Inside PokerStars
Ever wondered what really happens at PokerStars? Laura Cornelius investigates...
Ever wondered what really happens at PokerStars? Laura Cornelius investigates...
Richard Pearson opened for 700, got a caller in Richard Berridge and was three bet to 2,100 from the small blind Kourosh Radfar. Waiting in the big blind was Frederick Wise who moved all-in for just over 10,000. It folded back round to Radfar who shrugged and called. Wise showed the and Radfar looked faintly horrified, which puzzled the table when he tabled . They soon learnt why when he cried, “Not the flush. Don’t do it.” And proceeded to cover his eyes, unable to watch as the cards were dealt. “Oh my God!” Teased another player, but the flush didn’t arrive for either of them and they chopped it up.
An aggressive player needs a stack to bully the table and at the moment Alan Gold is short on his primary weapon. Folded to him on the button he min raised to 600 with 22,000 behind, only to face a three bet to 1,650 from Dale Philip from PokerStars Team Online. The big blind folded and it was back to Gold who is surely looking for a spot to get all his chips in the middle. This wasn’t it though and he released his hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alan Gold |
22,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Nível: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Thomas Dunwoodie |
70,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Guy Johnson |
58,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Liv Boeree |
54,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
Barry Greenstein |
50,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
David Williams |
45,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
||
Sam Grafton |
45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Jack Ellwood |
35,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
John Eames |
34,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
Leo Margets |
31,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Pierre Neuville |
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Ben Jenkins |
27,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
Ike Haxton
|
27,000
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
||
Jake Cody |
25,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
Fatima Moreira de Melo |
25,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Alan Gold |
23,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Dale Philip |
22,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
||
Simon Deadman |
21,000
11,300
|
11,300 |
Julian Thew |
21,000
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
||
Rob Yong |
19,500
-500
|
-500 |
Felix Schneiders |
17,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
Jon Kalmar
|
15,000 | |
Alexandre Dreyfus
|
13,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Sin Melin | 11,300 | |
Jon Spinks |
11,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
Vanessa Rousso |
9,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
Ryan Hayes has just eliminated Peter Tero Robinson, the latter was looking for a place to shove his short stack in and made a move with but ran into Hayes' on a board.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Peter Tero Robinson
|
Eliminado |
Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Sin Melin is a little short on chips but doing her best to hang in there. Melin opened for 900 and was called by John Eames sat to her left and in the big blind by Kevin Daly. They saw a flop of . Daly checked and Melin bet 1,200. It was enough to take the pot.
A few hands later Fatima De Melo raised 1,000 into Melin’s big blind. Melin raised to 2,500 and after some hesitation De Melo let it go. Melin contemplated her cards and rolled them over her fingers face up onto the felt. .
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Sin Melin |
13,500
2,200
|
2,200 |
Sam “SquidPoker” Grafton called a pre-flop raise of 1,000 in the cut-off from an under the gun raiser. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of . The raiser continued for 1,500 and Grafton made the call. on the turn and this time Grafton faced a bet of 2,000; again he called. The river card was the . Last chance to bet and this time Grafton had the sum of 3,350 to consider. Consider it he did, turning over possible hands in his mind before finally making the call. His opponent sheepishly turned over and Grafton showed him the winning . “Nearly?” he was asked, meaning was he close to folding. Maybe, but not near enough.
Jon Spinks just hasn't had them breaks.
He lost a huge pot earlier when his was beaten all in preflop against Julian Thew's and then Thew took the remainder of Spinks' stack in another brutal pot.
Spinks:
Thew:
The board came and Spinks turned a boat but Thew rivered a bigger boat to sink Spinks.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Julian Thew |
33,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
Jon Spinks | Eliminado |
Dusk Til Dawn owner Rob Yong has been chatting up a storm at the tables but has not been winning many hands. “I’d better play one blind then.” Yong tells the table as it folds to him. “Nine hundred.” He said and put out a gold T1000 chip. Some confusion ensued as a player to his right gives him change and Rob puts the resultant stack of chips back over the line into his stack. Eventually the 900 bet is restored and he gets a call from the big blind Stuart Kinghorn. The flop was . Kinghorn announced that “That’s not a good flop for ace, king.” Yong looked at his cards and said “It’s a good flop for me.” And bet 1,000. Kinghorn folded and Yong turned over . Kinghorn showed the .