Our heads-up-onauts have had a relatively slow start to their battle for the title.
First Per Linde min-raised from the button and got away with it.
Next hand Linde called Michael Tureniec's button min-raise, but check-folded to Tureniec's 150,000 continuation bet on the flop.
The hand after that, Linde opened to 125,000 and Tureniec flatted before checking the flop. Linde bet 150,000, but Tureniec now check-raised to 400,000. Linde gave it up, and they play on.
Remember, when we started this heads up match, Tureniec was playing around 165 big blinds to Linde's 65 big blinds. Swedish aggression or no, this could take a little while yet...
Per Linde might be the shorter stack heads up, but he's not actually desperate. The two of them are deep enough to play properly and we're seeing quite a few flops. The first HU three-bet was made by Michael Tureniec out of the big blind (raising Linde from 125k to 325k) and it was called.
The flop brought and Tureniec led for 350k, called by Linde with a lazy flick of the wrist.
The turn was the . Now both players checked.
The river was the , and when Tureniec checked again, Linde pushed in 800k. This swelled the pot over the 2 million chip mark. Tureniec, after a short pause (he does everything after a short pause) folded.
Michael Tureniec button-raised to 130,000 and Per Linde called to see a flop. He checked, and then called Tureniec's 150,000 bet.
They checked down the turn and river, at which point Tureniec mucked. The delaer up on the feature table seems to have forgotten that we in the press room like it when they bring the cards in at showdown, but we are pretty sure that Linde had at least one six in his hand.
Linde is doing a great job of evening the stacks now.
Per Linde raised to 125,000 from the button but Michael Tureniec 3-bet to 325,000 and Linde quickly folded.
Michael Tureniec raised to 130,000 from button and purloined the binds.
Per Linde raised to 125,000 once more from the button but for a second time Tureniec made it 325,000 and Linde folded once more.
Tureniec opened to 130,000 and Per Linde called to see a flop where Linde check-called a 150,000 bet. The turn went check-check, as did the river and Linde's was good for the pot.
Michael Tureniec checked the flop, before check-raising to 400,000 when Per Linde stuck in a 150,000 bet from the button. Linde called it and they saw a turn card.
Both players checked the turn and come the river Tureniec bet out 475,000. Linde called it, but insta-mucked to Tureniec's .
It took Per Linde until the turn to shift Michael Tureniec from his hand just now. After a few minutes of raise-take preflop poker, they got to a flop after Tureniec called the 175k bet by Linde on the button. Tureniec check-called Linde's 175k on the flop, but when Linde bet 425k on the river he laid his hand down.
Michael Tureniec raised to 130,000 and bet a further 150,000 on the flop but quickly gave it up when Per Linde check-raised to 450,000.
Linde raised to 125,000 a couple of hands later but Tureniec made it 325,000. The commentators mention that Tureniec has been 3-betting a lot and Linde agrees, he makes it 725,000. Tureniec thought for 30 seconds and moved all-in, Linde instantly folded.
Another smallish hit for Per Linde, as he raised to 125,000 on the button and got called by Michael Tureniec.
Tureniec check-called another 125,000 on the flop; they both opted to check the turn and river. Tureniec turned over , and Linde couldn;t beat it - he mucked.
Tureniec is now at 9.405 million, 70% of the chips. Linde is at 3.99 million and beginning to look just a tad frustrated.
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flop.
flop. Linde bet 150,000, but Tureniec now check-raised to 400,000. Linde gave it up, and they play on.
and Tureniec led for 350k, called by Linde with a lazy flick of the wrist.
. Now both players checked.
, and when Tureniec checked again, Linde pushed in 800k. This swelled the pot over the 2 million chip mark. Tureniec, after a short pause (he does everything after a short pause) folded.
flop. He checked, and then called Tureniec's 150,000 bet.
turn and 
river, at which point Tureniec mucked. The delaer up on the feature table seems to have forgotten that we in the press room like it when they bring the cards in at showdown, but we are pretty sure that Linde had at least one six in his hand.
flop where Linde check-called a 150,000 bet. The 
turn went check-check, as did the 
river and Linde's 
was good for the pot.
flop, before check-raising to 400,000 when Per Linde stuck in a 150,000 bet from the button. Linde called it and they saw a turn card.
turn and come the 
.
river. Tureniec turned over 
, and Linde couldn;t beat it - he mucked.