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Jon Spinks opened to 2,400 only to find the gentleman in the small blind reraising him to 5,800. He paused for a moment, and then he called.
They saw a 
flop and Mr. Small Blind bet out 6,500. But Spinks continued the aggression and raised to 14,300. After a long period in the tank, Mr. Small Blind folded, and Spinks' stack was padded out to a healthy average 57,000.
More and more frequent, with outbreaks of last-level double-or-bust fever. Temperatures in the tournament room are in the mid to high drowsy, and the 180 players remaining are perspiring gently.
So far we've seen Ludovic Lacay do it (for 19,300 in mid position) with no caller, and Heinz Kamutzki do it when it folded to him in the cutoff for 12,000. This time the button quickly called and Kamutzki's tournament life was at risk with 
. The button showed down 
which was instantly outdrawn on the 
flop. The turn and river 
were irrelevant, and I learnt that the German for 'door card' is 'door card' (it was pointed out as good by a grinning Kamutzki).
Just before the break, we witnessed a bit of Table Of Death action which ultimately favoured EPT Tallinn finalist Dmitry Vitkind.
The board read 
and Toby Lewis checked it. Johan van Til bet 4,100 - but Vitkind made it 11,000 to go, and one after the other Lewis and van Til folded.
Van Til - 43,500
Vitkind - 95,000
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Players are off for their last 15 minute break of the day. When they return they'll be playing just one more level before calling it a day.
Benny Spindler had fired out 10,500 on the river of a 
river against the livewire that is Cristian Dragomir but the Romanian made it 21,000 to go and Spindler was left tanking for several minutes.
Finally, Dragomir called the clock on his opponent and Spindler used most of his time before finally folding with less than ten seconds remaining. Instantly, Dragomir flipped 
for nothing at all and patted himself on the back.
"Can I get a table change please?" laughed Jon Spinks.
For his effort, Dragomir tried to fist pump with Per Linde but the Swede replied, "No thanks."
"Oh, I'm sorry, is here your friend?" asked Dragomir.
"No," replied Linde, "I just don't want to get involved!"
Spindler then asked, "Who called the clock on me?"
"I did," confessed the Romanian, "I didn't know how else to make you fold..."
Spindler dropped to around 45,000 while Dragomir has about 60,000.
This was not some kind of innuendo, but a confident and resigned Jeff Sarwer addressing Marcellino Terracciano. Sarwer in the cutoff had called a mid-position raise to 1,800, and big blind Terracciano three-bet (6,400). The initial raiser folded but Sarwar upped it to 12,200. Back to Terracciano who put in a rare prefop 5-bet(36,400 out of a stack of 70k total) which got rid of Sarwer's hand.
"You want to show me your aces?" asked Sarwer, "Or kings? One time."
In response Terracciano flashed him a single ace.
"The other one's an ace too," stated Sarwer.
25,000 in chips had found its way into the pot by the 
flop, and we arrived at the table to find Nicolo Calia all in for 19,350. His opponent, 2007 EPT Prague finalist Suman Nedzib, tanked and squirmed for some minutes. Eventually the clock was called, but before TD Marina Kremser could get to the table he had made the call.
Nedzib: 
Calia:
Turn:
River: 
!
Nedzib clapped, and shouted a variety of things including, "YES!!!" and, "Buon giorno Italiano!" Calia took it very well, chuckling along with Nedzib and shaking his hand before he left.
"I lose, but that is poker," he told his opponent. What a gent.
Nedzib is at around 150,000.
Another little hit for Jeff Sarwer as he checked the river of a 
board to Kevin Stani on the button. Stani bet a paltry 2,800 but it was enough to make Sarwer give it up. The former chip leader is down to 105,000 now - still a very healthy stack with the average at around 48,000, but nowhere near chip lead any more. Stani is at 40,000.
McLean Karr opened to 1,500 preflop and the small blind made it 4,200 to go. Karr made the call
The flop came 
and the small continued with a 4,600 bet, Karr then made it 10,100 to go. At this point, the small blind thought for a moment before moving all-in for around 30,000 and Karr called quicker than Jamie Gold on an episode of High Stakes Poker with 
. His opponent could only show 
and failed to hit running cards to survive.
Karr has around 70,000 now.
