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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 .
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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
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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...
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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.
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We only lost four players in the first level-and-a-bit. Let's see if we can do better than that this level, or we're in for a very long night...
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No good against cowboys
Teddy Sheringham raised form the cutoff and Steve Zolotow pushed from the big blind. Without a moment's hesitation, call.
Zolotow:
Sheringham:
Board:
Close but no cigar for veteran moustache enthusiast Zolotow, who left swiftly and in a most gentlemanly fashion.
Former England footballer Sheringham is up to 466,000.
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Pavlicek-ing out
Konstantin Bücherl raised under the gun, and to his immediate left Tommy Pavlicek reraised all in for 160,000. The rest of the table wisely folded round, and eventually the action moved back to Bücherl, who called.
Pavlicek:
Bücherl:
Board: ("Oooh!" said table and rail as Pavlicek turned a flush draw)
No flush for Pavlicek, and the Canadian, now living in London, gets to head home early, taking £21,142 with him. Bücherl meanwhile moves on up to 440,000.
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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 
.
-- Riisem stood up
-- Riisem began to consult his mobile phone
-- "Good luck, guys," said Riisem and exited, already apparently texting his results to someone
.
fell on the turn giving Wilf a full house, crushing Fosco's hopes of going runner-runner to stay alive.
("Oooh!" said table and rail as Pavlicek turned a flush draw)