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Smithers, remove this beagle from my office
As I deduced the approximate value of Dave Colclough's stack, El Blondie said, "My guess is 187k, what are you going for?" I showed him the 190k on my notepad.
"Great minds think alike," I bragged. "It looks like we're on the same intellectual level."
Dave didn't seem too happy about this revelation and even questioned it's authenticity, but then I pointed to his newfound chips and said, "And that's why you're doing so well now. Since I've been watching, you've shot up, so you're obviously bouncing off me."
Again, Dave was unconvinced and I fear I won't receive that percentage I am after if he were to cash.
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Vathne: snapping at the chip leaders' heels
That's what one table mate of Aleksander Vathne and Annette Obrestad commented after a pot nearly reaching 100k went from the latter to the former. The raising took off on the turn, when the board looked like: . It looked like Annette must have check-raised her opponent (my attention momentarily distracted by the Kuremszki all in at the adjoining table) for there was a little lake of red 5k chips in the middle as the river came down . This hand actually reached showdown:
[user24788]
Phil He11muth among the slew of eliminations on Day 3
In case you are joining us late, here's a list of players that busted out during the first three and a half hours of play....
John Ridge, Tony G, Huseyln Yilmaz, Vicky Coren, Farzad Bonyadi, Matthew Carter, Daniel Zink, Paul Ephremsen, Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke, Jani Sointula, Neil Pearson, Sergey Feklisov, Matthew Gilbert, Joe Beevers, Krzysztof Gluszko, Jeffrey Lisandro, Stephen Rynne, RW Stain, Erik Joergensen, Sam Norman, Ryan Fronda, Mark McCluskey, Sergey Rybachenko, Martin Vallo, Rehne Pedersen, Simon Wing, Phil Helmuth, Jr., and Roland Isrealashvili
[user4144]
I am made of gold, pure gold!
In what is one of several recent three way pots in which someone raises to around 6k and two players in late position call, Jamie Gold has struck Gold by outdrawing Mathew Hankins in rather soul-crushing, gut-wrenching circumstances.
With Matthew raising to 6k pre-flop, Jamie called from the cut-off, as did Dave Colclough on the button. The action-packed flop set off the fireworks, Hankins dwelling before betting 10k, which led to an all-in announcement from Gold.
Hankins called quicker than a cheetah on speed and proudly flipped over for the nut straight. Exhaling deeply, Jamie could only muster for two pair, but remained confident of an outdraw by vocally demanding a Jack or an Ace and asking if anyone had folded either of those two cards.
"Did anyone fold an Ace?" he asks eagerly. "Nope? Looks like I have 6 outs then."
Well, not just one of those outs came, but two, Jamie jumping up for joy and high-fiving a railer as the turn brought the . A couple of people were shouting for the for the utimate re-draw, but it didn't quite happen, Gold's hand actually improving on the river to give him Quaaaaaads!
There was a bit of uncertainty regarding who had who covered, but it was eventually unearthed that Gold had his man beat. He didn't say it to the entire table, but I shall report it anyhow, but as Hankins chips went sailing away, Gold commented, "That'll teach him for playing like an idiot earlier on."
He then turned to the table and added, "See, that's justice."
[user46298]
Csaba Kuremszki
Hilm on the button found Kuremszki re-raising him all-in preflop (a short stack, but still would drop Hilm to the felt if he called and lost). He went for it pretty quickly, showing the vs. Kuremszki's . No paint cards on the board, and a handshake later we're down another player.
[user24788]
Fear the Cowboy!
Over at the featured TV table, 2007 WSOP bracelet winner Hoyt Corkins has sat down in the lone empty seat. He's short stacked with 23,000 and looking to double up against some of the monster stacks at the table
[user25067]
A short-stacked Ian Frazer moved all in pre-flop and got a call from James Keys in late position. Frazer had Keys dominated, with the to Keys' . The board ran out , and Frazer tried to grab the pot before it was even pushed to him!
"I'm here for another half an hour, boys!" he cheered.
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, Pete Murphy pushes in for 94k.
giving Jorgenson a straight flush wheel.
. It looked like Annette must have check-raised her opponent (my attention momentarily distracted by the Kuremszki all in at the adjoining table) for there was a little lake of red 5k chips in the middle as the river came down 
. This hand actually reached showdown:
flop set off the fireworks, Hankins dwelling before betting 10k, which led to an all-in announcement from Gold.
. A couple of people were shouting for the 
for the utimate re-draw, but it didn't quite happen, Gold's hand actually improving on the 
river to give him Quaaaaaads!
. The board ran out 
