Ganesh Bathmanathan can only clap in dismay and sink his head into the palm of his hand as he is asked to hand over 20,100 to Toni Huynh.
All in with versus , Huynh was in search of a bullet, which duly arrived on an board, thus delivering Bathmanthan the first chink in what has been a seemingly untouchable suit of armour.
The tide has suddenly turned for Ganesh Bathmanathan as his
William Martin raised to 3,500 again and this time Stephane Hansen flat-called. Over to John Juanda, who shoved for a second time... and then on to Tim Blake, who re-shoved. Martin folded swiftly, and after a moment, Hansen folded too, though he looked like he didn't really want to. On their backs.
Juanda:
Blake:
Board:
Thus, to a smattering of applause, we lose Mr. Juanda, while Blake cheerfully fist-pumped in celebration and moved on up to 73,000.
William Martin raised to 3,500, only for John Juanda to push for 13,700 total from the cutoff.
Martin tanked up, while various media personnel drifted up to the table and craned to see. "If I win," observed Martin, "I'll have more chips. But if I lose, I won't have many chips left." Great insights, indeed. Nevertheless, he eventually folded, showing Juanda . Juanda declined to show.
Richard Allen and Ganesh Bathmanathan saw a flop, which Allen checked. Bathmanathan bet 5,000 -- only for Allen to check-raise all in for 27,000. Bathmanathan tanked for a while... and then called. It was a good call.
Bathmanathan: for top pair
Allen: for really not much at all
Turn:
River:
"YESSS!" cried Bathmanthan, under the impression that he had won. "I have a straight," said Allen. "F***," said Bathmanathan.
"Shocking," he continued, as Allen expressionlessly raked in his new 60,000 stack. Bathmanathan's not in any danger, though -- he's still on around 115,000.
A bit of a setback for John Juanda. He seems to have raised in late position and got looked up by Ganesh Bathmanathan in the big blind holding . There was further betting all down the board, but whatever Juanda had will always remain a mystery, as with two queens on the flop Bathmanathan had flopped trips and Juanda mucked at showdown.
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, Huynh was in search of a bullet, which duly arrived on an 
board, thus delivering Bathmanthan the first chink in what has been a seemingly untouchable suit of armour.
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flop, which Allen checked. Bathmanathan bet 5,000 -- only for Allen to check-raise all in for 27,000. Bathmanathan tanked for a while... and then called. It was a good call.
for top pair
for really not much at all
. There was further betting all down the board, but whatever Juanda had will always remain a mystery, as with two queens on the flop Bathmanathan had flopped trips and Juanda mucked at showdown.
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