Sebastian Pauli recently informed the PokerNews live reporting team that after an ill-timed bluff which left him with 600,000 chips, he was eliminated in a blind-on-blind confrontation. Action folded around to the small blind who called and Pauli moved all in holding . His opponent insta-called and tabled . The board was no help to Pauli, and his deep run in the Colossus has come to a close.
Tom Hall got all the chips in the middle preflop against a player with a smaller stack. Hall held and was far behind his opponent, who tabled . But Hall caught an ace when the board ran out to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.
One player was staring intently at the screen with the tournament information on it. Pavilion is a big room and you need good eyesight to catch all the detail. It displayed the fact that there were 55 players remaining and the next player out was set to receive $13,011.
“You watching the pay jumps? Mark Babekov wanted to know? He nodded as the board ticked over and there were 54 players left. Next out is going to get $15,952
Paying attention to the pay jumps can make you $2,941 just like that.