[user24788]
Abishek Khaitan - 17th Place
Over at the featured TV table, Magnus Persson cotinued his rush. He raised to 26,000 from the button. Abishek Khaitan called from the small blind. The flop was . Khaitan checked. Persson bet 20,000 and Khaitan called. The turn was the and Khaitan fired out 20,000. Persson raised to 100,000. Khaitan moved all in and Persson quickly called.
Persson:
Khaitan:
Persson flopped a set and was ahead, however Khaitan had a flush draw. The river was the and Khaitan busted out in 17th place. He won £34,390.
After that hand, Persson's stack jumped to over 1,250,000. He's the chipleader.
[user4144]
The Hoff
Steven van Zadelhoff, who surely must be referred to from now on as The Hoff, is one of the players that has remained beyond my field of vision throughout this entire tournament, but now I have joined Pauly over here at the featured table, I have been able to see him action.
I don't know too much about this chap, and, in truth, have never crossed his path before, but I have been reliably informed that he is hugely popular over in his native home of Holland (his 'Neder Poker' hoody is a dead giveaway) where I understand he is being watched by many Dutch poker fanatics.
Since I've been here, he's yet to go deep in a hand, but he must have been busy at some point as he possesses a very playable 330k in chips. Appearance wise, he appears very focused, shades on, head down and very little in the way of table talk. In fact, he reminds me somewhat of a Paul Wasicka or a Stuart Fox - a strong, solid player who just lets the cards do the talking.
[user46298]
Tino Lechich: not afraid to get it all in the middle
We nearly had a million dollar pot here... Lechich raised preflop, and found John 'Kunkuwap' Tabatabai re-raising from the small blind a further 62k. Back to Lechich, who pretty much instantly announced, "All in," counting down around 360k which would pretty much send Tabatabai to the felt if he called and lost. He did look to be genuinely considering going for it, though - a lot of inspecting of his own stack and his opponent's before eventually he conceeded the pot to the Australian.
[user4144]
Rodin's 'The Thinker'
... was the cry from the crowd as Magnus Persson won a monster pot off Annette Obrestad.
It was a bizarre hand in truth, Annette raising pre-flop to circa 25k before firing three bullets (45k, 90k & 150k) on an board, Magnus check-calling on every street with .
The final card, however, resulted in a massive dwell from Magnus, who thought and thought and then thought some more before having one quick final thought, but in the end, and after my beard had grown to wise wizard proportions, he eventually made an excellent call that was commended by Annette.
[user3511]
A lot of preflop all-in-aments going on right now. James Keys has won back to back allins taking down the blinds and Pat Scanlan just did the same to Gus Hansen's big blind.
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, Theo Jorgensen raised 24,000 and Johannes Korsar called from the button. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Jorgensen bet 50,000 and Korsar called. The river was the . Both players checked.
Jorgensen:
Korsar:
Jorgensen took down the pot with a pair of Aces and he outkicked Korsar.
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, Theo Jorgensen is applying the pressure early. On a flop of in a three-way pot, he fired out 50,000 and everyone folded.
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. Khaitan checked. Persson bet 20,000 and Khaitan called. The turn was the 
and Khaitan fired out 20,000. Persson raised to 100,000. Khaitan moved all in and Persson quickly called.
and Khaitan busted out in 17th place. He won £34,390.
board, Magnus check-calling on every street with 
.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Jorgensen bet 50,000 and Korsar called. The river was the 
. Both players checked.
in a three-way pot, he fired out 50,000 and everyone folded.