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Fronda: Unlucky
"That happens to me every tournament," a disappointed Fronda said as he did the Slow Walk after losing a crucial all in against even shorter-stacked John 'Kunkuwap' Tabatabai. He found the and was happy to see Tabatabai with the - until the Ace came, on the river for maximum effect. He trebled his one remaining 1k chip the next hand, but the following one saw him exiting holding at the hands of Andreas Bergren's .
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One bullet too many
After just a few minutes at the table, Phil He11muth finds himself all-in, pushing for his shrapnel after Mats Gavatin had made the initial raise of 5.1k.
Unfortunately for the Bullet Dodger, doom was on the cards as Matthew McCullough moved in behind him with the confidence of George Clooney in a singles bar.
"Uh-oh, I'm in trouble," admits He11muth.
As Mats Gavatin jumps out of the way, He11muth jokes with a mischievous smirk, "Fire up the limo, baby, call the G4." (Why he'd request the singers from X Factor though, I'm unsure.)
"I hope you have Ace King," pleads He11muth as he turns over . McCullough disappoints with and He11muth's shoulders drop, fully aware that he needs to do more than be 'the most skillful player here' to get out of this one.
At this point, McCullough stands up from the table. "Why are you standing?" asks Phil. "You're a four and half to one favourite."
The flop is a clinical one...
Desperately, He11muth requests a Jack, but to no avail as the dealer pops out a on the turn to kill of the 11-time bracelet winner's chances of adding a twelfth.
After the academic river hits, He11muth congratulates his victorious opponent, shakes the hands of his table and exits to a ripple of applause, the volume of which is based upon the unbridled entertainment he has provided.
[user25067]
In the downstairs portion of the casino where five tables are running, we saw the departure of three players within the first fifteen minutes of play.
First to go was Simon Wing, who moved all in pre-flop with and was called by Peter Murphy's . No love for Wing on the board.
The next all in found Rene Carlos Pedersen's up against Jon "Pearljammer" Turner's in another pre-flop all in. on the flop looked fine for Pedersen until the fell on the turn, making Turner trip tens and eliminating Pedersen.
And thirdly there was the demise of Martin Vallo, getting it all in with on an flop against Stephen Rynne's . Spade-spade on the turn and river brought in Rynne's backdoor flush and left Vallo cursing to himself on his way out the door.
[user4144]
I'm a tiger! Roooooooar!
And so, just as I was posting my previous report, King He11muth graced us with his presence, although, to my chagrin, it wasn't quite an extravagant as I'd hoped with not even one fine young scantily clad lady accompanying him.
As He11muth has started the day off in slightly subdued form, both in terms of his play and trash talk, the silent but violent Janne Lamsa has returned to his ruthless, unrelenting ways, raising to 13k pre-flop and simply announcing "all-in" on . Mathew McCullough was the frustrated big blind victim who was forced to fold.
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, I caught the action on the flop of . There was 40,000 in the pot. Gus Hansen made a bet that would have put Negreanu all in for his last 26,000. Negreanu went into the tank.
"I'm behind now, but I won't be by the river. I can't possibly fold here," he said.
Negreanu called and was surprised to discover that he was ahead. They both had an open-ended straight draw, but Negreanu was ahead with Queen-high.
Negreanu:
Hansen:
Patrik Antonius said, "I feel a spade coming."
"Don't say that!" yelled Negreanu.
"Sorry," replied Antonius. "I just feel it coming."
"I hope so," added Hansen.
The turn was the and Hansen picked up more outs with a flush draw.
"I'll be happy to chop it at this point," said Negreanu as he sweated the river.
The dealer put out the and Negreanu won the pot with a Queen-high straight.
[user46298]
The action has been slow so far on the five tables located downstairs in the Empire card room. The railbirds are sluggish and the play restrained. In fact, the atmosphere is quite intense, with very little table chat in the room (even Tony G isn't saying anything) - if it weren't for the compulsive chip threading of the Day Three players, you could hear a pin drop in there.
So far it's been the re-raisers pre-flop and on the flop who've picked up the chips, even off pretty short-stacked opponents like Ryan Fronda, who tried a preflop raise to 7k only to find Andreas Bergren in the small blind prepared to put him in. He passed and is now even shorter.
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, Erik Joergensen doubled through Sergey Feklisov. It was a classic race. Joergensen shoved for his last 15,000 with . Feklisov called with . The flop was . the turn was the and teh river was the . Joergensen avoided elimination.
[user4144]
The updaters here have been given tables, or certain 'zones', to cover during today's action. My section is an eclectic mix of players: as Jimmy 'Gobboboy' Fricke does battle with dangerous Europeans Janne Lamsa and former EPT winner Mats Gavatin, another EPT victor in Vic Queen Vicky Coren is crossing swords with European poker legend Dave Colclough on the neighbouring table.
Although the biggest star of the show has yet to arrive, we have started nonetheless, but I fully expect there to be showgirls, fireworks and dramatic Space Odyssey music when he finally reveals himself with the Poker Brat being suspending from the ceiling and being slowly reeled in for a truly grand entrance.
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and was happy to see Tabatabai with the 
- until the Ace came, on the river for maximum effect. He trebled his one remaining 1k chip the next hand, but the following one saw him exiting holding 
at the hands of Andreas Bergren's 
.
. McCullough disappoints with 
and He11muth's shoulders drop, fully aware that he needs to do more than be 'the most skillful player here' to get out of this one.
river hits, He11muth congratulates his victorious opponent, shakes the hands of his table and exits to a ripple of applause, the volume of which is based upon the unbridled entertainment he has provided.
against Sergey Rybachecnkos 
and was called by Peter Murphy's 
up against Jon "Pearljammer" Turner's 
in another pre-flop all in. 
on the flop looked fine for Pedersen until the 
flop against Stephen Rynne's 
.
. The flop was 
. the turn was the 
