Brian Johnson opened for 2,100 with , his neighbor made it 5,500 and Johnson called. On the flop, Johnson made his move and pushed all-in, but was looked up by . A turn followed by a river, however, gave the Brighton man a cheeky backdoor straight and a newly acquired stack of 98,000.
Hellmuth, in another of his rants was recalling a hand yesterday where he had beaten by when Gordon Vayo, the other player in the hand piped up from the table right next to Hellmuth's.
Vayo: "That was me in that hand and I was getting 2-1."
Hellmuth: "2-1?"
Vayo: "In fact it was better than 2-1, I was getting 17-7."
Hellmuth: "Really, do you want to have a bet?"
The dispute continued for a moment until Matusow chipped in.
Matusow: "Kid, are you trying to have a rational conversation with Phil Hellmuth? That's like trying to talk to the rail on Full Tilt."
Zolotow - Stickler.
A very small ruling was required when Sherkhan Farnood called a bet of 1,500 out of turn when Steve Zolotow in the middle was just about to raise to 4,500. The call was determined not to stand, and Farnood's 1,500 was returned to him. The ruling accepted, Zolotow wasn't satisfied, calling for "A high ranking floorman!" to come and settle a query, rather than the exact dispute (the hand had progressed on).
Hellmuth, not one to sit out of a debate, called across the room:
"Devilfish! Can we ask you a question?"
"Yeah," said Ulliott, sauntering over to the table. Hellmuth explained the mistake, the ruling, and Zolotow's odd desire for further inquiry about the general UK rule regarding this situation. He said nothing different to the floorman.
"Can we get a high ranking floorman?" Zolotow politely requested again.
"I asked the Devilfish!" remonstrated Hellmuth.
"Devilfish is not a floorman," pointed out Zolotow.
At this point their collective attention wandered back to the £10,000 tournament they have in hand, however.
On a board showing , Jeff 'ActionJeff' Garza fired a 4,000 bet that was quickly called by Jani Sointula.
The fell on fifth street and Garza fired once more, slowly, yet deliberately placing an orange chip and two yellows (7,000) out in front of him. Sointula wasted no time making the call, and Garza insta-mucked.
Sointula was forced to turn over his cards anyway and revealed .
Great balls of fire!
Daniel Negreanu is your monster chip leader with 285,000, as he has been for most of the day. In fact, he'll burst into flames if he runs any hotter. At least it would make good TV.
Junglen boogie
Drama on Andy Bloch's table as the roving cameras are treated to a dream three-way all-in. I didn't see how exactly the money went in, but when the hands were flipped, the situation was as follows:
Rob Akery (button - largest stack) =
Adam Junglen (UTG - middle stack) =
John Winchcombe (mid position - shortest stack) =
The board was about as harmless as it gets for Junglen, who scooped up what I'd imagine was a circa 80,000 pot. Akery, meanwhile, drops to 21,000, whilst Winchcombe drops out.
Arieh: Nearly Busted Black
A pretty big hand played out between Andy Black and an in-position, suspicious Josh Arieh. On the river, with over 25,000 in the pot, the neat piles of chips in front of Black's stack were the evidence that he'd moved all in. The board stood: and Black had just shoved the river, leaving Arieh to consider in consternation possibly risking over two-thirds of his stack.
The cameras were bristling around the table next door, but they missed a corker as Arieh eventually folded getting a gleeful flip of his from the Mad Monk.
Arieh fairly rose degrees in temperature as he said, "Agh I nearly called you with ...Didn't think you had any of that."
His frustration lent credibility to this story, but Andy was delightedly stacking, although admitted, "I was just about to be telling myself, as I head out the door - Andy you've done it again..."
Tablemate Jarred Solomon piped up then, laughing, "You're a crazy M**F** Andy, one crazy M**F**." I think that was taken as a compliment
We might have missed Barry Greenstein's exit, but the evidence is there, as a copy of his book has found its way into Philippe Rouas' possession as well as a mountain of chips.
If there's one man who has been strapped to a roller coaster of late, it's David Benefield. Dropping to 90,000 after doubling up Soren Kongsgaard, Benefield retrieved those chips by taking the scalp of Sutha Nirmalananthan.
All in preflop with versus , Nirmalananthan flopped a set on a flop, but so did Benefield, the turn and river providing no extra help and cementing his demise.
There aren't an abundance of Dutchmen here today, but one who is flying the orange flag is Steven van Zadelhoff (The Hoff, as I like to call him), complete with handle-bar moustache and Top Gun shades. Like last year, Zadelhoff is beginning to excel here on day two, his chip stack currently hovering around the 80,000 mark.
One hand prior to the break saw Zadelhoff reraise Christofer Williamsson's preflop raise of 1,650 to 5,100. Williamsson made the call and the two players saw a flop. Both players checked only for Williamsson to lead for 7,900 on the turn. Zadelhoff called. On the river, Zadelhoff took it down with a bet of 12,000.
, his neighbor made it 5,500 and Johnson called. On the 
flop, Johnson made his move and pushed all-in, but was looked up by 
. A 
turn followed by a 
river, however, gave the Brighton man a cheeky backdoor straight and a newly acquired stack of 98,000.
beaten by 
when Gordon Vayo, the other player in the hand piped up from the table right next to Hellmuth's.
, Jeff 'ActionJeff' Garza fired a 4,000 bet that was quickly called by Jani Sointula.
fell on fifth street and Garza fired once more, slowly, yet deliberately placing an orange chip and two yellows (7,000) out in front of him. Sointula wasted no time making the call, and Garza insta-mucked. 
.
board was about as harmless as it gets for Junglen, who scooped up what I'd imagine was a circa 80,000 pot. Akery, meanwhile, drops to 21,000, whilst Winchcombe drops out.
and Black had just shoved the river, leaving Arieh to consider in consternation possibly risking over two-thirds of his stack.
from the Mad Monk. 
...Didn't think you had any of that." 
versus 
, Nirmalananthan flopped a set on a 
flop, but so did Benefield, the 
turn and 
flop. Both players checked only for Williamsson to lead for 7,900 on the 
turn. Zadelhoff called. On the 
button in Safari
