Enrico Tau just made an end to Ludovic Lacay's tournament. We caught the action on the flop that read {3g} and Lacay was facing a raise. The Frenchman had 2,000 in front of him while Tau had 5,100 invested into the pot. Lacay hesitated for a while before making the call.
The turn brought the and Tau bet 16,000 which effectively put Lacay all in. The French EPT winner had around 12,000 chips behind and made the call after several minutes of being in the tank. Tau showed and Lacay was almost drawing dead with . The river brought the and Lacay was knocked out.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody opened to 1,000 preflop before James Akenhead reraised to 2,350 in the next seat. It was passed around to Viktor Blom, who cold four-bet to 4,650 from late position, and then folded back Cody who opted to move all in for around 11,000.
Akenhead rechecked his cards and folded but Blom slid in the call.
Blom:
Cody:
Anyone hoping for an exciting board was to be disappointed as Blom flopped the joint with the board coming . The Swede is up to about 80,000
Tom Alner bet 5,200 and 10,000 on the turn and river of a board. He was in the big blind and battling with Marc Wright under the gun. Wright called the turn bet but tank-folded the river.
Dan O'Brien has been moved to the left of Jason Mercier. The master (Mercier) has 38,000 and the pupil has 13,000.
Ramzi Jelassi, Rob Yong and Victor Ramdin just battled in a six-bet pot that went Yong's way. Jelassi opened from the cut-off, Yong three-bet the button, Ramdin four-bet the big blind to 5,750; back to Jelassi who five-bet to 11,800 and Yong six-bet all in for 37,000. Both opponents folded.
Four bets went in preflop between Fraser Macintyre and Mike McDonald before the dealer fanned . The pair checked, and the turn brought the . Macintyre checked, McDonald fired 6,625, and Macintyre made the call.
The completed the board, Macintyre checked again, and McDonald bet 16,125. Macintyre made the call, prompting McDonald to rip over for a turned two pair.
Macintyre mucked, and McDonald is now above 100,000 chips.
Sergio Aido, who won the UKIPT final yesterday looks to be the current chip leader as he's over the 200,000 mark already. It's already proving to be a remarkable week for the Spaniard, who also chopped a £1,000 turbo event after Day 3 of the UKIPT. This basically means he's undefeated in poker tournaments so far this week.
Andrew Pantling and his full house managed to oust Gus Hansen off his hand. The former raised to 1,050 from under the gun and Hansen called from the hijack to see a flop appear. "Ooo, nice flop!" said Hansen before he called a 2,000 c-bet. The turn fell and Hansen folded to a 3,500 bet flashing the . Pantling flashed pocket eights.
Jake Cody has found a couple of mates at the bar to drown his sorrows with. Fellow Brits Martins Adeniya and Ben Vinson have also busted.
Maybe Tim Reilly has revenge on his mind. He's found himself sat at Vojtech Ruzicka's table who beat him heads-up in the EPT High Roller tournament in Deauville last month. Reilly has 42,000 compared to Ruzicka's 84,000.
Viktor Blom has kicked on since eliminating Jake Cody. Team PokerStars Pro David Williams has taken Cody's seat and called a 2,650 bet on a flop before the turn and river were checked down.
Blom flipped which was still too good for Williams.
{3g}
and Lacay was facing a raise. The Frenchman had 2,000 in front of him while Tau had 5,100 invested into the pot. Lacay hesitated for a while before making the call.
and Tau bet 16,000 which effectively put Lacay all in. The French EPT winner had around 12,000 chips behind and made the call after several minutes of being in the tank. Tau showed 
and Lacay was almost drawing dead with 
. The river brought the 
and Lacay was knocked out.
. The Swede is up to about 80,000
board. He was in the big blind and battling with Marc Wright under the gun. Wright called the turn bet but tank-folded the river.
. The pair checked, and the turn brought the 
. Macintyre checked, McDonald fired 6,625, and Macintyre made the call.
completed the board, Macintyre checked again, and McDonald bet 16,125. Macintyre made the call, prompting McDonald to rip over 
for a turned two pair.
, and held on a board of 
.
flop appear. "Ooo, nice flop!" said Hansen before he called a 2,000 c-bet. The turn fell 
. Pantling flashed pocket eights.
turn and 
which was still too good for Williams.
