The Ladbrokes Vegas Dream tour moved on to the second of the three live satellites at the Hard Rock Casino, Las Vegas. The remaining players who were unsuccessful in progressing through the 1st satellite at the Rio were ready to do battle once more and hopefully claim one of the three WSOP Main Event seats available. Play began at 12.30 and there were three tables left when we reached mid afternoon. This year’s Ladbrokes team was a make up of several nationalities including Denmark who were represented by several players one of which being the constant talking Rasmus Hoppe. The Dane was providing his fellow players, and indeed the rail with a variety of performances that could be heard throughout the card room. Speaking of the card room, it is fair to say the Hard Rock Casino poker room is a stylish and friendly place to play poker with the venue being enjoyed by all the players.
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The excellent structure meant that there was plenty of poker played during the final table with chips moving back and forth without the players committing themselves beyond repair. The one exception was Mark Herron (Marky147) who was down to his last few chips before doubling up a couple of times and proving to be a real threat in the game. This culminated in him knocking out Niall O’Hair (__bigjoe__) out in 9th place when the Irishman pushed all of his chips in with pocket 4s only to find Marky147 waiting in the big blind with pocket queens. Niall finished 12th in last night’s satellite and was therefore so close to glory once more. Next to go was our colourful friend from Denmark. Rasmus (noheartflush), who had qualified at a live event held at the EPT Copenhagen was eliminated by the hoody wearing Norwegian Thomas Swensson (labomba). Play continued for a further hour before we our next Vegas Dream qualifier. Julian Martin (Julian1) qualified for this year’s Vegas trip by winning the MTT Leaderboard at Ladbrokespoker.com. The young geordie nursed his stack fantastically through the final table and was cruelly taken out when his KK was no good against the A8 of Swensson. Note that Swensson hit his ace on the river. We were now down to 6 players all of which would at least win some sort of prize either a Main Event seat or cash.
Another Irishman, David Gilfillan (fippytrucker) was next to go. He left with a $800 but was disappointed after going so close. The levels ticked on and we were now down to the last 5. Laddies regular Nigel Sudcliffe (sudsy8) pushed his chips into the middle on several occassions without having to turn a card. His exit was more than spectacular though. A three way all-in that included Marky147 and labomba ended Sudsy’s tournament when his K10 was dominated by Swensson’s KK. Incidentally, Marky147 held 99 in that hand. Sudsy took away a prize of $1400. Another side note – three of the players at the final table today had all qualified via the Easter Rendezvous festival in Brighton at Easter.
It was now bubble time. The blinds were now taking their toll and the remaining players bar massive chip leader Swensson, were gambling with numerous all-in moves. In one particular hand, Vishal Danak (K4s-768) pushed with 10 2 and rivered a 10 against Marky’s A5. By now Marky was shortstacked and had no option than to push his last remaining 3000 chips into the middle after already posting a 4000 small blind. Alas, his 9 5 off suit did not improve and with his opponents checking the hand down he was eliminated in 4th place winning $2000. So we have our next three Main Event seat winners and they are Vishal Danak, Thomas Swensson and Ross Jarvis. Congratulations to all three as well as those who cashed in today’s game.
The show now moves on to downtown Las Vegas and the Golden Nuggett casino where the third and final satellite will take place.
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