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Welshman Roberto Romanello pushed for a total of 11,800 in a four way pot. With the board reading , Romanello managed to get past two opponents, but not Tom Dwan who swiftly made the call with . Romanello tabled .
On the clinical , Romanello rose from his seat and wished his opponents good luck before the river rubbed extra salt into the already gaping wound.
As Dwan stoically scooped up the pot, Romanello made a sharp exit, looking about as happy as an Eskimo in the desert.
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2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Juan Carlos Mortensen is back in business after a recent almost-double-up that shot him up to 28,000 in chips.
Mortensen, holding quad sixes, was able to extract an extra 5,000 in chips from his opponent on the river to climb back up the chip count ladder.
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On an board and with 7,200 waiting patiently in the middle, recent WPT victor Michael Watson led out for 5,000 and Devilfish made the call. A river was swiftly followed by a deep reach from Devilfish who slid enough chips across the line to put his foe all in.
With around 10,000 behind,Watson released a giant sigh before scratching his head pensively. At first, he seemed poised for a fold as he grasped his cards, but after a minute or two of further deliberation, opted for the call.
As Devilfish went to reveal his cards, Watson dejectedly asked, "Jack ten or nine ten?" Devilfish flipped the latter as he lay onto the felt.
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Johannes Korsar has been knocked out by Pettru Bergius in a little bit of Scandie-on-Scandie action.
The flop read and Korsar had bet 1,100. Bergius check-raised to 2,400 and Korsar decided the only way to stop that was to reraise to 5,125. Bergius, clearly had enough, so decided to set Korsar all in for his remaining 9,000 or so.
"I guess," said Korsar, "I have to call," flipping . Bergius showed . The turn was the and Bergius now had 15 outs for the river, one of which was the which duly hit, eliminating Korsar from the tournament.
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I love watching the Devilfish in action, as you can always be guaranteed the odd tickled rib or two. As a highly attractive (moderately so, if my girlfriend is reading this) masseuse watched the action, Devilfish asked, "So, how many times have you been hit on so far?" to which she replied, "This is my first time." I would love to report that this was a witty reply that silenced the Devilfish, but judging by her reaction, I think she simply misunderstood the question. The real answer is a million, and I shall be adding to that figure during the next break. Wish me luck!
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Annette of chips
Two stars who seem to be drawing the most attention today are Doyle Brunson and Annette Obrestad, fresh off their recent USA versus Europe heads-up encounter.
My route to their tables is littered with numerous obstacles, but it looks as though Brunson has around 25,000. Obrestad, meanwhile, appears to have surpassed the 50,000 mark and is going great guns. Even considering her star-studded company, trying to stop Obrestad now is going to be like taking on a Viking army with a water pistol.
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Having check-raised Thomas Bentham on an flop, Frederick Andersson checked the turn to his opponent who bet out 5,600. After a period of thinking, also known as 'dwellage,' Andersson slid his remaining 12,000 or so into the middle and Bentham quickly called with which had turned a better two pair against Anderson's . Andersson missed his two remaining outs and made the long walk out of the cardroom and towards the bar.
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The camera crews are currently going around the tables in the poker room area of the tournament and filming some hands at each table, which require them to get the players to show their cards while trying not to slow down the action.
Some of the players don't appear to be huge fans of this, witness Adam Junglen's face when they reached his table to do this. A groan and a face like that of a Newcastle United fan.
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The one and only Gus Hansen has just pulled up a seat next to John Juanda, also at the same table as John Phan, Jon Schwarz and Lex Veldhuis. Suffice it to say, things may pick up a little bit on a table that has otherwise been somewhat dormant; at least by Phan and Juanda's standards, anyway.
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Nick Persaud: That 3% Drives Him On
Catman, with Catgirl (you will know who this is if you've picked up a poker magazine recently), were swanning round the tournament area, before coming across Nik Persaud, who appears to have stayed resolutely on his starting stack. That may be something to do with his inability to stay off the rail chatting to people, Catman no exception.
"I wonder if I could get a fiver on you," asked Catman.
"I've got so many backers, I'm playing for like 3% of myself," misunderstood Persaud.
Changing tack, "Well, what could I have for a fiver? It's a lucky fiver. A couple of percent...?"
"Lucky fiver," echoed Persaud, although £5 as a percentage of the buy-in to this tournament is 0.05%.
"Surely it's gotta be worth £50K."
At this point the whole thing had confused me and I left the table, where what was mainly happening was the chip stacks evening out, although it is now Sorel Mizzi with 33,000 who leads it.
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, Romanello managed to get past two opponents, but not Tom Dwan who swiftly made the call with 
. Romanello tabled 
. 
, Romanello rose from his seat and wished his opponents good luck before the 
river rubbed extra salt into the already gaping wound.
board and with 7,200 waiting patiently in the middle, recent WPT victor Michael Watson led out for 5,000 and Devilfish made the call. A 
onto the felt.
. Bergius showed 
. The turn was the 
which duly hit, eliminating Korsar from the tournament.
turn to his opponent who bet out 5,600. After a period of thinking, also known as 'dwellage,' Andersson slid his remaining 12,000 or so into the middle and Bentham quickly called with 
which had turned a better two pair against Anderson's 
. Andersson missed his two remaining outs and made the long walk out of the cardroom and towards the bar.
