Trumper In it To Win It
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We had a brief chat with Simon Trumper between hands and after initially hating his new table with Sammy Farha to his left he has now completely changed his mind and he loves it.
As he explained it, by having the strong Farha to his left, when he makes a raise it makes his hand look much stronger. So far he has used this to his advantage to chip up in several hands. He also gave us an appraisal of his table and how quickly he had categorized the players based on their actions and a few hands they had showed down.
There is a long way to go in the tournament and Trumper was not satisfied with making the money, far from it. ��I��m only interested in first.�� he said and then sat down to play a hand.
Trumper raised in early position for 3,200 and got one caller in the big blind. They saw a flop of 
. It was checked to Trumper who bet 4,800. His opponent eyed him suspiciously but made the call after a minutes thought.
The turn card was the 
. Checked again to Trumper who neatly placed out a bet of 10,450. His opponent eyed him up even more suspiciously and toyed with his chips for a while. Eventually though he let his hand go.
Trumper showed the table the 
for the stone cold bluff.
"First time I've made a move all day." he announced as he scooped in the pot.
He sure has his eyes on the prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,800
4,400
|
4,400 |