After a brief raising war, Andy Bloch found himself all in and in fine shape with against John Kabbaj's . A six-less board later and Bloch was cheerfully back up to a a very playable 160,000, to a soundtrack of roaring applause from pro-Bloch supporters hanging over the railing of the mezzanine bar. Meanwhile, a rather depressed Kabbaj had been crippled down to a 35,000 micro-stack and was asking for aspirins.
We're down one more here as grey-afro'd Michael Bepper smacked his beautiful hand into the even more delightful holding of Ian Woodley.
Bepper raised to 15,000 only for Woodley to make it 50,000. Bepper pushed, Woodley called, and imagine Bepper's dismay as his turned out to be absolutely no good against Woodley's . A bellow of "YESSSSSS!!!" echoed across the casino floor from the lungs of Mr Woodley, and we are down to just two tables.
I said Neil Channing wouldn't wait too long to get his chips in again but if you know you're beat, you're beat.
Channing raised up to 21,000 from second position before his neighbor, Christoph Bommes, reraised up to 44,000. After some deliberation Channing decided to preserve his 60,000 or so he hand behind and folded face-up.
The decision was proved a great one when his opponent showed !
Joseph El-Shater and Soheil Zamanian got it all in before the flop, El-Shater having his opponent covered. Zamanian's pocket eights were up against El-Shater's . No help for Zamanian on the board and he made a graceful exit, shaking his opponent's hand on his way to the rail.
Most of the action on Table 25 so far has been down to Warren Woodall. Spurred on perhaps by getting a walk on the first hand back (he looked pleasantly surprised), after folding the next hand to a raise from Timoshenko which ultimately just took down the blinds, Woodall went on to raise the next two hands. The first time, raising to 16,000 from the button, he just took the blinds and antes, but no such luck when he attempted to repeat the trick the next hand. Big blind Ian Woodley, enjoying a relaxing massage from a bleach-blonde lovely, considered it for a moment before motioning to the dealer that he was all in. Woodley relaxed into his back rub while Woodall cogitated, and then he took down a healthy pot as Woodall gave up and passed.
In the first hand back from break, Neil Channing limped in from first position before Willie Tann raised it up from the small blind. The big blind folded before Channing went all in for 65,000. Tann was forced to fold what Channing suspected was a middle pair.
Both these Brits are fairly short and I suspect their chips won't stay out of the middle for long.
Amir Englund open-shoved for his remaining 27,000 from the cutoff and was met with a call from Costas Artemi in the big blind.
Englund:
Artemi:
The flop came down a sweat-tastic .
"It's a coinflip now!" quipped their tablemate Andy Bloch.
The turn was the , holding off all of Artemi's draws, but the on the river made his flush and sent Englund to the rail. He'll collect £4,305 for his finish.
As the dinner break draws to an end, one player is keen to get back to the action. "Two hours is too long," complains a loitering Ian Woodley. "I've had my dinner, I've been for a wander and there's still half an hour left to go." It seems that most of the other players are enjoying the opportunity to take some time out, though, as they are nowhere to be seen just yet. We're due to restart in 15 minutes.
On the last hand before the break, Joseph El-Shater limped UTG for 4,000, Costas Artemi made it 12,000 to play and Adam Junglen reraised to a total of 33,000. El-Shater winced momentarily before folding, thus leaving the decision with Artemi. Artemi paused before suggesting, "I'll do you a deal. If I fold, will you show?" Junglen remained silent and as still as Michelangelo's David. Eventually, Artemi made what appeared to be a very reluctant fold, and Junglen scooped up the pot. "I folded a big hand there," added Artemi.
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against John Kabbaj's 
. A six-less 
board later and Bloch was cheerfully back up to a a very playable 160,000, to a soundtrack of roaring applause from pro-Bloch supporters hanging over the railing of the mezzanine bar. Meanwhile, a rather depressed Kabbaj had been crippled down to a 35,000 micro-stack and was asking for aspirins.
turned out to be absolutely no good against Woodley's 
. No help for Zamanian on the 
board and he made a graceful exit, shaking his opponent's hand on his way to the rail.
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