Scott Montgomery bet out 9,000 from the big blind position on the river of a board, but his opponent on the button raised to 25,000, enough to cover Montgomery. The 2008 WSOP Main Event finalist pulled a face, and in due time he folded.
Alfonso Amendola, the friendly Italian who bubbled last year's final table here in Berlin, won't be repeating his deep run this year. We're not massively sure what happened, but where he used to be there is now just an empty seat, not a chip in sight.
Davidi Kitai, who always seems to be there or thereabouts in these deep-stacked events, has been nursing a stack around the starting level so far, won a pot from Fatima Moreira de Melo just now who had earlier proven she's far from easy to shake from a hand out of position. She didn't have to show her hand, apparently, on the river when she looked up her bluffing opponent and he mucked, a level or so ago. This rule does seem to vary, although it's original anti-collusion purpose makes sense.
Anyhow, Kitai bet a flop of when de Melo and one other player checked to him (650). She called. They both checked the turn but on the river when de Melo checked Kitai threw in a pot-dwarfing 5,500. That was too rich for her blood and she folded (but still has 50k).
Peter Eastgate has been quietly getting along with business today, especially with the camera glare focused much more heavily on the Germans and in particular Boris Becker (before he was eliminated).
Eastgate opened to 900 preflop and got called by the big blind, firing out 1,300 on a flop but was called. The turn went check-check but the big blind fired out 2,300 on the river .
Eastgate folded instantly he still has 65,000 however.
Operation Grind is underway for Praz Bansi, now on 14,000 which is actually an improvement on his pre-dinner count. He's capable of unusual feats of patience, however, and when his lead (2,200) on a flop was called, he check-folded the turn with a sigh when Marko Neumann bet.