Basil Yaiche is a renowned cash game player from France used to playing down through the streets. David Williams probably doesn't know this and tried to get tricky on the river in hand between the two, but ended up having to fold.
The board read and Yaiche bet 1,700 when the Team PokerStars Pro checked to him. Williams check-raised to 4,525 and then folded when Yaiche three-bet to 13,875.
After a player raised to 400 from early position, 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure runner-up Chris Oliver called on the button and the flop came down . The preflop raiser checked and Oliver bet 500. His opponent called.
The turn and river were both checked as the and fell. Oliver showed the for sevens and fives to win the pot. His opponent mucked his hand.
There was an early position raise to 300, and three callers, before the player in the big blind put his foot down, making it 1,950 to play. Out of the four players in the pot, only Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu made the call from the hijack seat and the duo saw a flop. The flop was and a 2,500 bet from the big blind won the pot. As Negreanu folded his hand his opponent flashed him two red kings for middle set. Negreanu has not had the best of starts and is down to 15,500.
Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein starts the day on Table 1 and here are a few hands involving the great man.
Greenstein raised to 250 in the cutoff and both players called in the blinds. The flop was and both players checked to Greenstein, and a standard c-bet won the pot. Greenstein was in a very charitable mood when he tabled a pair of jacks.
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Tobias Birgmeir raised to 250 in middle position and Barry Greenstein made it 750 from the hijack seat. Birgmeir paid the added extra and the pair went to the flop.
Flop:
Birgmeir checked to Greenstein, who bet 900, but Birgmeier won the pot with a check-raise to 2,3000.
Massimiliano Martinez is the early chip leader after he busted Ali Baalbaki, our first player out today.
We only caught up with the action on the river where the board read , and around 5,000 chips had made it into the middle. The Team PokerStars Po bet 4,300 from under the gun and was check-raised to 10,700 from Baalbaki in the big blind.
Martinez stared down his opponent and moved all-in for 29,000. This sent Baalbaki into the tank for at least three minutes before he called off his remaining 17,900 with for the nut flush. It was no good though as Martinez opened for a full house.
Jorge Galino Lopez check-called a bet of 1,125 on the board against Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree. The river was the and paired the board. Lopez checked and Boeree bet 3,100. Lopez thought about it, but then gave it up and Boeree won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro David Williams is going to have a fun day. He has the two aggressive Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel and Basil Yaiche on his table as well as Athanasios Polychronopoulos. Here is a hand featuring the two Frenchmen.
David Dayan limped under the gun and Basil Yaiche raised to 350 on the button. Thorel made the call in the small blind as did Dayan. The flop was and the action checked to Yaiche who c-bet 550 and both players called. The turn of was checked through until we found ourselves at the river. The dealer placed the on the felt and Thorel tried his luck with a bet to 600, Dayan called and Yaiche folded and we had a showdown.
Olivier Busquet raised to 300 under the gun, a player in middle position called, Juan Manuel Pastor called on the button, Annette Obrestad called in the small blind as did the big blind.
Flop:
Obrestad took a strong line and led into the field with a bet of 900. A wave of folds later and the player in middle position made the call.
Turn:
Obrestad continued her aggression with a second bet of 2,600 and her opponent called.
River:
Obrestad dragged her red polished nails deftly across the felt and sprayed a bet of 6,700 across the line. Her opponent went into the tank for a good three-four minutes before eventually folding.
Craig McCorkell likes playing poker in Monaco. His biggest ever live score came here two season’s ago when he finished 9th in the Grand Final main event for €100,000. At the time it hurt him a lot, being the final table bubble boy, but he must be proud looking back.
He’s not gotten off to the best of starts today though. As we approached his table he was folding to a post flop bet from Justin Bonomo, and he lost the next pot as well.
He opened to 225 from the cut-off and called when Matt Jarvis three-bet to 700 from the button. Both players checked the flop before McCorkell led for 1,025 on the turn. Jarvis called before both players checked the river.
McCorkell had a resigned look upon his face as he opened . He was right too as well as Jarvis opened .
and Yaiche bet 1,700 when the Team PokerStars Pro checked to him. Williams check-raised to 4,525 and then folded when Yaiche three-bet to 13,875.
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. The preflop raiser checked and Oliver bet 500. His opponent called.
and 
fell. Oliver showed the 
for sevens and fives to win the pot. His opponent mucked his hand.
and a 2,500 bet from the big blind won the pot. As Negreanu folded his hand his opponent flashed him two red kings for middle set. Negreanu has not had the best of starts and is down to 15,500.
and both players checked to Greenstein, and a standard c-bet won the pot. Greenstein was in a very charitable mood when he tabled a pair of jacks.
for the nut flush. It was no good though as Martinez opened 
for a full house.
board against 
and paired the board. Lopez checked and Boeree bet 3,100. Lopez thought about it, but then gave it up and Boeree won the pot.
on the felt and Thorel tried his luck with a bet to 600, Dayan called and Yaiche folded and we had a showdown.
flop before McCorkell led for 1,025 on the 
turn. Jarvis called before both players checked the 
river.
