Robert Beer raised to 22,000 in early position and Niels van Alphen called in the small blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was and again both players checked. Finally, we saw the and van Alphen bet 40,000 and after some thought Beer made the call and it was good.
Jacob Rasmussen seems to be in self destruct mode right now whilst Alexander Manson is calling with ace-high for fun.
Rasmussen opened to 20,000 from middle position and Manson made the call in the small blind. A flop reading saw Manson check to Rasmussen, who returned the favour and checked it back. The turn was the and Manson checked for a second time. Rasmussen tested the waters with a bet of 28,000 and Manson quickly called.
The fifth and final community card was the and Manson checked again. Rasmussen bet 100,000 in 25,000 chips but he did so looking extremely reluctant and Manson picked up on this and snap-called.
Pierre Neuville has just moved to the feature table. He raised to 24,000 in his first hand and Mickey Petersen moved all-in for 311,000. Neuville folded after showing Petersen the .
Steve O'Dwyer opened with a raise from early position and when Jacob Rasmussen folded Michael Tureniec called. It was heads-up to the flop and O'Dwyer check-called a 22,000 bet from his Swedish opponent. But that was the last of the action because both players checked the arrival of the turn and river.
"King-high," said Tureniec before being shown of O'Dwyer.
The very next hand O'Dwyer opened to 21,000 from under the gun and again it was only Tureniec who called. The flop came down and both players checked. The was greeted with a 25,000 bet from O'Dwyer and an instant fold from Tureniec.
"Interesting textures," commented Tureniec
"Yeah, hard to play big flops with these boards," replied O'Dwyer. "I blame the new dealer!"
Niels van Alphen raised to 20,000 in the hijack and Mickey Petersen three-bet to 46,000 in the cutoff. Van Alphen decided to call, out of position, and they shared a flop of . Van Alphen check-called a 36,000 Petersen c-bet and then they shared the on the turn. Van Alphen checked once more and a Petersen double barrel of 69,000 rather predictably took down the pot.
Michael Tureniec took on the another big stack, in Keld Volquardsen, and came out a winner.
He opened to 20,000 to face a 60,000 three-bet from Volquardsen on the button. The Swede responded by putting in a four-bet to 145,000. The Dane called quickly and folded just as quick to a 115,000 c-bet from Tureniec on the flop.
Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko has just been eliminated in 16th place and here is the action.
Staszko raised to 22,000, Lauri Varonen three-bet from the blinds making it 61,000 to play, Staszko moved all-in and Varonen called.
Varonen
Staszko
The flop of gave everybody a piece of the action. Staszko was desperate for a non-pairing spade, but the broke up the black pattern on the board. Then finally the hit the felt and Staszko was out.
Alexander Manson is in to the danger zone after he doubled up Gerasimos Deres in a late position, blind encounter.
He opened to 22,000 from the cut-off and was called before Deres three-bet all-in from the small blind. Manson shoved behind and that was enough to get it heads-up.
. Weisse it his queen but Hansen had already hit the case nine to make a set.
and both players checked. The turn was 
and again both players checked. Finally, we saw the 
and Manson checked for a second time. Rasmussen tested the waters with a bet of 28,000 and Manson quickly called.
and Manson checked again. Rasmussen bet 100,000 in 25,000 chips but he did so looking extremely reluctant and Manson picked up on this and snap-called.
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river.
of O'Dwyer.
flop.
gave everybody a piece of the action. Staszko was desperate for a non-pairing spade, but the 
broke up the black pattern on the board. Then finally the 
to safely see Deres home.
