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Aleksander Vathne - nearly eliminated by text message
A nice bit of early controversy (which ended in smiles, however) is just what's needed to wake up a table. It surrounded Aleksander Vathne, who had just made a giant check-raise (all-in for around 200k over a bet of 19,500) against Gus Hansen on a flop of: . "He really doesn't want me to call him," pondered Hansen.
Just then, Vathne picked up his mobile phone and started pressing buttons. We all know that phone use at a table is a big no-no, and someone at the table asked (not in all seriousness), "Is his hand dead?"
The T.D. said, "That is a dead hand." Hush fell. The tension was broken by Gus saying, "If his hand is dead, I'm definitely going to call. But that would be a bad ruling."
It wasn't obvious that Vathne was all in, though, and when it was explained he received a warning, as there was no further action which could possibly be influenced. Even so, one of them joked, "He's just emailed Gus saying 'fold'."
[user4144]
Fear the Mantis!
Karl 'Mantis' Mahrenholz is bumping and grinding now. He just re-raised Andreas Berggren's 20.5k pre-flop raise from the small blind to 70k in the big. Theo Jorgensen happily folded after limping on the button, and so did Andreas, although it took him a good few minutes to release his hand...
With a stare more menacing than a serial killer, Andreas looked his gangly opponent up and down before locking eyes with the Mantis. Karl looked away, but remained cool under pressure, the famous eyebrows that normally fidget like a three legged ferret motionless under the duress.
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Theo Jorgenson
Theo Jorgenson is taking control of his table. He has just reraised his way to a few pots and took a big 100k pot from Dominic Kay. He certainly has his A game poker face on and a chip stack to match.
Its looking very possible a Scandanavian can win this event.
[user46298]
Henrik Waltersson: clubbed by Hansen
A threeway flop was seen by Henrik Waltersson, button Hansen and big blind Johannes Korsar. It was:
Korsar checked, Waltersson bet 35k. Gus Hansen called, and Korsar folded.
Turn: Korsar was all in in the blink of an eye, and a stack of reds which covered him was plonked in front of the Great Dane.
"That was not a good card for you," said Gus, revealing that his opponent was actually drawing dead with his hand being the . Waltersson's lay on the table as the hit the river and he hit the road.
1. John Tabatabai
2. Tino Lechich
3. Jakob Paulsen
4. Steven Van Zadelhoff
5. Erick Lindgren (Eliminated in 26th Place)
6. Annie Duke
7. Ovyind Riisem
8. Pat Scanlon
9. Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad
Table 1:
1. Abishek Khaitan
2. Dominic Kay
3. Magnus Persson
4. Theo Jorgensen
5. Andreas Berggren
6. Aleksander Vathne
7. Karl Mahrenholz
8. Marco Traniello
9. Will Durkee
Table 3:
1. Janne Lamsa
2. OPEN
3. Gus Hansen
4. Terry Cook
5. Johannes Korsar
6. James Keys
7. Kenny Tran
8. Matthew McCullogh
9. Henrik Waltersson
[user24788]
Erick Lindgren - 27th Place
Over at the freatured TV table, there was a bustout on the first hand since the redraw. Erick Lindgren raised 20,000 and Pat Scanlon called. The flop was . Both players checked. The turn was the . Lindgren checked and Scanlon moved all in.
"That's his signature trademark," joked Annie Duke.
Lindgren called and flipped over . He was behind Scanlon's . The river was the and Lindgren busted out in 26th place. He won £30,770.
[user4144]
Dominic Kay's instincts have been spot on for the majority of this tournament, but he bet at the wrong time against Abishek Khaitan, the latter calling Kay's 20k bet on a with .
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. "He really doesn't want me to call him," pondered Hansen.
Korsar was all in in the blink of an eye, and a stack of reds which covered him was plonked in front of the Great Dane. 
. Waltersson's 
lay on the table as the 
hit the river and he hit the road.
. Both players checked. The turn was the 
. The river was the 
and Lindgren busted out in 26th place. He won £30,770.
with 
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