Kevin MacPhee has been on many tournament bubbles during his career and is vastly experienced in this crazy game. He just used some of that experience to extract some chips from Alexandre Reard.
MacPhee opened to 20,000 in the hijack and Reard defended his big blind with a call. The flop saw Reard check-call a 25,000 continuation bet from MacPhee. The on the turn slowed the players down and they both checked, but when the fell on the river Reard opted to lead for 40,000 and MacPhee instantly called.
MacPhee had made top pair on the turn with his and set up Reard to take a stab at the pot.
Martin Jacobson, as one would expect from the clear chip leader, is dominating the bubble period on his table. The only position he hasn't been raising or three-betting from is the small blind. Vojtech Ruzicka is the only player to play back so far.
Jacobson opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Ruzicka defended his big blind to see a flop fall. He check-called a 20,000 bet before both players checked the turn.
The river came and Jacobson folded to a 31,000 bet.
Adrian Mateos has just doubled up on the bubble to keep his High Roller dream alive.
Steven Silverman had opened to 23,000 and Mateos was to his direct left and he three-bet all in for 47,000. The action folded back to Silverman and he made the rather easy call.
Mateos:
Silverman:
"King-queen suited is such a great hand there," said Kevin MacPhee as the dealer placed the flop on the felt. The turn was the and the river was the , Mateos' ace-high held and he doubled up.
Martin Jacobson can do nothing wrong right now and will be disappointed to be sent on a dinner break.
Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren open-shoved from under the gun with what turned out to be and the players folded in turn around to Jacobson in the big blind. The young Swede snap-called and showed .
The board ran out and with that Coren was eliminated and Jacobson climbed past one million chips.
"Back to back," said Jacobson to one of his table mates, suggesting he had aces in the big hand with Kitai a few minutes earlier.
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Martin Jacobson has just added yet more chips to his stack in a hand that spanned 10 minutes.
It was Jacobson who started the betting, raising 16,000 from the hijack. Vicky Coren folded, David Kitai called on the button and Jonathan Duhamel called in the small blind.
Duhamel checked the flop, Jacobson bet 33,000 and only Kitai called. The was greeted with checks from both active players but the saw Jacobson lead for 86,000.
Kitai went deep into the tank, so deep we thought he would never emerge again! He shaped to call, then pulled his hand back. He then recounted his stack two or three times, checked the size of the other stacks and went back to staring at Jacobson. Everyone talks about the "Ivey Stare" but Jacobson has one that rivals even the great man.
A full nine minutes later Kitai folded, showing . Jacobson declined to show and he approaches one million chips.
Ilan Boujenah has been eliminated in the High Roller event, just shy of the money.
Boujenah, crippled after running into Vicky Coren's aces, raised to 60,000 leaving himself just 6,000 behind. Martin Jacobson min-raised to 120,000 and Boujenah tossed in the remains of his stack.
flop saw Reard check-call a 25,000 continuation bet from MacPhee. The 
on the turn slowed the players down and they both checked, but when the 
fell on the river Reard opted to lead for 40,000 and MacPhee instantly called.
and set up Reard to take a stab at the pot.
flop fall. He check-called a 20,000 bet before both players checked the 
turn.
and Jacobson folded to a 31,000 bet.
flop on the felt. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, Mateos' ace-high held and he doubled up.
and the players folded in turn around to Jacobson in the big blind. The young Swede snap-called and showed 
.
was greeted with checks from both active players but the 
. Jacobson declined to show and he approaches one million chips.
