It's Not Like They're Not Trying

Although the pace of play has definitely taken a turn for the slower on Day Three (especially compared to the breakneck pace of yesterday), the short stacks aren't just folding into nothingness without a fight. It's just they keep winning the fights...


Paul Jansen, for example, pictured above, has moved his short stack in preflop several times already, including a two-hands-in-a-row effort which added some chips to his stack. Although people on his table have dwelled for a while, no one's looked him up, even though he has the chip leader Pedro De Meyre on his immediate left.

Elsewhere Kristian Aksnes continues to run good, getting his 20k or so all in preflop vs. cutoff raiser Sindri Ludviksson, who gave him a spin with K-9 but failed to hit against Aksnes' A-Q.

My favourite exit-dodge, though, has to be that of Roar Wang, who shoved with A-9 only to run into Q-Q. He stood up, as you do, as the flop brought another Queen... but the board in total came out J-Q-2...T...8! That rivered him a straight, and kept him going in the tournament.