Per Linde started off with a min-raise to 200,000 and Michael Tureniec immediately 3-bet to 525,000 and Linde relinquished his hand.
Tureniec also picked up the next hand with a button raise.
Linde minraised again from the button and again Tureniec made it 525,000 in the big blind, Linde called this time. The flop was and Tureniec bet 450,000 and that was enough to get it through. It's all the chip leader at the start of this level.
Tureniec got the blinds in the next hand with a 225,000 raise.
Linde raised to 200,000 once more and Tureniec chose a call this time to see the monotone flop of . It was checked to Linde who bet 250,000 and Tureniec called giving us a turn. After a Tureniec check, Linde bet 600,000 - "That's a pretty strong bet," said Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly on the commentary. Tureniec also thought so and folded his hands.
Per Linde and Michael Tureniec have agreed to a regular break rather than a long dinner break. It looks like Tureniec can survive on complimentary orange juice cartons alone. Back in 15 minutes.
Back-to-back three-bets had us excited in the press room. First Tureniec raised the button and faced a three-bet from Linde for around 500,000. Tureniec folded. The very next hand it was Linde who made the button raise (a minimum 160,000) and Tureniec who made the three-bet (425,000). Fold.
Two hands later and Linde min-raised again. This time Tureniec flat called and we got to see a flop of . They both checked said flop, but Tureniec bet out on the turn and forced a fold from Linde.
The traditionally standard Michael Tureniec raise and Per Linde called the 180,000. The saw Linde check-call a bet of 200,000 before both checked the turn only for Linde to lead for 400,000 on the river.
Tureniec thought for about 30 seconds but called and Linde flipped for a rivered straight. Can Linde go on from there?
Just as it looked like Per Linde was heading feltwards for the second time, he found on the button and duly refused to back down when the aggressive Tureniec raised him with . The board ran out and while not back to square one exactly, Tureniec has to fight on.
Just a few chips headed back into Per Linde's severely depleted stack, as he limped in on the button and Michael Tureniec checked his option. Tureniec bet out 100,000 on the flop, but Linde raised to 300,000 and Tureniec was suddenly no longer interested.
Linde won another couple of small pots after that, and is now at 2.255 million to Tureniec's 11.215 million.
Button raise from Per Linde (160k). Pressure was duly applied by Michael Tureniec, resulting in a quick fold. We can sense an all-in moment coming soon...
Tureniec called Linde's button raise and they saw a flop of . Check to Linde, who bet 200k, getting a fold and hoisting himself over the 2 million chip mark once again.
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and Tureniec bet 450,000 and that was enough to get it through. It's all the chip leader at the start of this level.
. It was checked to Linde who bet 250,000 and Tureniec called giving us a 
turn. After a Tureniec check, Linde bet 600,000 - "That's a pretty strong bet," said Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly on the commentary. Tureniec also thought so and folded his hands.
. They both checked said flop, but Tureniec bet out on the 
turn and forced a fold from Linde.
saw Linde check-call a bet of 200,000 before both checked the 
turn only for Linde to lead for 400,000 on the 
river.
for a rivered straight. Can Linde go on from there?
. The board ran out 
flop, but Linde raised to 300,000 and Tureniec was suddenly no longer interested.
