Will Kassouf has not ling taken his seat. In an early hand the action folded round to him on the small blind and all eyes were on him, not least the player in the big blind.
What would the controversial Kassouf do? The “Nine high like a boss.” man. The heads up grudge match man. The guy bringing speech play either back in fashion or into disrepute. What verbal wizardry would be unleashed on his hapless opponent?
Kassouf looked at his hole cards.
“First walk of the day” said Kassouf and folded.
The big blind showed .
One of the other players called Kassouf’s play there, “Jedi mind tricks.”
Alessio Sabatini opened the betting from the cut-off and James Akenhead three-bet from the big blind. Back to Sabatini who four-bet to 3,500. Akenhead jammed for around 18,000 and Sabatini called.
Sabatini had Queens and Akenhead had six-five off suit.
The queens held up and Akenhead was done before the first break of the day.
PokerStars offered players the opportunity to qualify to the PokerStars Festival London Main Event through their popular Spin and Go format. John McGlynn was the first to do so and the PokerStars Blog sat down with him for a chat.