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Astrologist Andy Black
From the Fifty....
Andy Black has now been moved to Tony G's right, and some serious shenanigans are bound to ensue. To lead things off, Andy picked up a local paper from a nearby seat, and started reading players their horoscopes, starting with 'The G'. To all the ladies out there, you'll be interested to know that Tony G is a Sagittarius. Also of note is that all you Scorpios need to 'fear clowns' for the next few days. (???) This according to Black.
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When something happens here at the Sportsman, we'll tell you about it. It has become something of a stalemate for the last few hours. Only 5 players busted and right now every all-in is won by the short stack.
So to update you on a few non-poker things:
On Barny Boatman and Isabelle Merciers table, every player is of a different European nationallity. This is causing 'hilarity' at the table, as each player is now referring to themselves as per their nation:
"Sweden raises," or "Russia calls," they are saying to each other. They seem to be having a real nice time.
Most of the players don't seem happy about the decision to have two Day 2s. An entire 24 hours without action and having boring old rest is too much for them.
Pokerpro Europe is the most read mkagazine around the floor, closely followed by Bluff.
Nobody has touched the All-in energy drinks.
Will Tann gives out a little chuckle every time the board pairs. I suppose it is kinda funny when you think about it....
Shaun Deeb has never stopped talking.
Scotty Nyugen really does say 'baby' every other sentence. I wonder if has some sort of patent for that.
[user46298]
Shaun Deeb - Quick on the Draw
From the Sportsman --
Battle of the young Americans - caught on the river when the skirmish ended with Shaun Deeb betting at a pot and a short-stacked (7k) Jeff Madsen considering, and passing. He was shown the , which was Six-high, a missed (though decent at one point) draw.
"I'm on tilt now," said Madsen.
"Time to limp shove Ace-Ten," snapped back Deeb, with a smile.
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Thank you very much
It pained me to write that terrible pun, but I had to. You would have done the same, surely?
Anyhow, British poker veteran Bruce 'Elvis' Atkinson who, would you Adam and Eve it, moonlights as an Elvis impersonator whenever he can, has just bitten the dust.
I am unable to confirm the pre-flop action, but by the time we reached the flop, there was already over 2k in the pot.
Bruce, who was in the small blind, bet out 1.5k, which Erik Joergensen quickly called.
The turn came a and Bruce pushed all-in for 5k, a bet which again was called in double quick speed.
It took about a lifetime for them to turn over their hands, but after Bruce had asked "What have you got?" for the umpteenth time, Erik finally announced that he had two pair, perhaps confident that he was well in front and trying to make out that his hand included the pair on the board.
After Erik revealed , Bruce, now standing over the table, said, "Oh well, I've got two pair two" and flipped over .
With Erik looking frustratingly dejected, Bruce coolly added, "You need to improve."
"I know," replied Erik.
And improve he did, the river inducing a gasp from onlookers, attracted the presence of the camera men and leaving Bruce as dumbfounded as the real Elvis being told there were no burgers left.
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K-K no good! Merde!
THE FIFTY-- Bertrand "ElkY" Grospelier saw about half his stack evaporate when he took his K-K up against Bob Willis' pre-flop all in with . An ace hit on the flop and ElkY shipped about 17,000 to Willis and knocked his chip stack down in the process. Willis is sitting on 35,000 now and ElkY has, well, a somewhat uncountable chip-lake in front of him at the moment as the young Frenchman shakes off the beat and fiddles with his red plastic lobster that serves as a card capper.
I was counting chips on the far side of the room, when Marc Goodwin came back from John 'Kunkuwap' Tabatabai's table, shaking his head and muttering about his being 'different gravy.' He (J.T.) has continued to play nearly every hand dealt, and in the past 10 minutes only has gone up to 36k from 15k and back to 10k again. The hand which shook up Goodwin (and some guy on the rail who literally stood in my way so he could fill me in on the amazing details) involved John re-raising preflop, and betting away on all the streets with . "Queen Five!" The gobsmacked spectator repeated. "And he hit a full house! Queens full of Fives!"
Just then I spotted the youngster getting involved again, this time against Gerald Kane, in Betfair regalia, but distinctive by virtue of the fact that he's also sporting kilt and sporran. Kunkuwap had been raised from 1,600 to 4k on a flop of and considered for a while before calling. The turn brought the and some trouble for Tabatabai as he called Kane's all in with only to find he'd been up against for the flopped set. No help on the river and J.T.'s stack is at its lowest ebb of the day.
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THE FIFTY-- Dario Alioto's stack has been running dangerously low over the last couple of hours and he just got a much needed double-up... though he still has a ways to go.
On a flop of , Alioto bet 1,050 of his remaining 2,050 and got a call from Julius Colman. The turn was the and Alioto tossed his one remaining yellow 1,000 chip into the pot. Colman called and turned over , but Alioto was in the lead with . The river was the and Alioto doubled up to just under 6,000.
We also couldn't help but notice that Alioto is wearing the WSOP bracelet he won only two nights ago in the £5,000 PLO event.
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, which was Six-high, a missed (though decent at one point) draw.
flop, there was already over 2k in the pot.
and Bruce pushed all-in for 5k, a bet which again was called in double quick speed.
, Bruce, now standing over the table, said, "Oh well, I've got two pair two" and flipped over 
.
river inducing a gasp from onlookers, attracted the presence of the camera men and leaving Bruce as dumbfounded as the real Elvis being told there were no burgers left.
. "Queen Five!" The gobsmacked spectator repeated. "And he hit a full house! Queens full of Fives!"
and considered for a while before calling. The turn brought the 
only to find he'd been up against 
for the flopped set. No help on the river and J.T.'s stack is at its lowest ebb of the day.
, Alioto bet 1,050 of his remaining 2,050 and got a call from Julius Colman. The turn was the 
