Jerome Huge opened the pot and got a call from Eric Theissen in the cut-off. Jannick Wrang on the button had other ideas though and raised to 3,650. Huge called and Theissen made what looked like a reluctant fold. They saw a flop of . Huge checked to Wrang who followed up with a bet of 4,100 only to face a check-raise to 9,500. Wrang released his hand.
The only lady in the tournament today, French PokerStars qualifier Marie Furstoss, has just spilled her last chips.
We didn't witness the hand and thus asked former table mate [Removed:203] what had happened. Mueller told us that someone had raised in front of her and someone called before action was on Furstoss. With about thirty big blinds left she squeezed all in, a move we had seen her make before.
This time she wouldn't get away with it though. The initial raiser had jacks and wasn't about to forfeit those. He made the call and won the battle against Furstoss her ace nine off suit.
No more ladies in the tournament, we expect more ladies on Day 1B.
The flop was reading and Hugo Felix had fired out a bet of 6,000 before Eric Sfez made it 18,200 behind him. Felix made the call to see the on the turn.
The Portuguese player now checked and Sfez fired out 18,200 a second time, Felix tanked and then made the call once more with only around 25,000 remaining.
The river was the - a seemingly blank card. Felix checked a final time and Sfez thought for a moment and counted out a sizeable clump of 1k and 5k chips that seemingly would be enough to cover Felix. Sfez lifted the stack of the chips and held them in midair and was about to put them on the felt when Felix shouted "Call!"
Instantly, Sfez moved his arm back and the dealer quickly called the floor for a ruling. The tournament director came over, and, having been informed of what occurred, announced to the table that Sfez would still have all his options since he did not put the bet on the table.
Sfez then opted to check behind and Felix quickly left the table, quite distraught at the ruling. The floor staff turned over the latter's hand - it was for a turned full house. Sfez held onto his cards while continuing to talk in French to the floor. A second tournament director came across and repeatedly reminded Sfez to either table or muck his hand, as he was now wasting time but Sfez continued to talk. The Frenchman was given a one-round penalty and told if he didn't stop arguing and give up his cards then it would be increased to a two-round penalty.
Finally, Sfez mucked his cards and Felix, who still hadn't returned to the table, was awarded the pot.
Rasmus Agerskov in the small bind got into a very brief raising war with big blind Pawel Brzeski who he covered by a significant amount. Brzeski moved all in, and having taken a couple of minutes to calculate his pot odds (and all that equity related shenanigans) he made the call with against the of the at risk Brzeski. “Slow roll.” Joked another player at the table of the time it took to decide to call. The board ran out and Brzeski was his way out of the tournament.
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We're now into the last level of the day and Chris Day is the current chip leader. The Brit has 195,000 after winning a 100k pot against an unknown opponent. "There was an open to 1,000, I made it 2,600 to go with queens, the guy to my left (points to empty seat) made it 7,100, I raised to 17,700 and he moved in for 48,000 with ace-king, I called and queens held," he told PokerNews.
From under-the-gun Alex Goulder made it 1,200 to play, it folded to Christopher Frank on the button and the German raised to 3,600. Back on Goulder he smooth called and the flop came , Goulder checked, Frank bet 4,000 and Goulder called his bet.
The fell on the turn and the pattern repeated itself, this time Goulder check-called a bet of 7,900. The completed a backdoor flush draw and both players were happy to check it down, Goulder showed to claim the pot. He climbs to roughly 70,000.
Paul Hoefer has got his head above water after doubling up with pocket aces. He was all-in pre-flop for 22,000 with and looking to hold against Omar Idder's . The board ensured he did just that. So he's up to roughly 47,000 whilst Idder slips to 4,000.