Quando cheguei à mesa João Vieira estava all in e a coisa não parecia encaminhada. Na verdade, à excepção da mão da bubble, sempre que me aproximo João perde fichas.
Este parecia ser mais uma vez o caso... as damas do madeirense enfrentavam os ases de um adversário e tive de recorrer à velha técnica já usada com o Zeba, sacar o coelho no river.
Uma imagem é melhor que 1000 palavras, João tem 500,000 fichas!
Thomas Miller had check-raised from under-the-gun on a board reading . On the button Paul Senter had bet 1,250 but now the bet was 2,500. He made the call and they saw a river card which led Miller to bet out 6,600. Senter shrugged but made the call When Miller tapped the table and mucked his cards Senter too mucked his cards and the pot was pushed to him. Miller asked to see his hand but the dealer explained the rules at the EPT, concluding with, “He paid to see your cards. Logic.” Senter sympathised with his opponent, agreeing that the rules do indeed differ in different places. He didn’t sympathise enough to tell Miller what his cards were though.
Zoltan Purak moved all in for his last few thousand chips over the top of a raise from Candido Goncalves. Goncalves made the call with and Purak was in deep trouble with
The board was and a flopped Broadway straight was enough for Goncalves to put the Hungarian out of his misery.
Hugo Felix opened for 700 and was raised by the aggressive French player Alexis Queneau to 1,800. A call from fellow countryman Eric Sfez in the big blind and Felix put in the required chips to stay in the hand. A flop of saw all three players check. Turn and checked to the raiser Queneau who bet 2,500. Sfez made it 7,250 and met no resistance to see the chips added to his stack.
EPT Copenhagen champion Anton Wigg is doing well so far. Just now we saw him bet 7,200 on a board from the small blind. His opponent, Lasse Frost from Denmark in the cutoff, made the call after some contemplation. The river was everything but a blank with the . Wigg thought about it for a little bit and eventually checked. Frost immediately checked behind. Wigg showed for two pair, Frost mucked.
Alex Goulder raised to 700 from the hijack and Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki made a three-bet to see a flop. Goulder called and the two players began to spar again.
Goulder checked and Horecki fired 2,600 but Goulder check-raised to 6,200.
The Pole made the call and both players checked down the turn and river. Goulder was forced to show and Horecki took the pot with a paltry
Our own Felicia Field caught up with Marcin on a break.
Paul Tedeschi is up to around 73,000 after getting a full double up in a hand against Jacques Krief.
I joined the action on the turn, the board was there was a bet of what looked like 6,200 in front of Krief and 14,000 in front of Tedeschi. After some contemplation Krief called and the completed the board. First to act Krief checked it over to Tedeschi, and the 2012 WSOPE Main Event 6th place finisher moved all-in for 19,625. After getting a count Krief, who had 28,000 total behind, made the call, Tedeschi showed for a full-house and Krief tapped the table before mucking his cards.
Kenny Hallaert, who made the final table of this tournament back in 2011 (6th for €155,000), didn't have to good a start. Without losing any significant pot, he dwindled down to 12,000. "My draws were missing, my opponents draws were hitting" he told us with a smirk in the last break. Just now he was catching a break though as he more than doubled his stack.
Frenchman Philippe Lima had limped and Kenny Hallaert had over limped with . Hallaert's next door neighbor isolated with a raise and both Lima and Hallaert made the call. All three players checked on and the soon hit the table. Lima bet out 2,100 and Hallaert and the third player made the call. The hit the river and Lima checked to Hallaert. The Belgian player moved all in for 6,625 and the preflop most agressive player opted to fold. Lima made the call though, but his couldn't beat Hallaert's straight.