"El Blondie"
On a flop of , Dave Colclough moved all in and Jakob Paulsen called. "El Blondie" had top pair with , but Paulsen had flopped a flush with . The turn was the , the river was the , and Colclough hit the rail while Paulsen added even more to his massive stack.
A Turner for the worse
Forks at the ready, because Jon Turner is done and ready to eat. Attacking from the button, he was reraised by John Tabatabai in the big blind before pushing with . As John made the insta-call, the reaction wasn't promising, Turner simply commenting, "Oh, that's not good."
There was a hand on the other table, so we had to wait, but as someone called out, "All-in and a call," it had to be changed to "All-in and a potential call," as Turner still had a brown 100 chip back and could effectively fold...which he may have been slightly tempted to do.
Of course, the brown chip went it, and it was on their backs time, Turner in water so hot that it could have taken a trip to the sun and back. "I owe you one," threatened Turner as he was met by Tabatabai's .
Although the flop shone a little ray of light, it was soon overshadowed by the turn and river, Tabatabai adding yet more chips to his ever-increasing stack and eliminating a dangerous player in the process.
Eerily, Ian Frazer had folded A-J in latish position, saying, "I just don't fancy raising your blind, you're a lucky player," when it was his go. Mystic Ian strikes. Dodododo dodododo dodododo...
Tino Lechich
Tino Lechich has taken control of his table; he is playing a lot of pots and using his chips to push everyone around. He spent most of the day on the short stack but is now very dangerous with a big stack.
All that cheerful post-dinner preflop restealing has left the table looking like this after almost half of the 2k/4k blind level...
Steven van Zadelhoff -- 138,000
Annie Duke -- 230,000
Theo Jorgensen -- 205,000
Henrik Waltersson -- 200,000
Oyvind Riisem -- 325,000
Terry Cook -- 192,000
Erick Lindgren -- 57,000
Patrick Jouven -- 156,000
Over at the featured TV table, Gus Hansen raised and Pat Scanlon moved all in for 65,000. Hansen quickly called.
Hansen:
Scanlon:
The flop was which gave Hansen top pair-top kicker. However, Scanlon picked up an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the and Scanlon took the lead with a straight. Hansen turned two-pair and had outs for the win. The river was the and Scanlon won the pot. He doubled up and increased his stack to over 130,000.
Theo Jorgensen gets some of his chips back
In a strange revisiting of the match-up which brought you the intro to the dinner break in the form of creating a new second spot on the chip leader ladder, Oyvind Riisem and Theo Jorgensen were just at it again. But this time, Jorgensen received a much-needed double up.
Button Jorgensen raised to 9,000 and big blind Riisem called. The flop came down: Just like last time, Riisem checked to Jorgensen, who bet (17k) and then he calmly said, "All in." Just like last time, Jorgensen couldn't call quickly enough. And did he have the overpair, catching Riisem on a draw? Why, yes, just like last time.
Jeff Buffenbarger has just doubled through courtesy of Italian Marcello Marigliano, Jeff pushing in from under the gun for 33,500 with , being called by and hitting two pair on a board. Ian Frazer folded A-Q.
Gary Jones is getting reraised off every pot he enters at the moment. Clearly the bubble is not scaring anyone at his table (nor his menacing green hair and schoolboy looks).
Over at the featured TV table, it's not uncommon to see famous pros checking out the action. Phil Hellmuth stopped by earlier to mug for face time after his bustout and was given a chance to call the action. Todd Brunson was on the rail cheering on his friend Hoyt Corkins. Marco Traniello stopped by to see how Gus Hansen was doing. Kirk Morrison came over to check up on Daniel Negreanu. Lee "Final Table" Nelson has just come over only a few minutes after his elimination downstairs.
, Dave Colclough moved all in and Jakob Paulsen called. "El Blondie" had top pair with 
, but Paulsen had flopped a flush with 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, and Colclough hit the rail while Paulsen added even more to his massive stack.
.
flop shone a little ray of light, it was soon overshadowed by the 
turn and 
river, Tabatabai adding yet more chips to his ever-increasing stack and eliminating a dangerous player in the process.
which gave Hansen top pair-top kicker. However, Scanlon picked up an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and Scanlon took the lead with a straight. Hansen turned two-pair and had outs for the win. The river was the 
Just like last time, Riisem checked to Jorgensen, who bet (17k) and then he calmly said, "All in." Just like last time, Jorgensen couldn't call quickly enough. And did he have the overpair, catching Riisem on a draw? Why, yes, just like last time.
board. Ian Frazer folded A-Q.
