Scott Fischman limped in for 1,200, Stephen Ladowsky raised to 3,600 and Fischman called. The flop came down . Fischman checked, Ladowsky bet 6,500 and Fischman raised to 17,000. After what seemed like an eternity, Ladowsky folded his hand.
Fischman turned up for a well-timed bluff and raked in the pot.
Sherkhan Farnood raised to 3,500 in early position and received absolutely no respect in the form of three callers, Brandon Adams and Bengt Sonnert among them.
The flop came down and Farnood checked. Adams bet 8,000 and Sonnert called. The other caller passed and the dealer attempted to deal a turn before being stopped by Phil Laak. "This guy still has cards, doesn't he have to act? Isn't that how it works over here?" Indeed it is, and the turn was delayed until Farnood had acted. He thought about it very seriously, and asked the Wall of Media to bring their hole card camera over so that he could show his hand, before folding.
The turn was the and the action was on Adams. He asked how much Sonnert had left, but checked; Sonnert duly announced, "All in," for 26,100. Adams now went into the tank, gently stroking his chin for some time before turning to Phil Laak. "Don't you just hate it when you think you've got them but you still don't know?"
"I don't know," replied Laak. "But I hope the cameras get a close-up of your upper right lip because you've got a little bit of perspiration there..." A napkin was located for Adams' use (he just let the perspiration do its thing anyway), and he called.
Adams:
Sonnert:
River:
Thus Sonnert doubled up to around 75,000, while Adams' stack took a slight denting.
Erik Sagstrom is counting his lucky stars right now after doubling up through countryman Per Ummer. It was another preflop all-in encounter and it was a cooler.
Sagstrom turned over and Ummer showed .
There was no change on the flop but a fell on the turn to shock Ummer and send the pot to the younger Swede.
Sagstrom is up to 80,000; Ummer is down to 46,000.
Peter Gould has just doubled up Tim West. Both men were short-stacked, with West being more so. All the chips went in preflop and West was in a bad spot with to Gould's .
West stood up, ready made to leave and said, "Shall I Humberto it?"
The board ran . Bingo on the turn for West and he makes it up to the shallow heights of 32,800. Gould is down to 46,700.
Kim moved all in with and was called by John Juanda, holding . Disastrously for Kim, Juanda flopped two hearts and rivered a third, making a flush and sending the "November Niner" to the rail.
On the formerly-feature table, now ousted from before the cameras to allow Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott et al their time in the limelight, Mazhar Nawab has taken down a decent pot. Nawab bet out 6,500 on the turn, the board reading , and Thomas Bentham called. Both players checked the river, and Nawab's was good against his opponent's speculative .
On a flop of , Jean Thorel bet 7,000, Talal Shakerchi called, and Erik Seidel reraised to 23,000. Thorel made the call and Shakerchi folded. The turn was the . Thorel checked, Seidel bet 40,000 and Thorel called. The river fell the . Thorel checked again, Seidel moved all in for 61,000 and Thorel made the call.
Seidel turned up and Thorel mucked. Seidel is up to 278,000 and has taken the chip lead.
Behind the Wall of Media, Andy Black has lost an enormous pot to Rajinder Shina. With around 45,000 in the pot by the turn, the board reading , Black had a bet of 30,000 laid out in front of him and Shina was giving it his lengthy consideration. "Clock," said Black. "All in," said Shina, 110,000 in total to cover Black. Now it was Black's turn to dwell on the decision before him. He passed, and is down to 47,000.