[user38334]
Daniel Petri survives his early all-in even though it was with against Christian Toboc’s on a flop of . The came on the turn and the popped out on the river to save his bacon.
Meanwhile Neil Channing had to wait for the cameras to come film his all-in with against the of Matt Larsh. “I haven’t won one of these in a year and a half, so you should be OK,” he predicted, wrongly. A Jack on the turn and he’s still in this thing.
Not so lucky is cold-decked Allan Cunningham, who got it all in against Norwegian online superstar Johnny Lodden on the flop with the board reading .
Cunningham:
Lodden:
The turn and river the harmless and we’re down another player.
[user4144]
Good evening, Miss Moneypenny
You may have heard of the film the Untouchables, but the sequel that went straight to vid was the lesser known "The Unpronouncables" - no Scottish, female violating tongue of Sean Connery or the Waterworlding, box-office sinking, wolf-dancing presence of Kevin Costner, but it did star these fellows:
Csaba Kuremszki
Jan Pruszkowski
Khaitan Abishek
The latter of those three just doubled up Danish player Martin Vallo, all-in on a board with versus . A Ten or an Eight would have sufficed, but neither arrived, and one of our most valuable Unpronouncables was forced to blemish his stack.
[user38334]
They have just broken a table downstairs, whish sees Johnny Chan moved upstairs and on Jesse Jones' immediate left. Also on the table are Matthew McCullough, Ben Roberts and Joe Beevers.
[user4144]
"Good fold" Noooooot!
... says Aleksander Vathne with a cheeky smirk.
The action had started with Ian Frazer, raising it up to 1.6k from early(ish) position and being called not only by Vathne, but also Richie O'Sullivan in the big blind.
After all three players had inevitably checked the flop, Vathne bet out 2.5k on the turn.
O'Sullivan sidestepped out of the way leaving the decision to Frazer, the two time TV winner cracking his neck in Hansen-esque fashion as he contemplates his next move.
"I'm probably in front," announces Fraser. "I saw Willie dwelling up pre-flop, so I reckon he had an Ace."
After his expert analysis in which he deduces that there is only one Ace out there, he folds nonetheless and allows Vathne to snatch the pot.
"Good fold," adds Vathne, seemingly with a serious face but with that distinct sense of "Ha, ha, I bluffed your ass and now I'm going to be annoying and keep you guessing by saying 'good fold' with a slight smile on my face."
[user25067]
Hasan Irfan started his day with a huge cooler. Getting all of his money in with on an flop, Irfan ran into Nicolas Levi's set of eights and was crippled to only 7,000 in chips. A few hands later, he tried moving in with the , only to have Levi call and turn over . on the flop and Irfan was eliminated.
[user24788]
With the addition of 19-year old Adam Junglen to the featured table, the veteran pros are feeling very nostalgic.
Daniel Negreanu: "Do you know how Ted Forrest used to live? True story. When he was grinding out 1-5 Stud in Las Vegas, he was so poor that he'd steal ketchup packets from McDonald's and eat it on white bread. You kids have it easy! Staying in nice hotels, being able to play poker online at any time. You kids have the good life."
Howard Lederer: "In my thirties, the biggest game in Las Vegas was 400/800 Limit Hold'em. It would run about three times a week."
Negreanu: "These days, there are 16-year olds playing three 400/800 tables at once! As Doyle said, back when he played in Texas, you were worried about getting cheated. Or getting robbed. Or getting shot. Or arrested by the police. Now you don't have to leave your house to play poker."
[user4144]
In stark contrast to yesterday's start of play, today sees a distinct lack of onlookers here on the top floor, perhaps due to the lack of star power making up the four tables. Whilst this admittedly subdues the atmosphere a little, it does make riving my way through tables and spotting hands a whole lot easier, especially with yesterday's bruises yet to heal. Also, it's a relief not to worry about my laptop, not just with regards to potential theft, but also in terms of arriving back to find someone checking their ruddy email, or, more worryingly, unearthing any adult entertainment that might have accidentally found its way to my hard drive.
[user22113]
Robert Cooper's exit occurred after running a short-stacked into the of Per Hildebrand. Similarly making the decision to push with was David Wells, who ran smack into Aces in the hand of Andreas Pournaras.
Elsewhere some dramatic double-ups are causing sighs of relief, or, in the case of uncharacteristically chatty Andreas Hagen, amusement. He got his last few chips in with against and gave a running commentary about how this was going to be "an exciting pot." The flop brought and it looked like he might be right.
"Jack on the turn, Five on the river," he predicted, receiving the as the turn card instead. "I'll take a Five for a chop..." he bargained with fate, and instead got a . Laughing he sat back down saying, "I told you this one would get on TV."
[user24788]
Over at the featured TV table, there's an interesting discussion involving playing more than one table at once online. They mentioned RainKhan's massive feat of 27 simultaneous tables.
Daniel Negreanu: "I'm comfortable with three. I can play four at once, but I lose when I play that many. I just can't do it."
Howard Lederer: "I can multi table, but the hardest thing I ever did was playing two tables of Triple Draw at the same time. It was impossible.
Negreanu (point to Adam Junglen): "These kids today, they can play twenty at a time. When I was your age, I could only play one at a time."
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