{"id":26577,"date":"2013-03-17T17:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T16:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=26577"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:25:46","slug":"not-such-a-fun-time-for-franky-but-he-still-has-heaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/not-such-a-fun-time-for-franky-but-he-still-has-heaps.html","title":{"rendered":"Not such a fun time for Franky; but he still has heaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/franky.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"franky\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/franky.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/franky-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mathew Frankland<\/strong> has been moved from pillar to post so far on Day 2 and is now sat on his third table since play began. His latest table is Table 4, which is located at the far end of the room, just in front of the large WPT and PartyPoker banner. Here Frankland is sharing a table with <strong>Karl Mahrenholz<\/strong> and <strong>Tamer Kamal<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Frankland\u2019s new home has not been what you would consider to be welcoming, as it has relieved him of around 30,000 chips in the past three hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hand #1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karl Mahrenholz opened to 2,200 from under-the-gun, one player folded and Frankland three-bet to 5,300. Kamel called from the next seat and Mahrenholz called. The trio shared a <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop, Mahrenholz checking, Frankland continuing with a 6,800 bet and only Kamel calling. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn saw both player check but Frankland led for 17,700 on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river. Kamel called and the hands were shown down.<\/p>\n<p>Frankland turned over [Kx][Qx] and Kamel won with the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hand #2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frankland opened the betting with a raise to 2,200 and his only customer was Mahrenholz in the big blind. Mahrenholz checked the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop, Frankland bet 2,200 but then folded when Mahrenholz check-raised to 5,800.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hand #3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, Frankland raised to 2,200, Kamel three-bet next to act. <strong>Adam Lawler<\/strong> cold-called on the button and Frankland tossed in the extra chips to call. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop saw Frankland and Kamel check to Lawler, who bet 7,000. Only Kamel called. Both players checked the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn but Kamel led for 18,400 on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river, prompting a fold from Lawler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the best end for a level, hey Franky?\u201d  we said to Frankland as he headed out of the tournament area for a scheduled break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d came the reply, \u201c I still have heaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And heaps he does have, Frankland has around 60,000 or 50 big blinds. Kamel is now past 200,000 and is going to take some catching.<\/p>\n<h3>Join the conversation!<\/h3>\n<p>What would you do with \u00a380,000? Let us know in the comments below and remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PartyPoker\"><strong>follow us<\/strong><\/a> on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PartyPoker\"><strong>like us<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathew Frankland has been moved from pillar to post so far on Day 2 and is now sat on his third table since play began. His latest table is Table 4, which is located at the far end of the room, just in front of the large WPT and PartyPoker banner. Here Frankland is sharing<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/not-such-a-fun-time-for-franky-but-he-still-has-heaps.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":26579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76658,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26577\/revisions\/76658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26577"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}