"All in and a call," we heard the dealer yell from the feature table. We made out way over to discover Ambrose Travers all in for his last 100,000 and at risk against Jack Salter. The former had shoved from the hijack with the and was out in front of Salter, who called from the big blind with the .
Salter said something about having clubs, but that didn't matter as the flop is what helped him by pairing his king. There's seems to always be a sweat in this game, and this hand was no different as the dealer burned and turned the to give Travers a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come in as the completed the board on the river. Travers was eliminated in 65th place.
Aidan Connelly bet 25,000 on the flop of a board before Tim Michels raised enough to put Connelly all in. The latter tanked for several minutes before calling off his stacks with . Michels flipped for a pair and a gutshot.
The turn was the and Connelly looked devastated, now he needed one of three remaining eights in the deck otherwise he'd be eliminated. The river was another seven - and Connelly's dreams were crushed. Michels is up to
Sometimes it’s fun to just watch a table for a while and see how the table dynamics play out between the pros and the recreational players when the bubble has burst.
Ryan Straub, a Full Tilt qualifier has a decent stack of chips and is clearly enjoying himself. He offered some chewing gum around the table and a few players accepted. “How about some chips?” replied one refusing the gum. “Salt and vinegar?” Straub shot back.
Straub raised from first position. “That gum must be worth a walk surely.” He stated. Lo and behold it was and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Next it was the turn of PokerStars player Renee Xie, shrouded in a grey hoodie, to open Under The Gun for 13,000 only to get called by seat 8 and the blinds. The flop was . When the blinds checked Xie continued with the aggression and bet 16,000. No one put up any resistance and she took it down.
The next hand Adrian Tracey, a recreational player from Ireland, was Under The Gun and moved his short stack all-in. Folded round to Xie’s big blind, she took off her hood for the first time we can remember at the table and studied her opponent. A little speech about calling him if she had ace-queen, and Xie let the hand go.
Stephen Ng moved all in and Straub found a hand good enough to call from his superior stack. Ng tabled against Straub’s . We saw the board run out to counterfeit Straub’s pair and keep Ng alive.
Next hand Xie has the button and bet 13,000. Simon Brooks from the UK calls from the big blind and they saw a flop of . Check / check. The turn is the . Check / check again and the river is . Brooks decided to have a stab and bet 13,000.
Xie riffled her chips in frustration, seemingly unable to put Brooks on a hand, or at least one she could beat. She folded.
The action continues.
The board was reading and Jack Young had put enough chips in the middle to set Daniel Wilson all in for his last 146,000. Wilson tanked for about five minutes before finally making the call, Young sighed and was forced to turn over allowing Wilson to take down the pot with - doubling up in the process.
Andrew Dwyer opened for 16,000 from the cutoff only to have Patrick O`Callaghan three-bet to 37,000 from the button. A short-stacked John Mackey then four-bet jammed for 75,000 total, Dwyer folded and O`Callaghan made the call.
O`Callaghan:
Mackey:
Mackey woke up with aces and was looking to dodge certain paint. The flop contained plenty of it, but luckily for Mackey both were harmless jacks. The turn actually left O`Callaghan drawing dead, and after the was put out on the river, he counted out the chips to pay off Mackey.
Andrew Dwyer has continued to add to his stack, he just called a 95,000 chip bet on the river of a board against Barry Donovan with - which was good enough to force Donovan to muck. Dwyer is now over the 800,000 mark.
and was out in front of Salter, who called from the big blind with the 
.
flop is what helped him by pairing his king. There's seems to always be a sweat in this game, and this hand was no different as the dealer burned and turned the 
to give Travers a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come in as the 
completed the board on the river. Travers was eliminated in 65th place.
board before Tim Michels raised enough to put Connelly all in. The latter tanked for several minutes before calling off his stacks with 
. Michels flipped 
for a pair and a gutshot.
and Connelly looked devastated, now he needed one of three remaining eights in the deck otherwise he'd be eliminated. The river was another seven - 
. When the blinds checked Xie continued with the aggression and bet 16,000. No one put up any resistance and she took it down.
. We saw the board run out 
to counterfeit Straub’s pair and keep Ng alive.
. Check / check again and the river is 
flop contained plenty of it, but luckily for Mackey both were harmless jacks. The 
