[user46392]
James Akenhead, somehow back up to over 300,000, raised from the cutoff, only for John Kabbaj in the small blind, short after losing a huge pot to Sandor Demjan earlier, to move all in. Akenhead decided he was priced in and made the call.
Kabbaj:
Akenhead: forced to reveal that classic raising hand,
Board:
Kabbaj doubles back up to 160,000. Akenhead meanwhile dipped, but won another large pot just before the break -- he's back up to 420,000 and currently high-fiving fellow Hit Squadder Praz Bansi (600,000) at the rail.
[user4144]
On the final hand before the break, Ram Vaswani raised to 17,000 from under the gun, Saar Wilf made it 45,000 from the cut-off, Vaswani reraised to 107,000, Wilf pushed all in and Vaswani, albeit after a dwell, made the fold.
No hands were tabled, but both players did show the mobile hole cam. I hope they broadcast it on TV; it's not one you'll want to miss...
[user46392]
Oyvind Riisem shoved under the gun (not the first time today he's shoved) and the action folded around to Jason Mercier on the button, who reshoved for not much more. To murmurs of,"Good luck," from around the table, they flipped their cards.
Riisem:
Mercier:
Racing, but not for long.
Flop: -- Riisem stood up
Turn: -- Riisem began to consult his mobile phone
River: -- "Good luck, guys," said Riisem and exited, already apparently texting his results to someone
[user46392]
A very curious hand on the Table At The Top Of The Stairs.
Sandor "Johnny Cash" Demjan raised and Markus Ristola reraised behind. Call. A chunky pot already.
Flop:
Demjan checked, and then called a hefty bet -- it looked to be in the region of 50,000.
Both players proceeded to check the turn and then the river, at which point Demjan turned over an unexpected . Nevertheless, this less than premium holding was good enough to beat a disgusted Ristola who mucked, accidentally exposing the .
[user4144]
Word on the poker grapevine is that Ram Vaswani has doubled through up on the top floor. According to my source, Steven Fung button raised with 8-6 suited, Vaswani three-bet from the big blind with K-K, Fung four-bet and Vaswani called all-in.
[user46392]
We are a little afraid that the usual post-bubble frenzy that usually makes the latter stages of a tournament a lot of fun for spectators is not really happening today.
Usually as soon as the bubble bursts the short stacks can't wait to get their chips in and double up or go home, but a good night's sleep and an early start seems to have disrupted the will to gamble. With the average stack still very deep at 50 big blinds, it looks like we're just going to have to wait.
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fell on the turn giving Wilf a full house, crushing Fosco's hopes of going runner-runner to stay alive.
-- Riisem began to consult his mobile phone
-- "Good luck, guys," said Riisem and exited, already apparently texting his results to someone
turn and then the 
. Nevertheless, this less than premium holding was good enough to beat a disgusted Ristola who mucked, accidentally exposing the 
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