Gus Hansen has begun to open up his raising game, but Matt Marafioti is paying attention, too. In the last hand, Marafioti limped in, and Hansen raised to 90,000 from the big blind. It's the second or third time he's done so recently, and this time, Marafioti played back at him. He reraised to 215,000 total, and Mr. Hansen could not call. He's still just in front in their slow-moving duel, though, sitting with about 1.325 million now.
In the other match, Jake Cody is down around 550,000, leaving the other 1.85 million in Anthony Guetti's stack.
We missed the preflop betting but with the blinds at 10,000/20,000, Eric Froehlich and Nikolay Evdakov stared at a board reading . The pot contained between 450,000 and 500,000 chips and Froehlich tapped the table, checking the action to Evdakov.
The Russian announced himself all-in for 226,000 and the man known to the poker world as "E-Fro" called, showing his for two pair, while Evdakov flinched and flipped his for top pair top kicker. Evdakov needed to spike an Ace or a Ten to overcome Froehlich, but the river card came , giving Froehlich a full house and a ticket to the Final Four.
Gus Hansen is tied up with a ceremony on the stage, so this break has been a bit extended. Matt Marafioti has just retaken his seat, but he's alone at that end of the table for now.
On the other side of the table, Jake Cody and Anthony Guetti have resumed their match.
Holding the button, Jake Cody heard Anthony Guetti announce "all-in" and made the quick call. Cody showed down the and was ahead of Guetti's . Any drama the hand may have produced vanished with a flop of , as Cody flopped trip Aces and had his man virtually drawing dead. The on the turn sealed the hand for Cody, and after a meaningless on the river, the Brit claimed a pot of nearly 560,000 chips.
Jake Cody opened the pot to 65,000 before the flop, and Anthony Guetti flatted to see a flop out of position. It came , and both men checked through to the turn. Guetti took the lead now, putting out a bet of 63,000. After moment, Cody slowly raised to 178,000, and Guetti called to see the last card.
It was the to pair the board, and Guetti knocked the table. Cody made one last bet of 195,000, and Guetti paid him off. The flipped over in front of Cody, and his eights full were good enough to take the pot. He's opening up a bit of breathing room in his match now, sitting with about 1.62 million to Guetti's 780,000.
After a small raise by Jake Cody, Anthony Guetti three-bet to 105,000 and Cody declared himself all-in. Guetti quickly made the call and flipped up , but found himself trailing the held by the British phenom.
The two players stood as Cody's supporters let loose with a loud cheer. The flop came and Guetti found himself needing to hit a two-outer to survive. No help came as the turn produced the , and when the dealer peeled the Cody's British contingent began whooping it up, patting their man on the back in congratulation. Cody will play Gus Hansen in the semifinal round of the $25k Heads-Up World Championship, pitting two players who have captured gold and glory in European events, but have yet to win a bracelet in the Las Vegas edition of the WSOP.
. The pot contained between 450,000 and 500,000 chips and Froehlich tapped the table, checking the action to Evdakov.
for two pair, while Evdakov flinched and flipped his 
for top pair top kicker. Evdakov needed to spike an Ace or a Ten to overcome Froehlich, but the river card came 
, giving Froehlich a full house and a ticket to the Final Four.
and was ahead of Guetti's 
. Any drama the hand may have produced vanished with a flop of 
, as Cody flopped trip Aces and had his man virtually drawing dead. The 
on the turn sealed the hand for Cody, and after a meaningless 
on the river, the Brit claimed a pot of nearly 560,000 chips.
, and both men checked through to the 
turn. Guetti took the lead now, putting out a bet of 63,000. After moment, Cody slowly raised to 178,000, and Guetti called to see the last card.
to pair the board, and Guetti knocked the table. Cody made one last bet of 195,000, and Guetti paid him off. The 
flipped over in front of Cody, and his eights full were good enough to take the pot. He's opening up a bit of breathing room in his match now, sitting with about 1.62 million to Guetti's 780,000.
held by the British phenom.
and Guetti found himself needing to hit a two-outer to survive. No help came as the turn produced the 
, and when the dealer peeled the