Mauro Corsetti raised to 18,000 and was met with a reraise from Steven Weusten to 38,000. Corsetti made the call. The flop came down and Weusten immediately slid out 50,000, setting Corsetti all in.
"Are you bluffing me?" Corsetti asked of his baby-faced opponent.
"Always!" was his reply.
After much hemming and hawing, Corsetti mucked his cards, leaving himself 42,000 behind.
Flops have been rare along the four outer tables, with nearly all of the action confined to preflop raises and reraises.
Joe Pelton has been doing his fair share of the reraising at his table. He opened a pot for 18,000 and Sebastian Ruthenberg popped him to 48,500. Undeterred, Pelton shipped the rest of his stack into the middle, about another 130,000 for Ruthenberg to call. Ultimately,he mucked, awarding Pelton a nice pot.
Mark Randal Flowers has enjoyed/suffered a roller coaster of a ride during these opening levels.
First he raised to 16,000 preflop after Alessandro Longobardi had limped, before the Italian check-folded to an all in on a flop.
Moments later, he doubled up Jonas Molander. Flowers raised it up from the button with , Molander came over the top from the big blind with and Flowers called. was enough to give the Swede the pot.
Then, after picking up the blinds contested the previous hand, Flowers himself doubled through courtesy of his prior sniper, holding up against Molander's on a board.
Martin Nielsen has doubled through courtesy of Fintan Gavin, or, more accurately, the hands of the Poker Gods. Pushing from the button with , Nielsen was looked up by , but managed to spike trip sevens on a board.
Mark Randal Flowers was down to only 62,000 after doubling up Beniamino Speroni. Flowers had set the short-stacked Speroni all in from the small blind with only , but Speroni made the call with , and rivered an ace-high flush on the board.
On the next hand, Flowers reraised all in after Sebastian Ruthenberg opened for 16,000. Ruthenberg made the call, his up against Flowers' . This time, Flowers was the victor, his ladies holding up on the board and giving him a much-needed double-up to around the 130,000 mark.
Ronny Johansen staked his tournament life on , going up against his opponent's . The board made him an ace-high flush on the river, giving the short stack a much needed chip infusion. He's now up to just over 100,000.