Antonio Matias has turned his fortunes round with a simple turn card. First off he three-bet Vasily Kurdin preflop (from a min 600 to 2,200) and got the call. On the flop, Kurdin chose to lead for 3,300 and the in-position Matias made the call with little delay.
The turn brought the . Now Kurdin moved all-in for his remaining 7,800 and Matias snap called with for his last 6,975. Matias faced and Kurdin failed to split and split.
Konstantin Bücherl went all in for 13,000 into a 15,000 pot on the river of a board. A few moments later and his opponent made the call, but found that his was no good at all against Bücherl's bottom set.
Bücherl enjoyed a full double up to 41,000 and is above his starting stack for what we believe is the first time in this tournament.
When we got to the table, EPT Snowfest champion Vladimir Geshkenbein and his one opponent had got as far as the turn of a board. Said opponent had bet out 7,000, but Geshkenbein had shoved for 23,600, his little toy monkey looking on impassively.
Eventually the other player folded and Geshkenbein took the pot without a showdown. He showed his opponent the as he raked in the pot, and is up to 54,000.
Valentin Stroiescu, wrapped up like he's about to attempt some kind of winter sport, has been building steadily and is now on 64,000. He let a small one go to his right hand side neighbour Tony G, though, having called the short-stacked bike-enthusiast's preflop raise (750) only to fold immediately when Tony G bet out on the flop. Still, Tony G only has 15 minutes to get above his starting stack before the break, and has been fluctuating between 9 and 16,000 for a while now.
Almira Skripchenko is down to 18,000 after running her pocket queens into another player's pocket kings. We're not sure exactly when the chip went in - the board read by the end when we got there - but we ascertained from the table chat afterwards that her opponent had played it a little sneakily, just flat-calling Skripchenko's raise preflop. The other player doubled to 35,000, effectively bisecting Skripchenko's stack.
BREAKING NEWS
Ms. Skripchenko has just appeared in the press corner, sighing that the very next hand she ran a flush into the same player's quads. Ouch. GG, Almira.
Salman Behbehani is up to 65,000 after knocking out another player. We only caught the very tail end, but it looked like it was Behbehani's against his opponent's on an board.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has doubled up after his connected rather well with a board of board against Marc Möbius when the chips went in on the river.
Jan Heitmann, having shrunk to a mini-stack, has made a comeback of sorts at the end of level 4. His most recent full double up came courtesy of . Having flopped a set and built a pot of over 7,000 by the turn with the board standing , Heitmann moved all in for 5,325 when his opponent Nino Wagner checked to him. After a bit of a think, Wagner called with the optimistic , saw the set and missed on the river to give Heitmann a new lease of life.
"I don't play them well at all," said Heitmann of his pocket sevens, modest but still stacking.
A bold move went horribly wrong for Javed Abrahams when he bet out around 6,500 from the big blind position on the turn of a board. The player in the cutoff called, and they saw the river.
The river in question was the and this time Abrahams bet out 13,000, leaving himself just 9,500, but Mr. Cutoff now instantly announced all in to cover Abrahams. This was presumably not what the young Brit was hoping would happen. He tanked up for a while, checking his hole cards in case they had magically turned into different, better cards. They had not, and he eventually folded.
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flop, Kurdin chose to lead for 3,300 and the in-position Matias made the call with little delay.
. Now Kurdin moved all-in for his remaining 7,800 and Matias snap called with 
for his last 6,975. Matias faced 
and Kurdin failed to split and split.
all the way down the 
board.
board. A few moments later and his opponent made the call, but found that his 
was no good at all against Bücherl's 
bottom set.
board. Said opponent had bet out 7,000, but Geshkenbein had shoved for 23,600, his little toy monkey looking on impassively.
as he raked in the pot, and is up to 54,000.
flop. Still, Tony G only has 15 minutes to get above his starting stack before the break, and has been fluctuating between 9 and 16,000 for a while now.
connected rather well with a board of 
board against Marc Möbius when the chips went in on the river.
. Having flopped a set and built a pot of over 7,000 by the turn with the board standing 
, saw the set and missed on the river to give Heitmann a new lease of life.
and this time Abrahams bet out 13,000, leaving himself just 9,500, but Mr. Cutoff now instantly announced all in to cover Abrahams. This was presumably not what the young Brit was hoping would happen. He tanked up for a while, checking his hole cards in case they had magically turned into different, better cards. They had not, and he eventually folded.