Things are going swimmingly for the Devilfish. He just beat with on an ensuing board to elevate his stack to 5,000. You can't class this as a double through as his opponent was left with one 25 green chip.
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
With a raise to 375 and flat call before him, Richard Hawes decided to make his move by pushing all in from the small blind for 3,150.
The initial raiser thought for a couple of minutes before making the call with , leading to a showdown - after the cut-off had stepped out of the way - against Hawes' .
The flop brought a gutshot straight draw, which, after the turn, duly came through on the river to double Hawes through.
An early position player opened to 400 and it was called by the small blind before Andrew Feldman moved in for 750 total and got called in both spots.
The flop was and the original raiser bet the small blind off the hand with a 700 chip bet and then turned over .
"Nine-three? That's...interesting," commented Feldman as he turned over , holding on the turn and river. Feldman up to 2,250.
... "Good game," as he eliminated an opponent, his holding up against .
It was Simon Mairs who lit the first spark, opening from UTG+1 for 425. His opponent three-bet all in for 1,475 and Mairs made the call.
A board later and the scalp, and a now 6,200 stack, were his.
Rob Jarrett-Smith and Paul Zimbler have departed from Table 6 since we've last been past. The table would've been hoping for a couple of no-name short-stacks to come in but they have to contend with Frank Kassela (14,500) and Fabrice Soullier (8,500). Heavy names with heavy racks.
Andrew Feldman managed to fold to a river push on a only to be shown by his opponent who missed the flush but rivered a backdoor straight.
Soon after Feldman was all-in with against but a queen hit the board and the young Brit was eliminated.
The tables in the Shadow room have started to break and it won't be too long into the next level that this room will be completely empty.
Richards Hawes has doubled up a short stack, his close, but no cigar against on a subsequent board. It's merely a chink in the armour though; he still has 6,500.
Piergiorgio D'Ancona was short-stacked and moved all-in for 850 from mid-position. Tomasz Gluszko was in the next seat and quickly moved all-in too. Everyone else folded to leave it as a heads-up showdown:
D'Ancona:
Gluszko:
The board ran to hand Glusko the pot at the expense of the Italian's tournament.
Erik Seidel is up to 6,600 after doubling through with versus . The flop teased a nasty gutshot straight draw, but no such atrocity occurred as the turn and river both bricked out.
A player opened and Allen Cunningham set him all-in from the blinds flipping but dominated by his opponent's .
The flop came and Matusow looked disappointed saying he folded . The came on the turn to audible groans from the table and the river meant Cunningham eliminated the other and increased his own stack up to 7,300.