John Ridge
John Ridge has been an all-in machine this afternoon, pushing in his short stack pre-flop any chance he could. After Terry Cook made an UTG raise, Ridge looked down and saw the and moved in. Once the action was folded around, Cook called in a shot and tabled .
"You know, I saw the A-K win in this situation the other day" said Annie Duke, remembering Joe Serock's brutal suckout at the hands of Huseyin Yizmal.
Ridge wasn't so lucky, though. on the board and he was eliminated.
No wai!!!
Vic golden girl and 2006 London EPT winner Vicky Coren is now pushing up daisies (not literally, don't worry) after running Pocket Sevens into the Pocket Jacks of bearded David Bellamy look-alike Tino Lechich.
Tony G: Fingers Caught in Till
Tony G moved all-in preflop in late position when it folded round to him, and of the few remaining players left to act, Abishek Kaitan was the one to call from the small blind.
Kaitan:
Tony G:
The flop brought the , the turn brief interest with the but the river sealed his fate with the .
Smithers, send for my lawyers!
The action commenced with Shaun Needham, the Betfair online qualifier raising it up to 7k pre-flop from second position, but being called in two spots by Jamie Gold (cut-off) and Dave 'El Blondie' Colclough (button).
The flop came . Shaun's check and negative body language meant he was conceding the pot, leaving Jamie Gold to pounce with a 10k bet. Dave Colclough sized up his opponent before making the call and the two players saw a turn.
Bizarrely, Jamie Gold once again flicked out two red chips for a bet of 10k. Slightly bamboozled, Dave studied his opponent intently, scratched his head and leaned back on his chair with his hand on his hip. Meanwhile, Gold remained silent, no trash talk whatsoever, his eyes fixed firmly on the felt beneath.
At this point, the atmosphere was intense, both players knowing that even though the turn bet was the same as the one on the flop, too many 10k's coming out of either one of their stacks was a sizable portion. Although seemingly unsure, Dave called nonetheless leading to the dealer peeling out a river
Possibly not unexpectedly, Jamie bet 10k again, and it was at this moment that I was able to fathom out the strength of Jamie's hand, the size of the bet suggesting to me that he didn't fancy calling a 30k or so bet from his neighbour.
Dave shrugged his shoulders and quickly called to reveal . Gold showed meaning a favourable pot went over to the Brit. As a result, Jamie Gold is down to 65,000.
The Tfeatured V table
TD Jack Effel is announcing the TV table and acting as a waiter while taking drink and food orders for the featured table players. He's a man of many talents. He also did a quick chip count. Here it is:
Seat 1: Patrik Antonius - 285,000
Seat 2: Janne Lamsa - 195,000
Seat 3: Magnus Persson - 205,000
Seat 4: EMPTY
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu - 230,00
Seat 6: Will Durkee - 160,000
Seat 7: Matthew McCullough - 67,800
Seat 8: Gus Hansen - 475,000
Seat 9: Johannes Korsar - 160,000
"How about an Ace on the river to double through Snoopy's model friend?"
Over at the featured TV table, Kid Poker is bubbling over with excitement after doubling up against Patrik Antonius.
The flop was . Negreanu bet the pot. Antonius raised and Negreanu moved all in. Antonius quickly called.
Antonius:
Negreanu:
Negreanu had an open-ended straight draw, but Antonius held two of his outs. The turn was the and the river was the , which gave Negreanu the Wheel. The always cool and even-tempered Antonius slammed his hand on the table as the dealer pushed the pot towards Negreanu.
That was the second time on Day 3 that Negreanu cracked Aces. Gus Hansen was his victim earlier in the day. Antonius slipped to 285,000 after that hand, while Negreanu increased his stack to 230,000.
With the board reading , Csaba Kuremszki moved all in and got a call from a relatively short-stacked Bob Willis. Kuremszki had a straight with , but Willis had turned his flush with . The river was the and the Irishman started singing "Back in the Saddle Again" as the pot was pushed toward him.
Farzhad Bonyadi
Farzad Bonyadi is the latest player to join the rail, his ran into the of Thomas Dwan. A very low flop meant no help for Bonyadi and another player bites the dust.
and moved in. Once the action was folded around, Cook called in a shot and tabled 
. 
on the board and he was eliminated.
, the turn brief interest with the 
but the river sealed his fate with the 
.
. Fraser mucks, showing he did indeed have 
.
. Gold showed 
meaning a favourable pot went over to the Brit. As a result, Jamie Gold is down to 65,000.
. Negreanu bet the pot. Antonius raised and Negreanu moved all in. Antonius quickly called.
, Csaba Kuremszki moved all in and got a call from a relatively short-stacked Bob Willis. Kuremszki had a straight with 
. The river was the 
