A somber and reflective Priyan de Mel has been eliminated from today's event, riving a flush with the bare ace of clubs but running into a full house.
"That was the card I didn't want to see, but then I convinced myself that he had the king of clubs."
Annette Obrestad limped in from the small blind before Jason Gray raised to 700 from the big blind. Obrestad called and they were off to a flop of 
. Both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Both checked again and the 
hit the river. Obrestad pounced with a bet of 1,250 and Gray folded.
Praz Bansi opened the pot to 350 from early position, and Phil Laak three-bet to 2,050 in the next seat over. When it came back to Bansi, the dealer pulled in the 350 from each player to show the 1,700 necessary to call. But Bansi wasn't calling. Instead, he threw out 5,500 more chips for a total raise to 5,850. Laak instantly announced an all in for right around 15,000, and Bansi frowned and sighed and announced the call with a similar-sized stack.
Showdown
Bansi: 
Laak: 
There wasn't a sweat on the board that ran 
, and the two men get to take their money back. "I thought I was slowrolling you," Laak said. The two men continued to banter for a minute or so after the hand, and it ended with Laak circularly saying, "When I was in your paradigm, it felt like you felt like I had less than ace-queen." And that pretty much sums it up.
Both men are sitting with right around 16,000 in chips, one of them significantly more talkative than the other.
Ted Lawson raised to 400 from the button before wily young Englishman Javed Abrahams reraised to 1,200 from the small blind. Lawson quickly called to see a 
flop. Abrahams checked, then called a 1,500 from the former bracelet winner before both players then checked the 
turn and also the 
river.
Lawson declared, "Fives," turning over 
before Abrahams flipped 
for a very slowly played full house to scoop the pot.
Lawson has 8,000 while Abrahams is up to about 17,000
Laurence Houghton has failed in his mission to capture bracelet gold in this event, although he was rather unlucky to tell the truth.
James Dempsey, who I expect has been opening rather wide, raised preflop to 325, only for Houghton to look down at 
and jam for around 3,500.
Unfortunately for the Mancunian online whiz, the big blind had .
No improvement and Houghton was gone.
On the flop of 
, Annette Obrestad bet 525. Justin "BoostedJ" Smith raised to 1,400 and then Obrestad reraised to put Smith all in. Smith made the call, claiming that he had to. He held the and Obrestad the 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the , missing Smith and sending him to the rail. Obrestad moved up to 14,000 in chips.
"How much did we bet on you making it through the day?" asked Mike Matusow, seated at the same table.
"We bet 15,000 to 10,000," replied Smith.
"I don't see how people can f***ing think you can play a f***ing lick of poker. That was f***ing awful, I can't believe you called that," said Matusow to Smith, needling him a bit.
"I have to call," finished Smith.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400 from the cutoff seat and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down 
and Lichtenberger fired a continuation bet worth 650. The button made the call bringing the two players two the turn where the fell.
Lichtenberger fired 1,400 on the turn and his opponent called, prompting the 
to fall on the river.
Lichtenberger fired another bet for 3,100. His opponent studied and then made the call, only to see Lichtenberger's and muck his hand. Lichtenberger added another chunk to his stack, which now sits above 25,000.
...from the bottom floor of the casino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
18,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
16,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
15,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
||
|
13,200
700
|
700 |
|
||
|
13,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
12,200
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
||
|
11,400
900
|
900 |
|
||
|
10,600
2,800
|
2,800 |
|
|
||
|
8,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
8,200
100
|
100 |
|
||
|
7,800
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
|
||
|
7,400
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
7,100 | |
|
6,600
900
|
900 |
|
5,100
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
4,400
400
|
400 |
|
4,400
300
|
300 |
|
4,200
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
Busted | |
A hand or two later, Devilfish was seen exiting stage left.
I haven't witnessed too many big pots, just multiple hands paying off a bet on the river. On one, James Dempsey called 1,2075 on a 
board only to be shown 
.
Meanwhile, the Devilfish has hit an early hurdler after a mistimed move against an unknown assailant. The board read 
, and facing a bet of 1,300, the Devilfish decided to raise to 2,600. His opponent called with and Devilfish immediately mucked to signify the bluff.
I couldn't quite see his chips behind his jewel encrusted paws, but I would imagine he now has less than the 5,000 mark.
"Why didn't you check and let me bet?" he mumbled as I left the table.
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