Rasmus Nielsen and Julian Stuer have just had a little tete-a-tete and it was the Dane left nursing the bruises.
We caught the action with Rasmus Nielsen in the hijack with a bet of 4,150 in front of him and Stuer was making it 6,725 from the small blind. Nielsen made the call and the pair were soon staring at a flop of . Stuer made a teeny-weeny c-bet of 4,000 and Nielsen made the call.
The turn card was the and Stuer dumped 20,500 over the line (leaving himself 400 behind) and Nielsen looked sick. After a momentary pause he mucked his hand and Stuer took the chips.
Pratik Ghatge has just eliminated Leon Lewis. The debate was settled pre flop and it was a cruel exit for the man known who plays online as FlippetyFlop.
Showdown
Ghatge:
Lewis:
Board:
The jack in the flop causing the damage and Lewis was out. Ghatge now has 78,000 chips.
In a four-way pot, the flop of was checked around to Barny Boatman who bet 1,500. Rudy Blondeau called in the big blind, Annette Obrestad called from UTG and Steve Jelinek folded.
The saw Blondeau check, Obrestad lead for 3,500 and the Hendon Mobster quickly got out of the way. Blondeau made the call again to see the on the river before opting to check a third time. Obrestad pushed out 8,000 and this time it was enough to make Blondeau fold.
Jonathan Duhamel has doubled up through Antoine Labat after shoving on the turn in a hand.
They were heads-up and 19,000 had made it into the middle when the board read . The Team PokerStars Pro shoved for his last 13,900 with and was called by the Frenchman holding .
PokerNews caught up with David K.Lappin after he busted a short while ago.
His day was going really well at the second break when he reached a day-high 65,000, but from there not a lot went right for the Irishman.
He had is aces cracked by a Spanish opponent holding five-six off suit in a four-bet pot. Then just before the break a five-bet pot left him crippled.
There was a cut-off raise to 825 that K.Lappin three-bet to 1,775 from the button. The small blind then decided to cold four-bet to 4,200 and this was enough to force out the original raiser but not k.Lappin who five-bet all in for 28,000 with ace-king. His opponent called all for 24,000 with pocket tens and held on a queen high board.
After the dinner break he shoved twice and was called the second time. His pocket nines were no match for an opponents aces.
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano had raised preflop and then called Michel Dattani's three-bet to see a flop. The Italian proceeded to check-call bets of 2,800 on the flop and then another 6,500 on the turn. The river was the and Pagano checked a third time before the diminutive Portuguese player set him all in.
Pagano recounted his stack before eventually making a reluctant fold.
“He has won at least 30k from me. He just wins every pot I play with him,” said Jon Spinks during the dinner break.
Spinks was talking about the Italian Mario Adinolfi, and funnily enough the pair of them were embroiled in a pot no sooner had the dinner break ended.
Adinolfi opened from the cutoff and Spinks defended the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on the board of , Spinks led for 1,850 and Adinolfi made the call. The river card was the and Spinks tried again. This time it was 2,250, and Adinolfi called quite quickly. Spinks turned over .
“An eight?” Said Adinolfi in his deep Italian drawl before turning over .
You’re right Jon, he does win every pot you play in with him.