Per Linde raised under the gun and got a call from fellow Swede Joel Nordkvist.
Linde fired out on every street of the board - a smallish bet on the flop, 150,000 on the turn, and 350,000 on the river. Nordkvist called pretty quickly on the flop, a little more slowly on the turn, and very very slowly on the river - but call he did, and then mucked to Linde's for a set.
Linde picked up another 1.242 million pot, and is now at a potentially tournament-crushing 4.3 million.
Having survived all day with a short stack, occasionally getting it in - usually uncalled - preflop, Simen Johannessen's tournament run is over. He shipped it under the gun for 162k total, and button Nikolas Liakos moved in over the top. The blinds got out of the way and Liakos showed the mighty .
The "Ace please," trick which won Johannessen's last all-in behind confrontation didn't work this time - the board came down .
Nikolas Liakos raised and Jens Lauridsen called in the big blind to see a flop. They both checked.
They saw a turn and Lauridsen checked again. Liakos tried a little 42,000 bet but Lauridsen called it and they got to see the river too.
The river came down the and this time Lauridsen pondered for a moment before betting out 75,000. Liakos tanked. And tanked. And called... And then mucked when Lauridsen turned over for a flush.
With that, Luaridsen was back up to 950,000 or so. Liakos shook his head as he dropped to 410,000.
Kevin Iacofano has hit the turbo booster afterburner button in the last ten minutes after taking all of Johnny Jensen's chips in two swift moves.
First Jensen opened to 50,000 and Iacofano 3-bet in the small blind to 140,000 to which Jensen responded with a quick 4-bet to 300,000. Iacofano didn't wait long to respond with an all-in move and Jensen instantly folded to drop down to about 550,000.
The very next hand and Jensen opened to 49,000 and Kevin Iacofano, on the button, was the only caller. The flop came and Jensen led for 70,000 but Iacofano played back, making it 170,000 to go. Jensen moved all-in and Iacofano called instantly with .
Jensen though flipped and Iacofano seemed genuinely disappointed that he was actually behind. It wasn't to be for long though, the came on the turn and after the river, Jensen headbutted the table in despair. Iacofano now has over 1.6 million and is in 3rd place behind the two Swedes.
Who else but Per Linde? He's now up to 3,600,000, a stonking lead with 13 players left. His latest big pot came from Joel Nordkvist. Preflop raiser Linde called Nordkvist's bet on a flop and then took over the betting, firing close to pot on the turn and then 455k on the river. Nordkvist looked like he was considering making the call for a number of minutes, but finally folded and Linde scooped yet another one.
A pot looked like it could spiral out of control on a flop after cutoff Jens Lauridsen had called button Johnny Jensens' 110k three-bet preflop. This flop brought a check from Lauridsen and a bet of 145k immediately from Jensen. Back to Lauridsen, who counted out calling chips, and then a second stack of potential raising chips (about eight orange 25k chips). He counted both of these stacks repeatedly. To give you some idea of how long this decision took, over on the feature table Krogh got it in, lost, and made his exit during this action only. He folded.
Per Linde opened to 45,000 under the gun and Lars Krogh made it 125,000 to go. Back to Linde, who went all in, and Krogh finally called all in for a total of 485,000.
As our blogger Djinn said: "Run better, Per Linde."
Krogh:
Linde:
Board:
Per Linde is now in possession of 3.243 million - a third of the chips in play. Our Top 3 Swedes (Michael Tureniec on 1.951 million and Joel Nordkvist on 1.831 million) have more than half the chips between them.
Kevin Iacofano opened preflop to 45,000 and got called by Mudassar Khan and Nikolas Liakos in the small blind and big blind respectively.
The flop of was checked around before Khan took a shot with a 79,000 bet on the turn which Liakos and Iacofano both called. Suddenly the pot was getting huge.
The came on the river and Khan thought for a minute before checking and Liakos now bet 120,000 before Iacofano quickly declared he was all-in and pushed everything into the middle for a total of 404,000. Khan tanked for a minute before folding but Liakos was nowhere need as quick.
The Swede sat thinking, even getting a count, for around eight minutes while the rest of the table stayed silent. Finally he folded.
"Show the bluff!" shouted someone.
"You can turn over one," said Iacofano.
Liakos flipped over a card, perhaps he wished he hadn't as it was the .
A big pot has lifted the early leader Joel Nordkvist back up to near joint second place with Michael Tureniec. Tureniec raised to 42k under the gun, and Nordkvist on the button made the call. On the flop, Tureniec kept going, leading for 64k. Call from Nordkvist. This pattern continued all the way to the river, with Tureniec betting 116k on the turn and 256k on the river. Opting for no raise at any point, Nordkvist called all the way and showed to win the pot. Tureniec mucked.
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board - a smallish bet on the flop, 150,000 on the turn, and 350,000 on the river. Nordkvist called pretty quickly on the flop, a little more slowly on the turn, and very very slowly on the river - but call he did, and then mucked to Linde's 
for a set.
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flop. They both checked.
turn and Lauridsen checked again. Liakos tried a little 42,000 bet but Lauridsen called it and they got to see the river too.
for a flush.
came on the turn and after the 
river, Jensen headbutted the table in despair. Iacofano now has over 1.6 million and is in 3rd place behind the two Swedes.
flop and then took over the betting, firing close to pot on the 
turn and then 455k on the 
river. Nordkvist looked like he was considering making the call for a number of minutes, but finally folded and Linde scooped yet another one.
flop after cutoff Jens Lauridsen had called button Johnny Jensens' 110k three-bet preflop. This flop brought a check from Lauridsen and a bet of 145k immediately from Jensen. Back to Lauridsen, who counted out calling chips, and then a second stack of potential raising chips (about eight orange 25k chips). He counted both of these stacks repeatedly. To give you some idea of how long this decision took, over on the feature table Krogh got it in, lost, and made his exit during this action only. He folded.
came on the river and Khan thought for a minute before checking and Liakos now bet 120,000 before Iacofano quickly declared he was all-in and pushed everything into the middle for a total of 404,000. Khan tanked for a minute before folding but Liakos was nowhere need as quick.
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flop, Tureniec kept going, leading for 64k. Call from Nordkvist. This pattern continued all the way to the river, with Tureniec betting 116k on the