Bjarke Hansen opened second to act to 13,000 at his six-handed table and he received callers in the shape of Steve O'Dwyer on the button and Team PokerStars Online Mickey Petersen in the big blind.
Petersen checked the 
flop, Hansen bet 16,500 and both of his opponents folded.
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Constantin Petrica has just doubled up courtesy of Magnus Hansen. Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko raised to 12,500 in the cutoff, Hansen three-bet to 31,000, on the button, and Petrica moved all-in from the blinds for 116,000. Staszko folded but Hansen made the call.
| Petrica |   |
| Hansen |   |
The board was aceless and kingless and Petrica doubled up to around 350,000 chips; Hansen was knocked down to 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | -184,000 |
|
250,000 | 141,000 |
PokerStars qualifier Alexander Manson made a standard raise on the button and Andreas Wiese defended the small blind. The flop was a lowly looking 
and Wiese check-raised to 37,000 after Manson had bet 15,000 from position. Manson seemed a bit jittery, but he made the call nonetheless.
On the turn we saw the board pair, when the 
was slammed face up by the dealer. Wiese led for 37,000 and Manson called quite quickly. Finally we saw the 
and Wiese check-called a 30,000 Manson bet.
Wiese turned over 
for the flopped straight but Manson turned over 
for the runner-runner full house.
"You got lucky," said a frustrated Wiese.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000 | 280,000 |
|
265,000 | -175,000 |
I took a while, but finally we have our 26th place finisher. The honour(?) went to Stig Christensen after he four-bet all-in for 80,000 from the big blind. Steve O'Dwyer had opened from under the gun and Keld Volquardsen three-bet from the cut-off. O'Dwyer folded to the shove but Volquardsen called.
Volquardsen: 
Christensen: 
The board ran 
to make Volquardsen two-pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
860,000 | 385,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Stig Christensen got things moving by raising from the cutoff to 14,500 and both blinds, Niels van Alphen and Keld Volquardsen made the call.
The dealer fanned out the 
flop and all three players checked one after each other, like little dominoes falling. Actually nothing like dominoes at all, more like three men tapping the table. Anyway, the 
on the turn was met with the same, check, check, check, and so was the 
river.
Van Alphen turned over 
for a set, which bested the 
of Volquardsen and the of Christensen.
Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko opened the betting with a raise to 13,000 from the under the gun seat. The action folded all the way around to Constantin Petrica in the cutoff and the Romanian made the call. The button and small blind fold and Metin Antar .
Flop: 
- Antar checked to Staszko and the Czech made a continuation bet of 17,000. This bet was too much for Petrica to call but Antar was prepared to pay the price and it was heads-up to the turn.
Turn: 
- Antar checked to Staszko again and he responded by peeking at his cards then tapping the table and checking himself.
River: - No checking for Antar on this street, instead he bet 32,000 and Staszko quickly folded.
Andreas Wiese raised to 13,500 on the button and Alejandro Fernandez defended the big blind. The flop was and Fernandez came in with the check-raise after Wiese had made a 17,500 c-bet. Wiese did pay the 42,500 bill that Fernandez was charging him with, and they headed to the turn. The dealer handed the pair the 
and Fernandez check-folded to a 57,000 Wiese bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000 | -68,000 |
|
|
440,000 | -5,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,045,000 | 69,500 |
|
|
718,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
655,000 | 655,000 |
|
555,000 | 137,500 |
|
520,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
475,000 | 98,000 |
|
|
445,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
434,000 | 304,000 |
|
380,000 | -70,000 |
|
378,000 | 105,000 |
|
362,000 | 271,000 |
|
325,000 | 90,000 |
|
305,000 | 72,000 |
|
290,000 | -147,000 |
|
|
236,000 | 110,000 |
|
219,000 | -16,000 |
|
|
215,000 | -183,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 87,500 |
|
190,000 | -43,000 |
|
183,000 | -42,000 |
|
177,000 | -10,000 |
|
163,000 | 57,000 |
|
151,000 | -81,000 |
|
122,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
112,000 | -188,000 |
We actually thought play would've concluded by now. Those last two players to be eliminated are being very stubborn though. Join us back here shortly.
Steve O'Dwyer is having a day like he did on Day 1a where he amassed an enormous stack. He hasn't quite reached those heights but he does have a top three stack again.
There was a raise to 10,500 from Bjarke Hansen in the cut-off that was called by Magnus Hansen and O'Dwyer in the blinds.
The flop came 
and it was O'Dwyer who led for 19,000, only check-called by Hansen. Similar occurrences on the 
turn were Hansen check-called a 45,000 bet. The river came 
and Hansen checked for a third time. O'Dwyer looked deep in thought and then said, "I hope I sucked out" as he revealed 
.
He might well have done but we'll never know as Hansen mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000 | 487,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -352,000 |
