Nível: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Nível: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
The popular "Lodden Thinks" game has returned Down Under with Antonio Esfandiari in the mix here at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific, and most recently he was asking how much would Daniel Negreanu would need to be paid to eat a cheeseburger. Negreanu is vegan, and Esfandiari got Ismael Bojang and Sam Ngai involved. The bidding between the three apparently went as high as $105,000.
Some money was lost by Bojang, Ngai, and Aaron Lim, as Negreanu said that he would do it for $325,000.
After Jeff Gross was eliminated from Table 28, a big hand developed when Jason Gray opened for 2,200 and Brian Rast called from the cutoff. Jeff Rossiter came along from the small blind, Jonathan Duhamel did the same from the big, and four players saw a flop of , which they all checked.
Rossiter then led out for 5,800 on the turn, Duhamel called, and both Gray and Rast folded. When the completed the board on the river, Rossiter checked and then called a bet of 13,700 from Duhamel. The 2010 WSOP Main Event champ tabled the for the nuts and Rossiter sent his cards to the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Duhamel |
82,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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Jeff Rossiter |
45,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Jeff Gross | Eliminado | |
|
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Jeff Rossiter called down bets of 3,000 on the turn and 4,000 on the river of a board and was good with against the of his opponent.
One hand later, there were two limper including Jamie Pickering and Rossiter made it 4,000 to go, which only Pickering called. On the [Kh[ flop, Rossiter fired 6,000 straight away from the small blind and Pickering mucked his cards.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jamie Pickering |
90,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jeff Rossiter |
61,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
We picked up the action on a flop when 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jeff Madsen bet 9,000 from the small blind and Mike Watson called from the big. Some other players folded in between, and it was heads-up action to the turn.
Madsen took the opportunity to bet his remaining 21,800, and Watson thought for a few moments before making the call.
Madsen:
Watson:
Madsen was ahead with two pair and the nut-flush draw, while Watson held just a pair of eights and an inferior flush draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , which improved Watson to a better two pair.
Madsen slammed down his cards in frustration and made a beeline toward the exit. Needless to say, he was none too happy.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mike Watson |
120,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
Jeff Madsen | Eliminado | |
|
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mike Watson |
80,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Richard Ashby |
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Nathan Pan
|
50,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Geoffrey Mooney |
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Jeff Madsen |
40,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Greg Merson |
37,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Dan Heimiller |
26,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
Billy Argyros |
24,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
Daniel Negreanu opened to 1,600 and Ismael Bojang three-bet to 5,100 to see a flop of . Bojang bet 4,000 and the Canadian called to see the on the turn. Now the German check-called 6,000 and did so again for 14,000 after the river.
Negreanu showed for a full house and scooped the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
77,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
Ismael Bojang |
40,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
The action folded to Brian Rast and he raised to 1,800. Jeff Gross on the button reraised the pot and Rast called to create a pot of 13,000 chips to the flop of . Rast threw in three yellow 1,000 chips for a pot-sized bet and Gross checked his stack carefully before letting go.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Brian Rast |
73,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Jeff Gross |
24,800
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Greg Merson was supposed to be in Melbourne days ago, but some nightmarish travel delays saw him make stops in L.A. and Hawaii. Merson has finally arrived and told Senior Editor Chad Holloway his tale.