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Daniel Colman has just doubled up Nathan Lee, it looked as though Colman had opened from the button and Lee 3-bet out of the big blind but was shoved on. Lee called and showed 
, Colman turned over errm, 
and couldn't improve on an 
board resulting in a double up for his opponent.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
133,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
115,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
19,200
|
19,200 |
|
88,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
|
83,000
19,400
|
19,400 |
|
||
|
80,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
79,000
36,300
|
36,300 |
|
79,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
||
|
78,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
76,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
||
|
|
72,000
-18,900
|
-18,900 |
|
72,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
62,500
9,200
|
9,200 |
|
||
|
|
61,000
-9,700
|
-9,700 |
|
60,000
12,600
|
12,600 |
|
60,000
-28,400
|
-28,400 |
|
50,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
47,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
-13,800
|
-13,800 |
|
44,500
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
|
36,500
-800
|
-800 |
|
33,500 | |
|
31,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
2,300
|
2,300 |
We just caught the tail end of the action, but it's noteworthy enough to tell you about it. The board showed 
, and Vincent Dalet had the action. He made a big overbet by shoving all in for about three times the size of the pot, enough to cover Laak's 67,000 remaining chips. The decision wasn't an easy one for Laak; we'd eventually find out he was in the tank with for several minutes.
Finally, Laak talked himself into a fold, and Dalet couldnt' resist showing the airball 
to needle him a little.
Laak is left with those 67,000 chips now, unable to talk himself into a double up.
It was only a few minutes previous that I was talking to Praz Bansi about the potential for becoming the UK's first ever three-time bracelet winner, and you could tell that it was a goal he is determined to achieve.
Sadly for last year's Main Event finalist, it looks as though he'll have to wait another few days before getting that shot, as he felt the full wrath of overnight chip leader Andrew Pantling.
I didn't catch the hand (and I sensed that asking Praz would result in a black eye), but rumour has it that it was a nasty flopped flush over flush encounter that caused the damage, a visibly gutted Bansi left with just 8,000 when the smoke had cleared.
Andrew Pantling, meanwhile, will be performing cartwheels inside, as he's now regained the chip lead in emphatic style with a whopping 180,000.
Michel Abecassis pushed from middle position and Manig Loeser made the call next to him. Then Chris Bjorin moved all-in behind him and Loeser let out a deep sigh folding what he later claimed was 
Abecassis: 
Bjorin: 
The board came 
and the Frenchman was done, we're now just two shy of the money.
Serial short stacker Willie Tann has doubled through for a second time today, this time with assistance from the Poker Gods who improved his 
to a straight to topple .
Tann's stack started off as a small acorn, and with 35,000 it remains an acorn, albeit a large one. A couple more double-ups though and we'll be heading towards that giant oak tree.
Another big clash between Praz Bansi and Andrew Pantling has resulted in Bansi notching a much-needed double.
First in from the button, the Brit shoved his last 31,400 chips at the pot. Pantling asked for a count from the small blind and called rather quickly, getting himself heads up with a chance at the knockout. Pantling's was well behind the of Bansi, however, and a board of 
kept it that way.
Bansi is up to 65,400 now (after having been down to 8,000 just a couple orbits ago), knocking Pantling back down a peg. The two certainly haven't been shying away from each other since Pantling joined the table an hour or so ago.
Phil Laak opened to 3,700 from the cutoff seat, and he found calls from Eli Heath (button) and Vincent Dalet (big blind). Three-handed, then, the flop came out 
. When Dalet checked, Laak continued out with a bet of 8,000, and that was enough to get Heath out of the way. Undeterred, though, Dalet snuck in a check-raise to 26,400 total, and that was enough to win the pot. Laak was forced to fold again, and Dalet did him the courtesy of flashing the 
as the dealer pushed him the pot.
With Praz Bansi turning water into wine, I felt now would be an acceptable opportunity to inquire as to the details of his near demise:
"I raised it up with 
," he revealed, "and he [Andrew Pantling] just flat called with of diamonds. The flop was 
, I check-raised to 20,000 and he just called. It went in on the off-suit jack turn. Think I lost about 80,000 on that pot."
But poker's a roller coaster of a game, and Bansi has been looping-the-loop more than most of late. From 8,000, he has now made a full recovery in the space of just 10 minutes, and is right back in contention with 65,000.
