Rupert Elder and an opponent looked down at a board of and Elder's opponent shot out a bet of 925. Elder called to see the complete the board on the river. Action checked to Elder and he thought for a moment before knuckling the table in reply.
Elder showed for the win, allowing him to take down the pot and bring his stack to 33,000.
Mikhail Korotkikh is one of the players that always makes himself heard if he's doing well, but today's early elimination was no reason for the Russian player to get loud. With his headphones on Korotkikh was the quietest we've ever seen him, as he was just knocked out in the following hand.
Asif Rajah raised under the gun to 425 and from his left three players called including Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen. Next to act was Korotkikh who three-bet to 2,750 and Michel Abecassis caled from the big blind. Rajah called as well and the three other players folded.
The flop brought out and all three players checked after which the turn was the . Abecassis checked again and this time Rajah bet 2,500. Immediately Korotkikh raised it up to 7,000 and Abecassis folded his cards.
Rajah tanked for a bit and called after which the river was the . Rajah checked to Korotkikh who immediately moved all in for 17,925 total. Rajah had his opponent barely covered and it took him more than three minutes to make up his mind. When he finally called Korotkikh immediately mucked and Rajah showed his to take down the pot and knock the Russian out.
Hyper-aggressive young Scottish tyro Ludovic Geilich is sat to the right of poker veteran and motor mouth Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott. They clearly know each other from the circuit and Ulliott is glad to have found a receptive audience for his tales. One involved Ulliott being accosted in Dusk ‘Till Dawn card room by a Geordie (a resident of Newcastle) which ended with Ulliot offering to put up £1,000 to his £100 on a wager. Ulliott then put on an approximation of a Geordie accent saying the reply he got was, “But I’ve only got a fiver.”
Geilich then initiated a discussion on live versus online cash games and the different skills required. Ulliott is never stuck for an anecdote and recalled playing high stakes cash at Bobby’s room with Daniel “Jungleman” Cartes. Details were scarce but he seemed less than impressed.
It’s early days in this tournament but it promises to be a fascinating table, particularly as PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade is next to Geilich. That’s quite a trio of contrasting styles.
We recently reported a hand where Steven Watts soared to over double starting stack thanks to a confrontation with Sebastiano Giudice. Upon returning to the tournament floor, we saw Giudice standing up from the table and making his way toward the exit. Watts collected the remainder of the Italian's chips, bringing his stack up to around 72,000.
We picked up the action on a flop when, after two checks, a player bet 500 and Robbie Schiffbauer called from the button. The small blind called as well after which the big blind check-raised to 2,400. The initial bettor folded and Schiffbauer was the only one to call.
On the turn the hit and the big blind checked to Schiffbauer who casually bet 4,000. The big blind folded showed after which Schiffbauer quietly raked in the pot without showing his hand.
Seat 7 on Paul Newey’s table is playing every hand so far. Newey check-called a bet on a flop of but folded to a bet when the turn produced the . He then offered to show one card and the picked card was the . “Both good.” Seat 7 said, adding that he played four out of five hands seriously and one will be a bluff.
He was involved in the next hand where they got to a turn with the board reading whereupon he over bet the pot to the tune of 1,500 and took it down. “Serious hand. Serious business. Very serious player today. I don’t lie ever.”
On the next hand he was under the gun and announced, “Limp. Very cheap prices in London today. Christmas prices.” That encouraged a number of players, including Newey on the button, to throw in the 100 to see a cheap flop of . A 200 bet from Seat 7 saw Newey bump it up to 650 and scoop the chips.
Steven Watts is already up to 65,000 after winning a big pot against Sebastiano Giudice. Watts had three-bet out of the blinds against Giudice's button raise with and managed to turn a straight, winning a huge number of chips and crippling Giudice in the process.
and Elder's opponent shot out a bet of 925. Elder called to see the 
complete the board on the river. Action checked to Elder and he thought for a moment before knuckling the table in reply.
for the win, allowing him to take down the pot and bring his stack to 33,000.
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and all three players checked after which the turn was the 
. Abecassis checked again and this time Rajah bet 2,500. Immediately Korotkikh raised it up to 7,000 and Abecassis folded his cards.
. Rajah checked to Korotkikh who immediately moved all in for 17,925 total. Rajah had his opponent barely covered and it took him more than three minutes to make up his mind. When he finally called Korotkikh immediately mucked and Rajah showed his 
to take down the pot and knock the Russian out.
. He then offered to show one card and the picked card was the 
whereupon he over bet the pot to the tune of 1,500 and took it down. “Serious hand. Serious business. Very serious player today. I don’t lie ever.”
