Manfred Sierke opened the pot for 1,200, Jamie Burland called in the cutoff as did the big blind. The dealer sprung from the pack and it was left to Burland to bet first. The former UKIPT champion made it 1,450 to play and only Sierke made the call. The turn card was the , Sierke checked, Burland fired his second barrel worth 2,325 and Sierke surrendered his hand.
Then...
Jan Collado made it 1,000 from early position, Mike Watson called on the button as did Konstantin Puchkov in the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and Puchkov took the pot with a 3,000 bet.
When Mario Adinolfi is hitting the deck he is a hard man to beat. Just ask Patrick Fortin who has been losing pots to him all day, and just lost the last of his chips to him.
Fortin opened to 1,300 from under the gun and Adinolfi defended his big bind to see a flop appear. Adinolfi led out for 2,000 and called when his Canadian opponent shoved for his last 12,275.
Fortin:
Adinolfi: .
The board ran out to make the Italian two-pair. He's up to around 95,000 now.
Eric Sfez had bet 27,200 on the river of a dangerous looking board against Pratik Ghatge. The latter tanked then folded after several minutes of contemplation. Sfez giggled to himself and flipped for what we call here in England, "absolute gubbins" (it means 'nothing').
The No limit variant of holdem poker can trick you into thinking that everything is going well until every good comes crashing down around you. McLean Karr feels like that after busting to Davide Suriano.
That action folded to the Italian on the button and he raised to 1,100. Karr was in the small blind and three-bet to 3,250. Suriano re-opened the betting with a four-bet to 8,200 but Karr wasn't to be pushed around and threw in a pile of 5k chips. Suriano announced he was all in for his 67,000 and Karr committed the rest of his 58,600 stack.
Suriano:
Karr:
The board ran out to eliminate Karr.
"Tired to give him the option of folding!" said Karr as he got up from his seat.
It was a one-sided encounter as the Red Spades of Team PokerStars routed the Professionals of Full Tilt in the grudge match captained by Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen. PokerStars Blog has some words and some wonderful photos about the event.
On one of the last hands of Level 8, Carlos Arjona Galgo opened to 1,250 from middle position. Sam Greenwood called in the big blind, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur three-bet to 3,825 from the big blind. Both Galgo and Greenwood called.
The flop fell , and Ladouceur checked. Galgo fired 7,000, and both Greenwood and Ladouceur released.
Jeff Sarwer, Patrick Uzan and an unidentified player have just played for stacks in a pre flop free for all that had a piece of everything for everyone.
Uzan was holding pocket queens, the player without an i.d. ticket was holding pocket tens and Sarwer was holding ace-king. The flop was giving Sarwer top pair, the unknown player a set of tens and Uzan a set of queens. Nothing much changed after that. The turn, and river, ended proceedings and Uzan moved up to 65,000, Sarwer moved down to 90,000 and the third player in the hand was eliminated.
from the pack and it was left to Burland to bet first. The former UKIPT champion made it 1,450 to play and only Sierke made the call. The turn card was the 
, Sierke checked, Burland fired his second barrel worth 2,325 and Sierke surrendered his hand.
and Puchkov took the pot with a 3,000 bet.
flop appear. Adinolfi led out for 2,000 and called when his Canadian opponent shoved for his last 12,275.
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to make the Italian two-pair. He's up to around 95,000 now.
for what we call here in England, "absolute gubbins" (it means 'nothing').
to eliminate Karr.
giving Sarwer top pair, the unknown player a set of tens and Uzan a set of queens. Nothing much changed after that. The turn, 
and river, 
