[user24788]
From the floor of the Empire Casino...
We caught the action on the turn after Patrick Bruel shouted, "Where are the f-----g cameras?!?!"
There was an all in at the table and the dealers were instructed to halt action while the film crew got into position to film the remainder of the hand.
The flop was and a monster of chips in the middle of the table. The pot was about 30,000 and Bruel was all in for his last 5,000. Sarah Taylor called his all in bet as Bruel wondered where the cameras were. The crew eventually arrived and the players turned over their cards.
Bruel:
Taylor:
Bruel was ahead with a set. The turn was the and Taylor was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless and Bruel doubled up.
Bruel increased his stack to about 41,000 as Taylor coughed up the chiplead and slipped to 33,000.
[user25067]
THE FIFTY-- On a flop of , Wei Ma bet 2,000, Noel Furlong raised to 8,000 and Greg Raymer moved all in for 16,400 before putting on his trademark "Fossilman" glasses. After much consideration, Ma shrugged his shoulders and said "I'm all in," moving in another 21,000, and Furlong folded.
Raymer turned up for middle set while Ma showed for bottom set. The turn was the , the river was the , and Raymer took down the pot, shooting his stack up to nearly 42,000. Ma survived the hand and was left with 4,600 chips.
"I guess I could have folded," a surprisingly calm Ma wondered aloud, shuffling his now-short stack.
"I know how you feel, man. I've been in your place before," the Fossilman offered as a consolation.
Whilst the players are rushing to the toilet, avoiding bad beat stories and chomping on their Kit Kats, I stumbled across one of Europe's young prodigies, Ramzi Jelassi, who is playing downstairs.
Barely out of his poker nappies, Ramzi is a formidable online player who has enjoyed moderate success live. He plays pretty much every comp under the sun, so it shouldn't be long before his skills prevail and we see him take down a major title.
"I'm sharing a table with Barry Greenstein and Thor Hansen," he informs me. "There hasn't been much action, we're actually just chatting away and having a good time" (... as you do at a £10,000 event).
"There was one hand," Ramzi continued. "Barry entered a raising war on a flop with a flush draw. He ran into a set but hit his flush, I think he had around 18k before than hand started."
Ramzi is still hovering around his starting stack, but could well be one to watch out for as the tournament progresses.
[user4144]
Bruno Fitoussi, who finished a commendable 2nd place in July's HORSE event in Vegas, is on exactly 20,000 in chips. But don't fear, it's not because he's enjoying his massage too much and not playing hands as I just witnessed him cross swords with Scandinavian circuiter Rene Pedersen.
On an 8-9-4 rainbow flop, Rene's 1.4k bet was called by Bruno before both players checked the Ace turn. Two checks again on the Ten river led to Rene taking the pot with 8-9 in the hole, but judging by Bruno's bulldog/wasp face, I think Rene missed a bet on the end there.
[user25067]
THE FIFTY--Nikolaus Jedlicka opened the pot for 350, Erik Seidel re-raised to 1,675, Nenad Medic called and Thomas Wahlroos came along for the ride as well. The flop was , with everyone checking to Jedlicka, who moved all in for his remaining 10,450. Seidel passed and Medic went into the tank for three minutes or so before making the call. Wahlroos folded.
Jedlicka turned up the for top pair and an open-ended straight draw and was ahead of Medic's . The turn was the , the river was the and Jedlicka's flush earned him what those in his native Austria would call a "monsterpott."
"Erik Seidel gets a lot of respect," Jedlicka joked, as he stacked up his 28,500 in chips, a far cry from the 10,200 he was down to earlier.
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and a monster of chips in the middle of the table. The pot was about 30,000 and Bruel was all in for his last 5,000. Sarah Taylor called his all in bet as Bruel wondered where the cameras were. The crew eventually arrived and the players turned over their cards.
and Taylor was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 
and Bruel doubled up. 
, Wei Ma bet 2,000, Noel Furlong raised to 8,000 and Greg Raymer moved all in for 16,400 before putting on his trademark "Fossilman" glasses. After much consideration, Ma shrugged his shoulders and said "I'm all in," moving in another 21,000, and Furlong folded. 
for bottom set. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, and Raymer took down the pot, shooting his stack up to nearly 42,000. Ma survived the hand and was left with 4,600 chips. 
, with everyone checking to Jedlicka, who moved all in for his remaining 10,450. Seidel passed and Medic went into the tank for three minutes or so before making the call. Wahlroos folded. 
for top pair and an open-ended straight draw and was ahead of Medic's 
. The turn was the 
and Jedlicka's flush earned him what those in his native Austria would call a "monsterpott." 