Carla Sabini, who finished 4th at the EPT High Roller event in London last year, just lost a flip Ludovic Geilich. Sabini had squeezed all in and the Scotsman pushed behind her to force a third player out of the pot.
Sabini:
Geilich:
The flop came and Grafton picked up the commentary, "With the whole table rooting for an ace..."
The then came on the turn, "There it is!" said Grafton but the dealer immediately put out the on the river to make Geilich a full house.
"You just had to say it," said Sabini, getting up from the table.
"Disappointment for the fans," replied Grafton who then looked across to Geilich, "what's this now? A two-year heater?"
Ludovic Geilich is well known as an aggressive player. Some might say hyper-aggressive, but he does seem to pick and choose his spots well.
Geilich opened from late positon for 600, got one caller from the blinds and saw picture cards hit the flop. They both checked and when the older player led out on the turn Geilich took no time before throwing his hand away.
On the next hand Rafael Lopez from Spain opened for 600 and Geilich to his left was the only caller. The flop was and Lopez gave it some thought before throwing out a single T1000 chip. Geilich eyed him up and made the call. They both checked the turn card and when the river fell the Lopez check-folded to a 2,700 bet from Geilich.
Not one to rest on his laurels Geilich opened the next pot and took down the antes and blinds.
Max Silver has had a decent start, peaking at 40,000 but the early good work has just been undone. Silver had bet 2,200 on the turn of a board before PokerStars qualifier Jesse O'Shea made it 7,200 behind him. Silver shoved and O'Shea made the call.
Silver:
O'Shea:
The river was the and O'Shea doubled up to 28,000 while Silver was left with 26,000.
Cormac Moyan has doubled up his 12,000 stack to a much healthier 25,000. He was all in with on a flop against another player's and spiked the on the turn. The on the river changed nothing to secure the Irish PokerStars qualifier's double up.
Steve O'Dwyer might have won the EPT Grand Final a couple of years ago, but that doesn't mean he's adverse to jumping on a short flight from Dublin to come and play in the UKIPT event here on the Isle of Man.
The Irishman is sitting next to Fraser MacIntyre, a former EPT Madrid runner-up, the latter having made the news yesterday when it was announced that the Scot had acquired MainEventTravel.com which provides help for players wanting to buy-in to poker tournaments like the UKIPT.
It's not gone so well for MacIntyre in this event so far, he's dropped to 3,000 already.
Duncan McLellan has disappeared from Fatima de Melo’s table, his aggressive style not paying off for him today. It remains to be seen whether he enters again tomorrow as he chases those UKIPT Leader Board points.
De Melo was involved in a three-way pot which she three-bet preflop to see a flop of . Ross Marshall, an older gentleman from the Isle of Man, was in the small blind and check-called a continuation bet of 3,300 from de Melo. The other player got out of the way and they saw the turn card fall the .
Marshall and de Melo both checked to see the river card . Marshall now led out for 3,300 and de Melo went in to the tank. She sighed and asked her opponent, “You show if I fold?”
“I suppose I could do. It wouldn’t do a lot of harm.” Marshall responded which didn’t seem to be the answer de Melo needed.
As the time ticked past and de Melo apologised for taking so long to make her decision another player offered around some Tic Tac mints. “I’ll have one.” Marshall said. This was seized on immediately by de Melo as proof that he had a good hand. “So comfortable too. Not even worried.”
As Marshall shook the box though two fell on the table and de Melo seemed to change her mind seeing it as perhaps a sign of nervousness. In the end though she folded and Marshall showed her for the rivered flush.
One of the things that makes the UKIPT Isle of Man event unique is that it allows Rational Group Staff (people who work for PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker) to play in the event. All of these players are patched up with Manx flags and staff patches in an effort to show complete transparency.
And they can play a bit too as shown last year when staff member Chris Jonat made the final table.
Christin Maschmann is one of said staff members playing and she just won a pot off Mickey Petersen. The Team Online player was the only caller to her 700 bet on a flop before both checked the turn. The river saw Petersen check again and then fold when Maschmann bet 1,600.
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and Grafton picked up the commentary, "With the whole table rooting for an ace..."
then came on the turn, "There it is!" said Grafton but the dealer immediately put out the 
on the river to make Geilich a full house.
and Lopez gave it some thought before throwing out a single T1000 chip. Geilich eyed him up and made the call. They both checked the turn card 
Lopez check-folded to a 2,700 bet from Geilich.
board before PokerStars qualifier Jesse O'Shea made it 7,200 behind him. Silver shoved and O'Shea made the call.
on the turn. The 
on the river changed nothing to secure the Irish PokerStars qualifier's double up.
for the rivered flush.
flop before both checked the 
turn. The river