[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.
[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]
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.
[user46298]
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 .
[user4144]
prickley exit
"Lost one," calls the dealer, the unfortunate man being Mark 'The Thistle' McCluskey who was short-stacked coming into Day 3, but had a notable run nonetheless.
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, the top two chipleaders tangled in a their first pot. Gus Hansen raised 5,000 from the cut off. Patrik Antonius called from the button. They were heads-up. The flop was . Hansen fired out 5,600 and Antonius called. The turn was the . Hansen bet 10,200. Antonius went into the tank. The table had been very chatty until this hand. Everyone went silent. Anotnius announced, "I raise." He tossed out a bet of 42,000. Hansen went into the tank for four minutes. One of the players not in the hand called a clock on Hansen. Jack Effel gave him one minute. Hansen used the entire time. Then Effel started counting down from 10 to 1. Hansen could not make a decision and his time ran out. His hand was killed and Antonius won the pot worth over 32,000.
Antonius increased his stack to 330,000. Snoopy's model friend took over the chiplead.
[user46298]
Included in this list: Marco Traniello (with Queens, all in preflop against A-6), and Peter Murphy. It took a bit of sweating on behalf of Murphy, though, as he faced a bet out on the river from Theo Jorgensen which effectively set him in.
The board: . Peter eventually called - 33,300 - with . It was good against Jorgensen's .
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, Will Durkee raised 5,000 and Sam Norman moved all in for his last 15,000. Durkee called.
Norman:
Durkee:
The flop was and Durkee took the lead. The turn was the and the river was the . Norman headed to the rail, while Durkee increased his stack to 102,000.
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. Mathew McCullough was the frustrated big blind victim who was forced to fold.
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and was called by Peter Murphy's 
. No love for Wing on the 
board. 
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 
. 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.
. McCullough disappoints with 
at the hands of Andreas Bergren's 
