Peter Jetten raised to 250 from middle position and found two callers. The dealer spread a flop of 
and Jetten fired a continuation bet worth 350, leaving himself with 900 chips behind. The next player called and then the second player raised to 950. Jetten moved all in for 1,250 and the player in the middle folded. The other opponent called.
Jetten tabled the 
and his opponent the 
for a set of ducks.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
to send Jetten to the rail.
We can infer that Ali Masterman was the preflop raiser from the button, and he found calls from both the small (Scott Fischman) and big blinds.
Three-ways, we picked up the action as the dealer was running out a flop of 
. The blinds checked to Masterman, and he continued out with a bet of 300. The dealer tapped the table, burned a card, and almost dealt the turn card with action still pending.
"No no no nononono!" Fischman yelled, just barely halting the dealer before the damage was done. The dealer recognized his mistake and nodded in acknowledgement, and Fischman promptly check-raised to 1,000 straight. That was enough to fold the big bind, but Masterman didn't waste any time splashing in the call.
Now it was time for the dealer to roll over the 
on the turn finally, and Fischman kept the heat on with a bet of 1,700. Masterman thought it over for a long while, seemingly resigned to the wrong decision he was about to make. He shoved in for about 5,000 total, and Fischman instantly called to put him at risk, turning over 
to leave his opponent's 
drawing stone dead. A meaningless 
filled out the board, and the big blind claimed he'd folded 
on the flop.
Kyle Bowker was surprised to see Fischman get paid off there. "That's like the biggest tell ever. Lucky you found the one guy who didn't know how strong you were."
Speaking of strength, Fischman's chip stack is now the big one in town. He's up to 14,500 after that knockout pot.
Priyan de Mel is often cited as the sixth member of the Hit Squad (much like John Kabbaj was regarded as the fifth Hendon Mobber), and if results were anything to go by, he'd certainly be deserving of that mantle.
It took a couple of years for those near misses to turn into direct hits, but recent times have been kind to de Mel, in particular when he won back-to-back £1,000 GUKPT titles for a combined £129,300 in spondoolies.
Since then, he's had a few tidy scores here and there, including a cash in this year's WSOP Main Event, but a bracelet here would certainly provide the icing on the already sumptuous cake, and cap a terrific 12 months.
At the moment, he's heading in the right direction as his scorecard now reads 11,000, putting him right up there with the chip leaders.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
A player raised to 300 and Kevin Allen called on the button to see a monotone flop of 
. Both players checked and the 
added more clubs to the board on the turn. The original preflop raiser fired 500 and Allen called.
The river completed the board with the and a bet of 1,500 was fired out by the first player. Allen tanked for a bit and then made the call. His opponent tabled the and Allen mucked, dropping back to 2,325 in chips.
Registration for Day 1b has been closed for about an hour, and the staff has finished triple-checking all the paperwork.
Officially 195 runners turned up for this middle starting day, putting our combined field at 397 with one starting day left. The staff has been optimistic of reaching 731 runners to make this the largest-ever UK tournament, but that will be a tall task for tomorrow, requiring a capacity crowd of 334 players to turn up on Sunday. We shall see.
In any event, we've already lost about eight tables worth of players in just over three levels. The board shows 120 left in the field.
Andrew Teng has been eliminated from today's event, running jacks into aces. The assassin? 1996 World champion Huck Seed, who is now one of the early pace-setters with 10,000.
Upon hitting the rail, Teng squirting hand lotion on his hands, so I fear he may be looking to grind back his buy-in by joining the Ibiza Angels massaging team.
If you read the feature post we did on Phil Ivey a little while ago, you'll know he doesn't have the best of records at the WSOP Europe. Despite being able to get himself off to a great start and more than triple his stack by the first break, Ivey has since dusted ALL of it off. The last bit of his stack, about 6,000 or so, went to Chance Kornuth who was recently moved to Ivey's table.
Ivey opened to 400 according to Kornuth, who flatted on the button before the flop came down 
. Ivey continuation bet 600 and Kornuth raised to 1,650. Ivey shoved for roughly 6,000 and Kornuth met him with a call, holding the 
for top two pair. Ivey held pocket aces, but they weren't looking too good at this point.
The turn and river both blanked off and failed to put Ivey back in front. Kornuth had Ivey covered by a bit and the eight-time gold bracelet winner was up and out the door. Kornuth has assumed the pole position here on Day 1b thanks to this pot with 16,700 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,500
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
6,000
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
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|
6,000
400
|
400 |
|
||
|
4,900
600
|
600 |
|
||
|
4,675
325
|
325 |
|
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|
|
4,000
800
|
800 |
|
3,425
475
|
475 |
|
|
||
|
3,400
200
|
200 |
|
2,700 | |
|
||
|
2,550
1,250
|
1,250 |
|
2,000
100
|
100 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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We've previously reported the predominant reason for Priyan de Mel's ascent, but he recently added a few more tales into the mix.
In one hand, he called a preflop raise with 
before calling a continuation bet on a 
flop. On the 
turn, de Mel called again, but then turned aggressor by leading for 1,050 upon hitting his flush on the river. His opponent moved all in for 1,500, and de Mel snapped him off.
"I think he had a set in the end," mused de Mel, "but I'm surprised he didn't just call on the end and save himself the extra chips."
"There was another hand," he continued, "where I raised to 250 with 
and another player moved all in for 1,750. 'Do you want a call?' I asked, and he said 'no'. I told him that I'm being genuine and will call if he wants me to, but he asked me to fold, so I did, and he showed 
."
I proposed the theory of lying, to which de Mel replied" "Well, I wouldn't mind, because this is poker, but I think the table would hate me for it."
