Adnan Alshamah raised with , and then called the shove from Martin Green. Green could only boast , failed to spike, and becomes our 14th place finisher.
James Tomlin shoved to a raise from Ganesh Bathmanathan, and Bathmanathan gave it some thought. He flipped a coin. "If it's tails, I'm calling," he announced. It came down heads. "You know what, I'm calling anyway."
Tomlin:
Bathmanathan:
Flop:
Bathmanathan: "YESSS!!!"
Turn:
Silence.
River:
More silence. Eventually, Bathmanathan: "Three aces! That's sick." It seems the poker gods don't like it when you celebrate too soon.
The only ballroom-dancing, vegetable-chopping, Lemmy-doppleganging man in poker is finally out after a performance so plucky it would have made Rocky Balboa look like a quitter. Despite successfully nurturing his short stack for the last couple of levels, Chris Ferguson made his last stand with , pushing all in from UTG+1 for a total of 11,400.
With less than four big blinds and some big stacks behind, it was always going to be difficult to get his push through, especially when Frazer picked up in the small blind. Naturally, he made the call.
The in the window looked ominous for Ferguson, but the bullet was accompanied by to complete the flop and offer more than a glimmer of hope. Although the and teased a straight, it was ultimately close but no cigar, and the 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion was finally gone.
As he exited, he received a much deserved round of applause for his 15th place finish.
David Stucke in mid position and Fabien Dunlop on the button saw a flop; Stucke bet out 9,500. Dunlop smooth-called and they saw a turn.
The turn came down the and now Stucke bet out 25,000. A swift call, and they proceeded.
The river was the and this time Stucke announced all in for his last 50,000 or so. With no hesitation at all, Dunlop called.
"You got me," said an only slightly sheepish Stucke, forced to turn over . Dunlop turned over for trips, and he is our new chip leader on around 225,000. Stucke, on the other hand, is entirely busto in 17th place.
Seat 1: Martin Green -- 70,000
Seat 2: Thor Drexel -- 125,000
Seat 3: David Stucke -- bear with us, wait for the next post...
Seat 4: Toni Huynh -- 107,000
Seat 5: William Martin -- 193,000
Seat 6: Fabien Dunlop -- again, wait for it...
Seat 7: Anthony Roux -- 85,000
Seat 8: Said Englund -- 103,000
Seat 9: Adnan Alshamah -- 105,000