Thor Hansen was just moved into that seat-- we'll see how he fares...
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 2a
Thor Hansen was just moved into that seat-- we'll see how he fares...
ActionJeff held -Qx. He raised 1,800. Ram vaswani called. The flop was . ActionJeff fired out 4,000. Vaswani raised to 9,000 and ActionJeff moved all in for about 40,000.
Vaswani went into the tank and said, "I guess I have to call."
Then Vaswani tabled his cards... he had flopped the nut flush. The Hendon Mob's Vaswani demonstrated an old-fashioned slow roll for the young American. ActionJeff's hand did not improve on the turn or river and headed to the rail.
Gould folds and Harman puts her last 7-8,000 in the pot.
Hansen
Harman
The turn is the
The river............
................
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Split pot.
Hot air balloon, hang-gliding and even swimming were all suggested, but Gary has his heart set on a blimp. So, if you're at the Dublin EPT in a couple of months and see a blimp in the sky, remember to wave because it'll probably be Gary.
Today, Gary has added around 10k to his starting stack and is now riding high with 75,000.
In stark contrast, the peripheral operations of the event are not running as smoothly. It seems as though the LCI did not expect the media coverage that this inaugural event would attract, and as a result the facilities provided are less than sufficient. In order to get power, the media and camera crews have to run multiple extension chords and adaptors, one on top of the other, and there are some prop bets floating around as to when the place will catch on fire. There is simply not enough bandwidth on the wireless network they have provided, the media room is completely unsecured and so far the stolen laptop count is at 3.
Looking hesitant, Jason makes the call and the two players see a flop.
A quick glance down at his chips and a 6k bet later and the decision's on Duke. Although not overjoyed, she makes the call.
The turn comes the which was enough to trigger an all-in from Jason.
As Annie riffles her chips and ponders her next move, Jason looks about as comfortable as puppy in a bag, gulping multiple times and rubbing his knees, either to relieve the tension or feign apprehension.
Either way, Annie does eventually fold allowing Jason to fight another day.
Lopez raises, Raymer reraises, Lopez Rereraises and Raymer goes all in.
Lopez goes into the tank for a very long time. Eventually Raymer says:
"Well this is good, you don't have a set or a straight."
"I think you have a set," Lopez replies
"You don't have aces or kings, pretty soon queens is out of the equation," he replies
"I have aces," Lopez retorts
"The longer you wait, the better I feel." Raymer says
Lopez mucks his hand.
Clever table talk or did Raymer have him beat? We'll never know.