Thomas Wahlroos just doubled through his next door neighbour in this fashion:
I saw him putting in some 1k blue chips, which still in level one is something fairly rare... so sauntered over for the scoop (well, to join the 15 journalists already staring at the excitable Finn). Wahlroos had check-raised by 2k (what looked like an original 600) and his opponent was considering the flop, like so:
Call.
Turn: QUICK - name the non-blankest card you can imagine...is it the
? That's the turn.
Now Thomas bets out 3k (more than half both their remaining stacks). His opponent moves in, he says, "Sick, but..." before calling with
, finding neighbour matey on the underhouse with
. That's how you expect players to bust early in the Pokerstars.com EPT Grand Final.
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Meanwhile, on Table Nicolas Levi, said Frenchman has somewhat upset his neighbour:
I heard some very loud shouting in what I think was an Australian accent: "PAIR THE BOARD! PAIR THE BOARD!" This tends to signify an all-in situation.
Levi was standing up in front of an
board and staring at his opponent's
. I moved round the table and found his cards to be the
- only the flopped nuts. The turn and river came the
(not pairing the board, as requested), and Nicolas is now in great shape seeing as the blinds are only about to go up to 50/100.
His shell-shocked opponent was heard to say, "Top set. Top set against 4-5."
Here's the cheeky Frenchman:
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