2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 2 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
As Tony G said himself, "You flop a set, I flop a set, it's easy." The G-ster's leaving his opponent's looking like rather slim pickings on a flop, the turn and river providing no miracle.
As Tony grins like a schoolchild who's just been told school's closed for the year, Hoyt is stoic as he is handed back just 15K in chips
For example, we thought Mark Vos was still in today's event until I spotted him buying cocktails at the downstairs bar. It appears that he's been out for a while. In order to bring you the most comprehensive coverage, we shall spend more time at the bar trying to locate various missing players.
I dash over to stumble across a sumptuous four-way pot, three players, including Rafi Amit and Phil Gordon all calling Hoyt Corkins' 6.5K preflop raise to create a circa 25K pot.
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All the players check round to Rafi Amit, who bets out 30K, the majority of his stack.
"Go on Rafi," cheers Gary under his breath.
The two limp callers quickly throw in their cards, only for Hoyt to ask for a count.
His cowboy hat uncharacteristically removed, the bald-as-a-coot Hoyt mulls over his decision pensively, rubbing his chin and eyeing up the stack of Amit. He glances down at his own stack, checks his cards and continues to dwell.
Meanwhile, Amit's eyes stay fixed on the felt, his right hand nonchalantly riffling chips as if he doesn't have a care in the world.
After a while, the initial raiser opts for a fold allowing the bracelet winner to snap up a big pot uncontested.
"What do you think Hoyt had?" I asked Gary.
"Well, he could easily have had aces," replied Gary. "He's good enough to fold, especially on that flop. aces isn't much of a hand without the flush draw."
Rafi opens his entire hand, revealing , apparently forgetting that he also had aces in the hole!
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