In about ten minutes.
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 5
In about ten minutes.
Daniel Negreanu - 6,180,000
Barry Shulman - 3,855,000
It wasn't looking good for our short stack.
Bansi:
Negreanu:
Rail: "DOOOOOOOOOCE!!!"
Flop:
Rail: "Oof"
Turn:
Rail: "Ooh"
River:
A quick "Awww" from the crowd soon turned into a standing ovation as we lost Mr. Bansi in third place. He returned to the table to hand his few remaining stacks of chips over to Negreanu, and with his exit, we are heads up.
The last three hands have been no-floppers with one check-down pot between Shulmsn and Negreanu.
They saw a flop -- and the action went Shulman-check-Bansi-200,000-Shulman-all-in-Bansi-call. We think. It went very fast. Either way, on their backs.
Bansi:
Shulman:
Turn:
River:
"Awwww," said more or less everyone in the crowd, excpet for Mrs. Shulman who screamed "WOOOOOO!!!!" repeatedly.
Shulman enjoys a full double up to 3.86 million; Bansi meanwhile is crippled to 820,000.
Bansi - 2,700,000
Shulman - 1,935,000
They saw a flop, and Bansi looked at it. He looked down at his stack. He looked over at Negreanu. He looked back down at his stack. Then he went to bet -- we have no idea whether it was all in or less, but however much it was, Negreanu folded, to rapture from the Bansi-ites at the rail.
Bansi is back up to 2.9 million.
Another one went to Barry Shulman, again a minimal bet-on-flop affair, but so far there have been no major changes in chip position. Still, if Bansi so much as picks up some antes and the blinds, he's encouraged loudly by his rail, which must be good as it grows later and some frustrations in earlier hands seem to have taken their toll on his mood.
Shulman:
Bansi:
But lucky Mr. Shulman, as the board came down:
A chorus of, "Awwww," rose from the crowd, except of course for Mrs. Shulman who continued to shout encouragement for her husband throughout. They duly chopped, and we continue three-handed with the stacks unchanged.