Stuart McDonald had pushed all in for what looked to be 15,000 over the top of Terence Jordon's 2,000 bet on a flop. Jordon made the call with and McDonald said, "King-high" tabling . When seeing his opponent's ace-high, he sighed to himself with some regret, "You're supposed to fold that!"
The turn was the and the came on the river changing nothing, McDonald was eliminated.
The flop was and three players faced off against each other. Mark Baxter was getting low on chips and he put his stack in the middle. Christin Maschmann, one of the Rational Group Staff was next to act and she too moved all in. Gordon Huntly sighed deeply and made the fold.
Maschmann turned over and it was Baxter who needed help with his . There were a lot of cards in the deck that could help him out but the turn and river bricked out to felt him. Huntly claimed he had folded diamonds mucking some of Baxter’s outs.
Mateusz Zbikowski opened for 700 from first position and got calls from Ludovic Geilich in middle positon and big blind Gary Clarke. The three players saw a flop of which was checked to Geilich who had a stab for 1,200. Clarke made the call and Zbikowski moved all in over betting the pot. Clarke asked for a count and then made the call.
Zbikowski tabled the and was up against the draw of Clarke who showed . The turn was the and the river the . Clarke hit his flush to bust his opponent.
Clarke is sporting a “Gus stole my bird…” T-shirt after losing a bet but he won that one. As he stacked his chips he whispered to a neighbour, “How many chips did we start with?” Informed it was 20,000 he can be more than happy with his stack now.
Another big pot for PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo, she flopped a flush with and had Peter Ross and former UKIPT Dublin Champion Kevin Killeen boh put their money in with and respectively on the turn of a board. The river was the and the Dutch lady won a huge pot and now has nearly 50,000 in chips.
Poker can sometimes be a serious business with big money on the line for those lucky enough to make deep runs in these tournaments, but the atmosphere today at Villa Marina is very relaxed and friendly with plenty of table banter and joshing. One player leaned over from another table to ask Jacob Hicklin how it was going. Hicklin chuckled and replied, “Badly.”
“He’s reduced to open shoving.” Chris Straghalis joined in as he dragged another pot. Hicklin though had just over his starting stack in front of him so he wasn’t doing too badly. Who could resist being in a good mood with the sun shining outside in the Isle of Man, sitting in a beautiful venue playing the greatest game in the world.
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flop. Jordon made the call with 
and McDonald said, "King-high" tabling 
. When seeing his opponent's ace-high, he sighed to himself with some regret, "You're supposed to fold that!"
and the 
came on the river changing nothing, McDonald was eliminated.
and three players faced off against each other. Mark Baxter was getting low on chips and he put his stack in the middle. Christin Maschmann, one of the Rational Group Staff was next to act and she too moved all in. Gordon Huntly sighed deeply and made the fold.
and it was Baxter who needed help with his 
. There were a lot of cards in the deck that could help him out but the turn 
bricked out to felt him. Huntly claimed he had folded diamonds mucking some of Baxter’s outs.
and was up against the draw of Clarke who showed 
. The turn was the 
. Clarke hit his flush to bust his opponent.
and had Peter Ross and former UKIPT Dublin Champion Kevin Killeen boh put their money in with 
respectively on the turn of a 
and the Dutch lady won a huge pot and now has nearly 50,000 in chips.
