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Coren, in Earlier Times of Chip Plenty
Once more, Vicky Coren raises to 1,700 preflop. It folds round to Santeri Valikoski, who moved all in pretty sharply - he had just 10,500. After the briefest of ponders, Coren made the call, saying, "It's probably a race." She was right - her was up against Valikoski's .
The flop was not favorable to the overcards: and the following finished off her chances at eliminating the camouflage-hoodied youngster and knocked her down to 6,700.
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Not Alioto of chips
Italian maestro Dario Alioto is now out after a succession of two losing hands. The first was against Henning Granstad, who raised it up to 2,000 preflop with pocket queens. Alioto made it 5,700 and Granstad called. On the T-9-2 flop, Alioto led for 7,500, Granstad shoved and Alioto mucked.
Several hands later, it was Alioto who was all in, Granstad's preflop raise with pocket sevens being called in two places, before Alioto opted to push all in with pocket fives. He manage to dodge Gradstad, but not the next player who made the call with nines. No help, and Alioto was gone.
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In what turned out to be a war of the short-stacks, Brian Johnson managed to double up courtesy of Dario Pavan with against . No change on a gave Johnson the pot, whilst a down-to-the-felt Pavan departed a few hands later.
Meanwhile, and on the same table, Anthony Ho dropped to a paltry 15,000 after losing a versus encounter on a board. The victor was an elderly Frenchman, but one who appears to have eaten his ID card.
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Vicky Coren, whose stack appears just over half its original incarnation after the first break (although I haven't seen her lose any huge confrontations, there may well have been one somewhere along the line), just lost a pot to David Lawrence. She raised preflop to 1,700 (blinds now 300/600/75) and picked Lawrence up as a big blind caller.
Flop: Both players checked.
Turn: Now a small bet from Lawrence, called by Coren.
River: Lawrence speedily threw in a 5,000 chip, and after a pause, Coren matched it.
Lawrence showed the turned set: and she tapped the table and gave up the pot.
Incidentally, Vicky's lovely blonde hair isn't the only barnet of the sort on that table - she's two seats to the right of Jani Sointula.
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Chris Christ off again
After a horrid start to the day in which he "doubled up two players," Chris Ferguson was put out of his misery by Sutha Nirmalananthan just moments before the break.
As I joined the action, the decision was on Nirmalananthan, who was facing an all-in bet of 10,600 on the river of a board. As players dispersed for the break, Nirmalananthan made the call with , only to find he'd caught Jesus red-handed with .
As always, Ferguson was dignified in defeat, tapping the table and shaking his assassin's hand.
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Sunar Surinders the pot
It's rare that I see Doyle Brunson frustrated, but as I lurked around his table awaiting the sparks to fly, I couldn't help but notice him shaking his head and gently banging chips on the table.
Meanwhile, as Brunson molested his 20,000 stack, a hand developed between John Juanda and Surinder Sunar, the latter raising Juanda's bet of 3,200 on an flop to 8,500 after both had called another player's 1,300 prelfop raise.
"How much have you got left, Surinder?" asked Juanda, to which there was no response. Soon after, Juanda raised again, an extra 7,550, and after stoically mulling over his options, Sunar made the fold to leave himself with 25,050 - more than Brunson, but frustrated nonetheless.
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was up against Valikoski's 
.
and the following 
finished off her chances at eliminating the camouflage-hoodied youngster and knocked her down to 6,700.
against 
. No change on a 
gave Johnson the pot, whilst a down-to-the-felt Pavan departed a few hands later.
board. The victor was an elderly Frenchman, but one who appears to have eaten his ID card.
Both players checked.
Lawrence speedily threw in a 5,000 chip, and after a pause, Coren matched it. 
and she tapped the table and gave up the pot.
board. As players dispersed for the break, Nirmalananthan made the call with 
, only to find he'd caught Jesus red-handed with 
. 
