Cautious Approach

If you were expecting a loose affair, then you're to be sorely mistaken as today's play has been tighter than a violin string, with the following hand perhaps indicative of the cautious play that has been witnessed thus far.

With the blinds still at 150 and 300 with a running ante of 25, the player pictured bumped it up to 1,200 preflop from early to mid position. With the action folded across to the small blind, Antti Tiainen of Finalnd made it a total of 3,850 tp play.

Although the big blind mulled for what felt like an age, the action eventually made it's way back round to the original raiser, who appeared equally tortured. After dropping his head into his hands, he folded pocket queens face-up, much to the surprise of the table. Tianen, meanwhile, quietly mucked, failing to satisfy the curiosity of all who were watching.

Whether he was ahead or not, Tiainen now has a very comfortable 27,000.