I caught the hand on the flop. There was around 24,000 in the pot. The board read . Ludovic Lacay moved all in for his last 20,000. Robin Keston called with . Lacay showed . The turn was the and the river was the . Lacay's hand did not improve and he was eliminated in 50th place.
The Frenchman immediately removed the toothbrush from his mouth. It had been in there for the entire duration of the tournament because he had lost a prop bet with one of his friends.
Kara Scott, short-stacked, pushed all in with in early position and it folded around to Will Fry in the big blind, who woke up with pocket nines. He hit another nine on the turn for good measure, and Ms. Scott is out in 52nd place.
Incidentally, I was chatting to Mr. Fry and discovered that he is usually a cash player and has never played a tournament bigger than a €400 buy-in. Wherever he places now, this represents his biggest-ever tournament cash, and he appears to be having the time of his life...
Sorel Mizzi was all in with pocket fours against Denis Volkov's pocket tens. Mizzi could not improve his hand and he headed to the rail in 54th place. The young Canadian will take home €5,320.
I suspect the chips went in on the flop, but either way the board read with Gino Alacqua holding pocket kings for a full triple-up -- his opponents were holding and assortedly.
Janek Schleicher has doubled up with against an opponent's on a jack-high board.
Meanwhile, Danny Ryan had dropped right down to 45,000, and then suffered a further setback. He raised to 8,000 under the gun and got a single call from Jecek Ladny in the small blind. Ladny checked the flop and Ryan pushed all in to cover Ladny -- who called instantly, as he'd flopped a full house with his to double up to 60,000. Ryan's were no good, and he was down to just 15,000.