It looks like Marcello Marigliano can sit for ages without getting too involved, as long as he check-raises all in against Kenny Tran once per hour.
Just now he called in the big blind when Tran raised, and check-called 14k on the flop.
Turn: . Marigliano checked, Tran bet 27k, and he raised all in for another 74k. I felt the clock was about to be called on a somewhat tortured Tran once more, but he passed in the end without this occurring.
As I munch on Jamie Gold's kebab, I am interrupted by the sight of moving chips over on Table Levi and Co, Dominic Kay's 12.5k preflop raise finding action from Mr Consistency, Marco Traniello.
As methodical as ever, Traniello announces raise and pauses before prudently sliding in an extra 35k. William Durkee tidied up his bet, so it was clearer as to the figure he was betting, but nothing was said, which surprised me, but by the time it got back round to Kay, he was folding anyhow.
What is interesting about this encounter, however, is that Kay revealed A-K, much to the amazement of the rest of the table, especially seeing as Traniello doesn't have the biggest of stacks.
As Traniello showed queens, Dominic confessed, "I have no b***s, I honestly thought he had kings."
"That was a big fold," adds Tabatabai.
Meanwhile, I was furious -- not only had he folded a big hand, but he'd interrupted my eating of Jamie Gold's kebab, which we are now considering selling on eBay.
From the featured TV table, I caught the action on the flop of . There was over 100,000 in the pot. Both players checked the flop. The turn was the . Johannes Korsar moved all in and Scanlon called.
Scanlon:
Korsar:
Johannes Korsar was ahead and had a better flush draw than Scanlon. The river was the and Johannes Korsar doubled up. He increased his stack to almost 400,000. Scanlon slipped to 160,000.
The kebab Jamie Gold left behind is getting colder by the second, but the debate over the name of the dish is heating up. The American-based tournament crew prefer to call it a "shish kebab," while their British counterparts call it a "kebab." The actual name of the dish is a "peanut satay chicken stick." Either way, it is late, people are hungry, and the sight of this cold piece of chicken on a stick is enough to make mouths water.
Jakob Paulsen made it 12k to go preflop, and Annette Obrestad called. Back round to big blind Waltersson, who moved in for about 65k. Paulsen passed fast, but Annette decided to give him a spin with her . He had .
The board brought no surprises. "Nice hand," said Annette_15 quietly and politely as she counted off a small chunk of her stack for Waltersson.
Tino Lechich raised to 12k preflop, called by big blind Martin Johnson.
Flop: . Johnson bet out 20k. "I raise," said Lechich, and that he did, a further 40k.
Turn: . Now Johnson checked. Lechich thought for a moment and just pushed over his stacks, which clearly represented an all-in. There was about 100k there, and there was only 5k between their two stacks. Johnson called. On their backs...
Lechich:
Johnson:
The river brought the and the dealer had to restack Lechich's chip lake to discover he had his opponent covered by just 5,000.
Over at the featured TV table, Andreas Bergren doubled up against Janne Lamsa. Bergren's held up against Lamsa's . Bergren increased his stack to over 170,000.