[user46298]
Half a table has been emptied, and it's pretty much the fault of new chip leader (the sort of chip leader who could conceivably retire for the day at this point) Jamie Rosen. Rosen busted Jean-Robert Bellande and Raul Mestre, and presumably was partly responsible also for the absence of Brandon Cantu... Players are having to be shipped over to the very last table on the top tier with increasing regularity.
"You're the chip leader," a reporter told him, in case he was fretting overly about that.
[user76023]
Chips go flying in all directions (well, not literally, they all go in the middle of the table) on a board between Alex Kamberis' and Thomas Bentham's . Bentham's kings hold after a turn and river.
Kamberis gets the bad news, he has to shell out 12,675 more in chips and send them the direction of his opponent.
[user4144]
It's like Christmas here, I've just been handed a sheet of paper showcasing the following chip counts:
Daniel Negreanu -- 55,000
Mikael Norinder -- 47,000
Thomas Bentham -- 46,500
Yuval Bronshtein -- 45,000
Annette Obrestad -- 41,000
Brian Townsend -- 38,000
David Ulliott -- 38,000
John Tabatabai -- 35,000
David Steicke -- 34,000
David Benefield -- 33,200
Santeri Valikoski -- 32,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 31,000
Lauri Keinonen -- 30,000
Steve Van Zadelhoff -- 30,000
Thomas Merved -- 26,000
Doyle Brunson -- 24,000
Marco Traniello -- 24,000
Chris Ferguson -- 19,000
[user38449]
Online legends Brian 'sbrugby' Townsend, Mike 'Timex' McDonald and Jordan 'iMsoLucky0' Morgan are all sitting together on table 16. Morgan and Townsend have been there all day; McDonald is a new addition. Townsend currently leads the table in chips with ~36,000, though when you put three guys together who are capable of turning on the turbo boosts at any given time, anything can happen. Here's a look at how they stack up at the moment:
[user46298]
Juha Helppi: Serious Business
But still makes the call...
He'd reached the river, the board , along with Henrik Gwinner, who had dwelled for a while before firing 2,500 into a pot of about 5,000. David "Chino" Rheem, already having increased his stack to 35,000, seemed very reluctant to make the call, but didn't stop talking - half to Gwinner, half to himself.
"You took so long before you bet that river," he mused, "What were you thinking about?"
Gwinner declined to answer.
"I'm about to make a bad call," Rheem said, getting his 2,500 ready. "Ace-Queen?" He threw it in. Gwinner revealed the winning .
"Read him like a book," commented usually taciturn tablemate Juha Helppi.
[user76023]
Julian Thew raises to 500 from the hijack and Daniel Colman reraises from the button to 1,500. Thew makes the call and then check-calls 1,800 on the flop, before Colman fires another bet of 3,025 on the turn which the EPT Baden champion calls.
On the river, Thew now bets out 4,000 and his young opponent folds, though not without a little thought.
[user4144]
License to thrill
As I was hovering over Devilfish's table awaiting an all-in like a blood-thirsty vulture, three members of the camera crew came charging over and announced that they would be focusing their attention on this table for a while.
Another chap then pulled out a roving camera, and informed the table that after certain hands, they would be asked to show their hand to the mobile camera. "It'll only take thirty seconds," he explained. "We'll put the camera down on the felt and you just show the hand to the camera as if you were checking your cards."
If that wasn't enough, he then asked every player to turn to the camera and say their name. As the camera found its way to the Devilfish, the former safe-cracker said with a wink, "The name's Bond, James Bond."
Well, I guess Devilfish would make a good secret agent, he does love the ladies and he's cucumber cool, but his choice of attire and lack of a low profile may let him down.
[user4144]
In deeb trouble
Shaun Deeb is out. He found himself all in with versus on a less than amicable flop. The turn and river was of no use and the young Internet whiz was gone.
[user46298]
John Tabatabai - Early Assassin
Allen Cunningham, having arrived an hour late, was gone a level later. Talking to John Tabatabai, now nicely stacked with 50,000, it was, according to him, "Strange. The second hand he played he made the most ridiculous bluff..." I guess Tabatabai was the recipient of said unexpectedly bluffed chips, while one of the most successful players around has bitten the early tournament dust.
Replacing him at the table is Roland de Wolfe, already receiving what promises to be the first of multiple massages, climbing upwards in chips but liable to effervesce them around the table or end the day in great shape - you never can tell.
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board between Alex Kamberis' 
and Thomas Bentham's 
. Bentham's kings hold after a 
turn and 
river.
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turn which the EPT Baden champion calls.
river, Thew now bets out 4,000 and his young opponent folds, though not without a little thought.
versus 
turn and 
river was of no use and the young Internet whiz was gone.
