David "Bakes" Baker just took his seat in the EPT10 London Main Event, and won a nice-sized pot straightaway. He and two opponents saw a flop of , and the action checked to Baker who fired out 650. Only Mario Adinolfi called.
The turn was the , both players knuckled, and the river brought the . Adinolfi checked a third and final time, and Baker tossed out three red T1,000 chips. The Italian mulled the decision over for 20 seconds or so, called, then mucked when Baker tabled for a full house.
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There was an open in middle position, Kevin Vandersmissen three-bet to 1,200 in late position, and PokerStars qualifier Dejan Divkovic cold four-bet to 2,500 out of the small blind. The original raiser flicked his cards into the muck, and Vandersmissen called.
The dealer fanned , Divkovic led out for 2,700, and his Belgian opponent called.
The turn was the , Divkovic opted to check, and Vandersmissed reached for chips. He flicked forward 5,450, and after a minute or two of internal debating, Divkovic folded.
"Aces?" Vandersmissen asked his opponent. "I had kings, and I was going to try and bluff you off aces on the river."
Dejan informed Vandersmissen that he didn't have aces, he had queens.
"I couldn't beat anything," he told the Belgian, frowning.
Rasmus Vogt check-raised all in on the turn of a board against Fergal Nealon's 2,000 bet. It was another 8,800 for the Irishman to call but he took about five minutes before he did so.
Vogt showed having got lucky against Nealon's . The river was the , changing nothing and Vogt doubled back up to about 24,000 while Nealon dropped to roughly 13,000.
On the turn of a board, Calogero Morreale and Morten Mortensen checked to Tamer Kamel who bet 2,700. Morreale called, then Mortensen overcalled to see the on the river.
Morreale and Mortensen checked again to Kamel who checked behind.
Morreale showed , Mortensen flipped and Kamel mucked his hand - though not before he had flashed his to his neighbour first.
A pot for the Danish former EPT Snowfest finalist.
George Manolache opened in the hijack, Martin Staszko three-bet to 1,200 on the button, and the action folded back to Manolache, who called.
The flop fell , Manolache check-called a bet of 1,500, and as soon as the turned, he led out for 2,000. Staszko tank-called.
The river was the , Manolache knuckled, and Staszko checked behind. Manolache shook his head, then showed only the . Staszko flicked his hand into the muck, and the dealer forced Manolache to show his other card - the .