Jani Vilmunen raised to 36,000 preflop and Howard Lederer defended in the big blind. Both players checked the flop, before Lederer led for 79,000 on the turn. Vilmumen dwelt momentarily, then made the call. Two insta-checks on the river, Lederer taking it down with .
There's a Bangles themed slot machine here at the Empire Casino that is driving people insane, continually banging out the tune to 'Walk Like An Egyption' 24/7. I was in the lavatory just now, when the dude at the neighbouring urinal started humming the tune. In fact, the song is so infectious that I just caught Ross Boatman whistling it across the felt.
Crikey O'Reilly, they're dropping like lemmings on a tightrope here! Next to hit the deck was Daniel Hindin, the American all in with versus . The man firing the bullets? Yep, it was lean mean eliminating machine Jani Vilmunen again.
Roberto Romanello's demise occurred whilst I was at my station, but I prodded and probed members of the rail and was duly informed that Jani Vilmunen was the assassin. According to what I collated (although prised is a more accurate phrase) from my sources, Romanello and Vilmunen got it all in on a rainbow flop, the Finn's pair of sevens with holding up against the Welshman's .
Roberto Romanello reached the river of a board, although he didn't look happy when Aarno Kivelio made a small bet of 20,000. He called nevertheless, but mucked to Kivelio's .
Jani Vilmunen kicked things off again, raising to 25,000. Howard Lederer and Aarno Kivelio both called. On the flop, Lederer check-raised Vilmunen's conintuation bet of 50,000 to what looked to be around the 175,000 mark. The Finn quickly folded.
In a preflop limpathon, Jani Vilmunen, Ross Boatman, Ville Haavisto and Howard Lederer all saw a flop of . With two checks before him, Vilmunen took it down with a bet of 25,000.