Sam Grafton raised and was three bet by Fabio Esposito. Benjamin Mayhew moved all-in from the blinds and when Grafton folded Esposito didn’t look like he was a believer. In the end he just couldn’t make the call and let it go. Mayhew held his cards above the table and mused, “Will I show?” He decided he would and flipped over to Esposito’s bemusement, claiming he had folded .
Chris Straghalis, Rational Group Staff, opened for 4,000 and faced an all-in from Owen Fenwick for around 40,000. Straghalis mulled it over. He could afford it with his stack but didn’t want to give any away needlessly. He called and Fenwick turned over . Good call from Straghalis who tabled . On the flop though Fenwick took the lead as the cards fell and there would be no help for Straghalis as the turn river saw the pot pushed to Fenwick who doubled up.
Peter Barrable's fairy tale is over. He lost a big flip with to Jonathan Barr's on a board, then his last remaining chips went in with but couldn't beat on a board.
The board read and Sam Grafton's was proudly on display while Ben Mayhew's was being sent into the muck.
"I limped pre," said Grafton, "It's a hood move."
Apparently all the money had gone in on the flop and Mayhew was left with about 7,000 remaining. That went in the next hand with but ran into on a board.
Mickey Petersen opened for 4,000 and Niall Farrell raised him to 9,500 after checking his stack. It was pretty close to his. The blinds folded and Petersen thought before four betting to 22,100. “All in.” Said Farrell and got the call. Farrell was flipping again. The flop came . “I’ll take a chop.” said Farrell and saw the turn river bring no joy to cripple him. A rueful Farrell commented, “Bye bye chips, it was fun for a while.”
Daniel Stacy opened for 4,000 and was called by the player sat to his left, Tomasz Chmiel from Poland, both sitting fairly deep. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of . Stacy checked and called a bet of 5,600 from Chmeil. The turn card was and this time Stacy check, called a 14,200 bet. The river was the scary and Stacy led for 25,000. He got a fold from Chmiel to win a decent pot.