Calling on the button in a four way pot opened by Team Ivey Pro John Eames, Team PokerStars Pro Fatima De Melo bet 250 on a flop of . Eames was the only caller and they saw a turn card . Check from Eames and another bet from De Melo of 525. The river was the and Eames saw a chance to rep a big hand, leading out for 900. De Melo didn’t waste much time in making it 3,600 and a slight smile crept across Eames lips and he checked his cards for a last time and folded.
PokerNews told you about the aggressive style of Scotland’s Alan Gold, winner of the UKIPT Galway, and this hand showed just how he operates. Opening under-the- gun plus one for 250 he found two callers in the blinds. The three players saw a flop of and the small blind led out for 350. The big blind folded and Gold smooth called. Turn card the seemingly innocuous and again the small blind retained the initiative with a bet of 500. That initiative was snatched away from him however with a raise from Gold to 1,650. A few seconds delay for his opponent to preserve his dignity before folding, and the pot was pushed to Gold.
Daniel Negreanu is full of beans today. We mean this literally as well as figuratively as your reporter sat next to him at breakfast this morning. He was prowling the tournament floor between hands and, spotting one of the massage girls, he decided to offer her a massage, insisting he was very good. “Four dollars a minute is what I charge, minimum twenty minutes, but for you I’ll do it for three dollars a minute. I take MasterCard, Visa but no American Express.” In the end though it was no sale and he had to return to the table and his main job, winning poker tournaments.
Vanessa Rousso is up to 22,000 thanks to picking up an early pot with a backdoored flush. Her opponent checked called a bet of 1,450 on the river of a only to see the PokerStars Team Pro's for the second nut flush.
Team PokerStars Pro Leo Margets fired out a bet of 350 on the turn of a board against Guy Johnson and the latter made the call to see the on the river.
Margets bet 875 on the end, only for Johnson to raise to 3,100. The Spaniard tanked for a couple of minutes, Johnson saying, "I'll show you one if that helps..."
Finally Margets folded and Johnson declared, "I can't show my bluffs all day..." flashing .
Facing an early position open for 300, Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody called on the button, as did the small blind Alan Wilde, a PokerStars player. The three players saw a flop of . Wilde led out for 325 and when the opener folded Cody bumped it up to 1,025. Wilde made the call and they saw a turn card . Check this time from Wilde and a bet from Cody to 1,475. Again Wilde made the call. The river fell the and Wilde checked for the last time, possibly hoping for a cheap showdown. It was not to be though as Cody deliberated and announced a bet of 3,800. Wilde grimaced and groaned and finally laughed as he recognised what a tough spot he had been put in by Cody. Eventually he folded and showed the . Cody returned the favour and showed . “I had a very good card with it.” Said Wilde. No more information from Cody though.
Perhaps one of the more interesting 'internal' battles going on is the fact that John Caldwell, who looks after the PokerStars Team Pros, and Dustin Iannotti who does a similar job over at Full Tilt.
Caldwell opened to 250 preflop and Iannotti called in the seat next to him.
The flop came and Caldwell check-folded to a 575 bet from Iannotti.
Caldwell is clearly luring Iannotti into a false sense of security here, he's playing the long game...
Tomasz Raniszewski, a PokerStars qualifier from Ireland, is on a tough table. On his right he has Fatima De Melo and Ike Haxton, to his left Sinem Melin and John Eames. There’s a long way to go today and a lot of hands to get involved in but this early one will give him some confidence. Opened by Haxton in the cut-off for 250, Raniszewski called on the button. Melin folded the small blind and Eames called. A flop of and it was checked to Raniszewski who decided aggression was the best option and bet 400. Quick folds from the Pros and the chips were slid his way. Easy game. For now.
. Eames was the only caller and they saw a turn card 
. Check from Eames and another bet from De Melo of 525. The river was the 
and Eames saw a chance to rep a big hand, leading out for 900. De Melo didn’t waste much time in making it 3,600 and a slight smile crept across Eames lips and he checked his cards for a last time and folded.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and the small blind led out for 350. The big blind folded and Gold smooth called. Turn card the seemingly innocuous 
and again the small blind retained the initiative with a bet of 500. That initiative was snatched away from him however with a raise from Gold to 1,650. A few seconds delay for his opponent to preserve his dignity before folding, and the pot was pushed to Gold.
only to see the PokerStars Team Pro's 
for the second nut flush.
board against Guy Johnson and the latter made the call to see the 
on the river.
.
. Check this time from Wilde and a bet from Cody to 1,475. Again Wilde made the call. The river fell the 
and Wilde checked for the last time, possibly hoping for a cheap showdown. It was not to be though as Cody deliberated and announced a bet of 3,800. Wilde grimaced and groaned and finally laughed as he recognised what a tough spot he had been put in by Cody. Eventually he folded and showed the 
. Cody returned the favour and showed 
. “I had a very good card with it.” Said Wilde. No more information from Cody though.
