Goulder’s Small Ball
Alexander Goulder, a PokerStars player from the UK, likes to play a lot of pots in position and early today he has shown no desire to change that strategy. He started the day with 272,200 chips. On the button he opened for 6,500 and got one caller in big blind Pierre Mace. They saw a flop of 
, checked it and saw a turn card 
which again was checked. The river card was the 
and a bet of 7,000 from Mace persuaded Goulder to lay it down.
Folded to Goulder in the cut-off next hand he made it 6,500 again. This time German PokerStars player Jamila von Perger called from the button and the blinds folded. Von Perger lost a big flip late yesterday but managed to double up just before the end of play and is starting today with 112,500. Here they saw a flop of 
. Goulder continued this time for 7,500 and von Perger called. The turn card was the 
and now Goulder bet 18,000 which was enough to win the pot.