Scott Hannah tiene historia en Praga, ya que ganó el WPT High Roller en esta ciudad hace dos años. El director del torneo, Christian Scalzi, se lo acaba de recordar.
'Two days of lucky cards, and a weak final table!' he jokes (it was one of the toughest final tables in recent memory) as he calls Michael Wang's reraise from 350 a 900 after Alexander Ivarsson had opened the betting. Ivarsson re-raises again to 2400, which loses Wang from the action but Hannah comes along for the flop. Ivarsson is quick to bet again, this time to 1500, which elicits a fold from Hannah.
In the next hand, Hannah only starts the hand with 8700 chips, and calls 350 as do four others. the flop of is checked by both Ivarsson and Wang, before Hannah announces that he's all-in. Everyone folds, and he shows his cards of
, jokingly announcing a 'straight'.
We may have found the joker in the pack here on Day 1a. Players head for the first 15-minuto de descanso del día.