahrenholz on a flop of holding . Sounds good? Not when the Mantis had flopped a higher set holding and was only too happy to call the all-in. The turn and river brought some Fives which made Larsh's losing hand a full house rather than just trips. No consolation for him, though, obviously.
[user24788]
Looks like Patrik Antonius is back on top. Gus Hansen slipped to 420,000 while Antonius is up to 430,000. Pat Scanlon was moved to the TV table.
Seat 1: Patrik Antonius - 430,000
Seat 2: Janne Lamsa - 230,000
Seat 3: Magnus Persson - 160,000
Seat 4: Pat Scanlon - 160,000
Seat 5: EMPTY
Seat 6: Will Durkee - 247,000
Seat 7: Matthew McCullough - 67,000
Seat 8: Gus Hansen - 420,000
Seat 9: Johannes Korsar - 200,000
[user24788]
Kid Poker Rivered
Over at the featured TV table, Daniel Negreanu was fighting for his tournament life with a short stack. He lost most of his chips when Janne Lamsa caught a flush against him. Kid Poker hoped that he could get some of them back when he tangled with Lamsa in another hand.
Lamsa opened for a 10,000 raise. Negreanu moved all in for 37,300.
"Poker gets easy when you're short stacked," said Negreanu. "I don't care either way what you do."
After a minute of thinking, Lamsa called.
Negreanu:
Lamsa:
Negreanu was ahead. The flop was . The turn was the giving Lamsa an opportunity to chop if a 6 fell. Lamsa's only chance to win the hand would be if a King spiked on the river. The dealer burned, then dealt the . Lamsa won the pot on a three-outer.
Negreanu shook his head and said, "I would have settled for a six and the chop."
Negreanu got a loud applause from the audience as he headed to the rail.
[user25067]
We love Levi's fedora
Dave Colclough opened the pot for 7,000 from UTG, Lee Nelson called, and Nicolas Levi moved all in for 30,500 from the small blind. Colclough folded and Nelson called. Nelson turned over and was in a race situation with Levi's . The was the first card off on the , inspiring a groan from Nelson. The turn was the , the river was the and Levi earned a much-needed double-up to 73,000. Nelson was down to 58,000 after the hand.
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("I nearly had a heart attack," said Levi), and the turn and river stayed low, to knock a chunk off El Blondie's stack and double him up.
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turn and 
river.
. Johnson sat staring, arms crossed, at the flop for a minute, and then threw out one red 5k chip. Annette instacalled.
and Scanlon took the lead. The turn was the 
, which gave McCullough more outs with a flush draw. The river was the 
holding 
. Sounds good? Not when the Mantis had flopped a higher set holding 
. The turn was the 
giving Lamsa an opportunity to chop if a 6 fell. Lamsa's only chance to win the hand would be if a King spiked on the river. The dealer burned, then dealt the 
, inspiring a groan from Nelson. The turn was the 
, the river was the