[user46298]
Detective Gus
Gus Hansen raised to 33k preflop, called by Matthew McCullough. The flop came . McCullough checked, and Gus Hansen drew out the pause while he studied his opponent, asking him to count out his remaining chips. "I have 208k," he said.
Hansen stared a bit more, then counted out exactly 208k and pushed it slowly over the line. Eventually, McCullough folded.
"Gus Hansen, you are a sick man," commented Kenny Tran. He didn't deny it, instead, it looked like he was talking to his ipod. On further inspection, it appears that Gus Hansen is continually taking notes on some kind of dictaphone. I asked someone on the rail if they could hear what he was saying and they shrugged, saying, "He mumbles."
[user24788]
Hello new chipleader!
Over at the featured TV table, I caught the action on the river. The board was . Jakob Paulsen fired out 80,000 on the river and Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad went into the tank. She eventually called. Paulsen showed 9-9 for two pair and Annette_15 held a King. She won the pot with two pair, Kings and fours.
After picking up another pot on the flop, Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad increased her stack to over 700,000.
[user4144]
Says it all...
In what is one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far, Will Durkee has jumped right up to 480,000 and left Karl Mahrenholz licking his wounds with just 85k.
The volcano bubbled when Karl raised to 17k pre-flop and William Durkee flat called behind. As both players saw a flop, Karl bet 25k and Will smooth called yet again.
Then, on the turn, the volcano erupted, Karl check-raising the American's 50k bet to an enticing 65k more.
Slightly bemused, Will set up stall in the think tank and mulled up his options. Meanwhile, Karl adopted his familiar hand on chin posture, statuesquely awaiting his opponent's next move.
After huffing and puffing, counting out his chips and looking like he was leaning towards a fold, Durkee pushed all-in for his tournament life. Although not 100% confident in his , he would have been delighted to hear Karl sigh, "How much is it? I've got nothing, but I think I have to call."
Inevitably, it wasn't too much, and Karl did indeed call, although he will have wished he didn't as he was drawing dead with . The TV crew tried to create some drama and tension for the river, but it was all academic, the pointless last card seeing a hit the felt.
Understandably bamboozled, Karl shook his head and looked down dejectedly at his depleted 85,000 stack as the dealer asked for another 500 to send over to the victor. I don't think I've ever seen Karl knocked for six like that before, but with so much on the line, I think any poker player can sympathise with how he felt as most of his stack went sailing over to his jubilant opponent.
[user3511]
Abishek Khaitan is playing some good aggressive positional poker. He just rerereraised Theo Jorgenson out of a massive 200k pot and did the same with Will Durkee a pot later. He has bullied his way to a big stack despite having less than ten blinds during yesterdays bubble.
[user46298]
Terry Cook's got all in against - it looked hairy on the turn when the board was ....but all draws missed and Cook can breath a little more easily with his 240k.
Right after this dramatic hand, Gus Hansen raised to 19k preflop (this, incidentally, happens a lot) and was called by Cook on the cutoff. Button Johannes Korsar then raised to 62,500, and despite someone pointing to Hansen and saying, "Don't you know who that is?" they both passed and the young player took some chips without a flop.
[user24788]
The action has slowed down over at the featured TV table ever since the Lindgren bustout. Annette_15 has been making some moves and playing back at the aggressive Pat Scanlon. Aside from that, there's not much to report.
Here's an updated chip count:
Seat 1: John Tabatabai - 485,000
Seat 2: Tino Lechich - 415,000
Seat 3: Jakob Paulsen - 265,000
Seat 4: Steven van Zadelhoff - 400,000
Seat 5: EMPTY
Seat 6: Annie Duke - 275,000
Seat 7: Oyvind Riisem - 400,000
Seat 8: Pat Scanlon - 155,000
Seat 9: Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad - 287,000
[user46298]
In a blind on blind all-in situation, short stack Janne Lamsa took on big blind Gus Hansen, all in for around 100k. Hansen was only too happy to call, having woken up with . Lamsa showed .
Flop:
Turn: And it took a moment for the crowd to understand the pained expression on Gus Hansen's face...
River:
Gus counted off a bite from his big stack and the short stack counted his blessings.
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. McCullough checked, and Gus Hansen drew out the pause while he studied his opponent, asking him to count out his remaining chips. "I have 208k," he said. 
. Jakob Paulsen fired out 80,000 on the river and Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad went into the tank. She eventually called. Paulsen showed 9-9 for two pair and Annette_15 held a King. She won the pot with two pair, Kings and fours. 
flop, Karl bet 25k and Will smooth called yet again.
turn, the volcano erupted, Karl check-raising the American's 50k bet to an enticing 65k more.
, he would have been delighted to hear Karl sigh, "How much is it? I've got nothing, but I think I have to call."
. The TV crew tried to create some drama and tension for the river, but it was all academic, the pointless last card seeing a 
hit the felt.
got all in against 
- it looked hairy on the turn when the board was 
....but all draws missed and Cook can breath a little more easily with his 240k.
