[user4144]
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.
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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 .
[user4144]
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.
[user25067]
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.
[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.
[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
[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.
[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."
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. 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.
river
. Gold showed 
meaning a favourable pot went over to the Brit. As a result, Jamie Gold is down to 65,000.
. Fraser mucks, showing he did indeed have 
.
, the turn brief interest with the 
.
on the board and he was eliminated.
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.