Double Double
Two short stacks double up (at this rate Day 2B will be twice as populous as Day 2A): Per Hildebrand gets most of his remaining chips in on the turn with the board: . He is given a spin by Alexander Burton, who held the very respectable . It was, however, behind to the straight - Hildebrand's hand was . No pairing on the river meant no win for the set and one relieved player keeps his seat.
The second occured on Table O'Chat - the corner with Shaun Deeb, Stefan Hansen, Marc Goodwin and Jeff Madsen good-naturedly chatting nonstop, with that kind of gentle needling which makes playing the game with your ipod off more fun, sometimes.
Small blind Madsen and big blind Patrick Jouven were the only two interested in this hand - Madsen interested in moving in with his , and Jouven interested in calling with his . Jouven gave his all-in opponent a sneaky peeky at his hand as they wait for the cameras to congregate. He looks resigned as the other players talk about his hand.
"Double flush draw," offers one player as consolation.
"No, only one," corrects another.
"Sorry."
Flop: Some chuckling ensues.
Turn: "That gave him more outs," comments Madsen.
River:
Not one of them - double through and resigned shrug from Jouven, while Shaun Deeb teases with the advice, "Just look, and if you see one Ten, get it all in preflop."