Not long after that, and Francesco de Vivo got himself involved again.
He opened for 40,000 in the cutoff and was faced with a reraise to 96,000 from Roberto Romanello on the button. Back to de Vivo, and he announced all in for 385,000. After some very serious cogitation, Romanello folded. De Vivo showed him one card - it was the . After a moment he showed him the other one too - it was the .
In a battle of the blinds, Morten Klein ended up all in for about 430,000, and Andrew Teng came right along with the matching chips from the blind. Klein was covered, all in, at risk, and behind:
Showdown
Klein:
Teng:
The first four cards were bricks for Klein, but salvation would come. A board of finally found Klein's ace, doubling him up over 850,000. Teng still has that covered, but his stack has taken a noticeable hit down to 960,000.
Francesco De Vivo and Roberto Romanello just tangled in a huge pot. It was a battle of the blinds, and it appeared that Romanello had called a raise before the flop.
We pick it up live as the dealer ran out a flop of . De Vivo led out with 35,000, and Romanello was right there with a quick call. The hit the turn, drawing a check from De Vivo this time. Romanello eyed up the size of the pot and stuck out a bet of 80,000 straight. De Vivo gave a good stare before confidently plunking the call into the pot.
The last card off was the , and De Vivo checked again. Without hesitation, Romanello announced an all in. It was an effective bet of 436,000, as that's all De Vivo had left. Still, it was a big overbet of the pot, and it took De Vivo aback. It would take several long minutes of staring and gear-turning thought before making up his mind. Very quietly, he announced, "I call."
"Good call," said Romanello, waiting to see if he'd have to show his cards first. De Vivo didn't make him; he turned up for top pair. It was a fine call; Romanello slid his cards into the muck and began counting out the chips required to pay his big debt. When the dust settled, we could see that Romanello's stack has been nearly halved down to about 820,000. De Vivo has now overtaken him, sitting pretty with about 1.15 million.
Morten Guldhammer opened for 30,000 but Damien Fouquet reraised to 75,000. Call.
Both players checked the flop and Fouquet bet out 100,000 on the turn. Guldhammer called.
Fouquet checked the river and then tanked up when Guldhammer bet 100,000. Eventually he called - but tapped the table and mucked when Guldhammer turned over pocket sixes for a full house. "Yes!" shouted Guldhammer with a loud clap.
First into the pot, Andrey Vlasenko open-shoved his shortest stack into the middle. Always good for a call, big stack Morten Guldhammer looked him up, putting the soft-spoken Vlasenko at risk.
Showdown
Vlasenko:
Guldhammer:
The flop found Guldhammer as it came out . The on the turn actually took three outs back from Vlasenko, unable to win with a king. The river was the in any event, and Guldhammer's trips are good enough to knock off yet another player. Vlasenko will take home 120,000 DKK for his work this week, while Guldhammer has risen to the chip lead with about 1.9 million.
Under the gun, Morten Guldhammer opened to 60,000. A few seats over, the likewise-big-stacked Damien Fouquet made a three-bet to 150,000. Guldhammer called, the the two chip leaders were off to the flop.
It came , and Guldhammer led right out with a bet of 200,000. Fouquet didn't waste any time moving all in for 1.512 million, and Guldhammer's call came in an instant! Just like that, a pot of more than 3 million chips was up for grabs! Cards on their back, gents:
Guldhammer:
Fouquet:
It was quite a situation we had on our hands. Guldhammer had outflopped Fouquet's overpair, the latter in very serious danger of tumbling down and out of the tournament entirely.
The on the turn was no help to Fouquet, other than giving him three more outs to make a better two pair. When the raggy filled out the board, an awkward celebration followed from Guldhammer. The two men shook hands, Fouquet visibly stricken by what had just transpired.
After winning by far the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, Guldhammer has opened up an enormous chip lead with 3.653 million!