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After an early position limper, Kevin Williams moved all-in for 2,550 and John Tabatabai reraised to isolate.
Williams showed 
and said, "Can I have a nine please?" upon seeing Tabatabai's 
.
"He can have a nine as long as there's two spades with it," replied Tabatabai.
"I'd take that!" shrugged Williams.
The board came 
and Williams doubled through to just over 5,000.
Ramsey Ajram and Martin Hansen just played a massive pot worth about 34,000 chips, probably was, the pot was chopped.
Arjam had bet 3,600 on the board of 
and Hansen called to see the 
come on the river. Ajram moved all in and put Hansen to the test. Ajram had Hansen covered, making the bet worth about how much Hansen had left -- roughly 11,000. After several minutes in the tank, Hansen called. Ajram turned up the 
and his opponent tabled the 
. Chop it up boys.
Tony Cascarino has doubled his microstack after pushing all-in from the button for aroun 1,500 and getting called by the big blind's 
. The former Irish international footballer flipped 
but then sighed when the door card was the 
followed by the and 
.
An overly loud gasp came from the table though when Cascarino resucked on the 
turn before he made trips for good measure with the 
river.
He's back up to 3,000 which isn't that much though.
We haven't mentioned him yet, but Dean Sanders appears to be picking up the pace after taking down a nice pot with 
, betting out 2,200 on the river of a 
board. His opponent made the call, but mucked upon being met with the bad news.
He has bizarre stacking tendencies, but a quick look at his Manhattan reveals what I'd guess was a 14,000 stack. Mmm. Finger-licking good.
A player in early position opened to 475 before a player called simply Patrick moved all in for about 4,500 behind him. In the next seat over, Howard Lederer looked down at a good one, and he called all in for right around 4,000, perhaps a bit less. "Uh-oh, I must be dead," Patrick said when the initial raiser folded. And he was almost right.
Showdown
Patrick:
Lederer: 
The flop was just fine with The Professor as it came 
to keep him well in front. the on fourth street took away one of Patrick's three outs, but as it turned out, it wouldn't matter. The unfriendly ripped off on the river, one of the two bad cards for Lederer. He nodded in acknowledgement, as if he saw it coming the whole time, and he wished everyone a good evening as he paced slowly out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
13,675
8,175
|
8,175 |
|
9,600
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
||
|
8,000
5,475
|
5,475 |
|
6,700
200
|
200 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,300
-300
|
-300 |
|
2,925
25
|
25 |
|
||
|
2,550
-950
|
-950 |
|
1,875
-550
|
-550 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
One player limped from early position and then Manig Loeser raised to 725. A player flat-called in middle position before John Tabatabai three-bet to 1,800 from the button. Everyone folded, allowing Tabatabai to pick up the pot. He's up to about 15,000 now.
After a surprisingly slow start, they're dropping like lemmings on a tightrope now, and we could easily make that 30-man target before the end of level 10.
The latest player to lose balance was Jamie Burland, the Brighton UKIPT Champion three-bet shoving with pocket eights, but being looked up by ace-queen.
So, it was off to the races for Burland, but despite an innocent-looking flop and turn, a lady arrived on the river to spoil his day.
John Tabatabai opened with a mini-raise to 400 from middle position, and Martin Kabrhel three-bet it up to 1,150 from the button. In the big blind, Manig Loeser squeezed his cards and then squeezed all 5,775 of his chips into the pot to put himself all in. Tabatabai quickly folded, but Kabrhel took about twenty seconds to consider before plunking the calling chips into the pot.
Showdown
Kabrhel: 
Loeser: 
"You were thinking about folding?!" Loeser asked, a bit miffed. Kabrhel didn't understand, but later he answered, "Yes, it's possible to fold." Loeser seemed content, or at least indifferent by that time.
He'd grow much more content when the dealer ran out the board, too. It came 
to hold his pocket pair and double him up well over 10,000. Kabrhel is back down below his starting stack with 2,900 now.
Irish Open winner James Mitchell has been eliminated after getting it in on a 
board with 
but ran into the big blind's flopped two pair holding of .
