Sorel Mizzi raised to 42,000 and Theo Jorgensen called. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the . Jorgensen led out for 60,000 and Mizzi called. The river was the . Jorgensen slid out a tall stack of blue chips worth 120,000 and after checking and re-checking his cards with looks back at the board, Mizzi made the call.
Jorgensen turned up , but Mizzi had an eight-high straight with and won the pot.
On the very next hand after Mizzi's double-up, he led out for 108,000 on a flop of . Theo Jorgensen raised pot to 444,000, Mizzi moved all in and Jorgensen called.
Jorgensen:
Mizzi:
Mizzi and Jorgensen had both flopped seven-high straights. The on the turn, though gave Mizzi a flush draw, and his flock of baseball-cap wearing railbirds lunged toward the table and screamed for a heart on the river. The last card fell the , though, and Jorgensen breathed a sigh of relief as they chopped up the pot.
As the excitement continued to build, Theo Jorgensen increased his stack twofold after an encounter of such high drama that it would have made an EastEnders cliffhanger look tame.
With Sorel Mizzi raising to 60,000 preflop, Jorgensen made it 180,00 and Mizzi called. On the flop, bedlam ensued, with both players shoving their stacks across the line and rising from their seats in anticipation.
As the crowd edged the rail forward and the salivating press closed in, the hands were revealed.
Mizzi =
Jorgensen =
"Low card!" screamed the Mizzilites.
Turn =
The Mizzilites went berserk.
River =
The Mizzilites stopped going berserk.
Jorgensen, meanwhile, leaped into the air as if launched out of a cannon and celebrated with fellow countryman Martin Vallo on the sidelines. Mizzi, on the other hand, could but slump back in his seat with the look of a child who'd just had his favorite toy snatched from his grasp.
Sorel Mizzi opened for a min-raise to 40,000 and Theo Jorgensen called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Jorgensen checked, Mizzi bet 63,000 and Jorgensen called. The river was the . Jorgensen checked again, and perhaps detecting that something was amiss, Mizzi checked behind.
Jorgensen rolled over for a queen-high flush and Mizzi mucked.
Theo Jorgensen seems to be picking up most of the smaller pots at the moment. The last hand of note I witnessed saw both players reaching a flop. Mizzi led out for 80,000, Jorgensen reraised, and Mizzi made a swift fold.
Out of the two remaining players, it would appear as though Sorel Mizzi is the more heavily supported, with various young online pros shouting him on from the sidelines. Also gracing us with their presence here at ringside are the first and second-place finishers from last year's Main Event, Annette Obrestad and John Tabatabai.
In a moment of madness, Tabatabai raced up to the table to give Mizzi a big wet kiss on the cheek. The timing of this platonic (or, so I hope) show of affection was probably not the best, as Mizzi had just lost an all-in for the bracelet. Otherwise I'm sure he would have reciprocated.