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[Removed:197] might have a few nightmares tonight, the German was all-in preflop with 
against 
and couldn't manage to find a bullet on a 
board.
The bubble is looming...
After an UTG raise to 8,000, Kevin Stani made it 23,500 from late position with about 80,000 remaining. 43,600 was the riposte from the UTG player and Stani quickly moved all-in - and was equally quickly called.
UTG: 
Stani: 
The board came 
and Stani doubled up to 170,000.
While it has admittedly slowed down in the mid 120s, some players have been inching up the chip rankings to nip at the heels of leaders like Fabrice Soulier and Giuseppe Pantaleo. Portuguese Team Pro Henrique Pinho is climbing towards the half mil, his most recent boost coming from a race against a shorter stack with 
vs. 
. His ace came right away on the flop, and despite muttering something about having been worried about aces or kings, looked pretty happy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
444,000 | 129,000 |
|
412,000 | 282,000 |
|
Busted |
You've got to feel for the guy (despite his yo-yoing through Day 1) nearly getting to the money and then finding a similar stack moving all in over the top of his minraise when all the time he was sitting on 
.
He called and was up against . 60k+ looked like it was moments away from being added to his stack. Instead, the board ran out 
...
...
with the gutshot being his opponent's only hope on the turn.
He got it, saying, "Wow. Wowowowowow," which is going to make great TV.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
We are just 12 places off the money, so we are hazarding a guess that even with the TV crew insisting that every all in be paused until they get there to film it, we won't be making it to the end of the next level.
Back in 15 minutes.
Giuseppe Pantaleo is the name being whispered in the press room as rumours of a crazy hand drift to us (and give him a 600k stack).
In a battle of the blinds that got so out of hand it had totally escaped, Pantaleo three-bet the small blind (folds all round to them) and he called.
The flop was 
. The small blind led - Pantaleo called.
The turn: 
The small blind bet pot (c.60k). Pantaleo called.
The river: The small blind shoved for 87,000. Pantaleo called.
With 
offsuit.
And the sb muck-busted.
Peter Eastgate raised to 6,500 from middle position and Thomas Bichon raised to 16,300 from the button but then former EPT Prague finalist [Removed:197] reraised to 33,300 from the small blind with about 70,000 behind.
Eastgate quickly got out of the way and Bichon set Nasr all-in, quick call and...
Bichon:
[Removed:198]: 
Disappointment.
"You have a double flush draw," said Ben Roberts to Bichon. The flop came as the TV crew rushed over to film the action. The 
turn meant Nasr was freerolling and inadvertently a TV crew shouted "Hold" meaning for the dealer to wait but it sounded as though he was sweating Bichon!
The river meant a chopped pot as both players made a small profit out, splitting Eastgate's raise.
PokerStars Team Pro Jan Heitmann didn't last too much longer after doubling Vestvik. He gave himself a pickle getting to the turn with 56,000 in the middle (and under 45,000 behind) on a 
board, then faced being set in by his opponent Morten Kjaer.
He silently, staringly pondered, regarding his chips and the board (I think - his aviators are very dark). Finally he called all in showing for second pair and the straight draw. Kjaer showed .
They waited in the tension caused by having to summon a camera crew to watch every all-in-call even though we're still 15 off the money. When they finally gave the dealer the OK, Heitmann said, "Stop! OK carry on," nearly giving his table a collective heart attack.
The river brought the 
and a gracious exit from the German pro.
Antonio Buonanno, who'd taken a few hits, is back up to 170,000 after knocking out a shortie who got it in good with 
against Buonanno's 
but fell foul of the Italian on the 
board.
