A gentleman limped in early position and was met with a raise from Adam Matusiak on his immediate left. After a moment's consideration, the limper called and they saw a flop.
Flop:
Mr. Limper checked, and Matusiak bet 1,800. Mr. Limper now announced all in. "Call," said Matusiak, very deliberately.
Mr. Limper:
Matusiak:
"S***," said Mr. Limper.
Turn:
River:
Matusiak is now among our big stacks on 22,000; Mr. Limper however is down to just 2,000, and was still cursing under his breath when we backed away from the table.
David Stucke, who won a WSOP bracelet in a 2007 $1,500 event in Vegas, is riding high with 22,500. Power poker appears to be the order of the day: he just made a deep reach to put an opponent all in with a and several thousand in chips waiting patiently on the felt. After a long dwell, and with 6,000 behind, his foe conceded the hand.
Richard Kellett is your new chip leader with around 30,000 after eliminating Mike Ellis. With Michel Abecassis making it 800 from under the gun, Kellett reraised to 1,150 from late position, only for Mike Ellis to push all in for around 10,000 from the small blind. Abeccassis folded with a shake of the head, but Kellett was less hospitable and asked the dealer for a count. Without too much delay, he made the call.
We'll be playing another four levels tonight, or, in the event that we hit 40 runners, we'll stop then to ensure no making-it-into-the-money shenanigans before Day 1b is over.
With four players seeing an flop, everyone checked except a less hospitable Ian Frazer who applied the pressure with a bet of 800 from the button. The big blind called.
On the turn, the big blind led for 2,000, and after leaning forward to glance at his opponent's remaining stack, Frazer flat called.
The river led to a bet of 3,500 and an instant call from Frazer, before both hands were revealed: Frazer with , his opponent .
"I was gonna let you bluff off all your chips there," commented Frazer.
"Yeah, I got lucky," came the reply.
"I know you got lucky, you make the same bet if the 10 doesn't come on the end."
Despite his misfortune, the Poker Gods haven't been frowning upon him full-time as he's one of your current front runners with circa 25,000 in chips.
Dave "Dubai" Shallow is busto. The exact details of the hand are a little hazy, but Richard Kellett was raking in the pot which has put him up to 22,000.
There were three limpers plus the blinds to the flop, when Roland de Wolfe bet out 600 from the small blind. The gent who had limped under the gun was the only caller.
Come the turn de Wolfe bet out again and this time Mr. Under-The-Gun moved all in. Call.
De Wolfe: for the up and down
Mr. Under-The-Gun: for a set
River: a harmless
A full double-up for Mr. Under-The-Gun, while de Wolfe is in no immediate danger on a still above-average 13,000.