A crowd suddenly gathered around Christina Orth's table. Pre-flop action was yet to be completed. Christina already had 4,000 chips in the pot and had to call the same again as two players had moved all in both for around 8,000 chips. When she made the call she flipped up which was in bad shape against the of Daniel Larsson and the other player's . There was hope of a split as the board fell by the turn, but a meaningless on the river meant Daniel tripled up and the other player was eliminated.
Michael Greco was seen in the hallway talking to Mark Goodwin. "I just busted..." were the immortal words we are used to hearing as people chat away from the poker tables.
On a flop of , Mel Judah led out for 1,300, Gus Hansen raised to 3,500, Judah moved all in for just a bit more than Hansen's raise and Hansen made the call.
Judah:
Hansen:
The turn was the , the river was the and Judah doubled up, increasing his stack to 16,500. Hansen was left with 11,500.
If the action hasn't been fast enough for you, the introduction of the antes should certainly speed things along. Blinds are now 150-300 with a 25 ante. 144 players remain in the field out of our 230 starters.
Marek Kolk was faced with an all-in bet from Jesper Petersen, which was for all but 3,500 of Marek's chips. The board read at this point. Marek made the call to see up against his . The fell on the river to give Petersen trips and the 35,000-chip pot.
With the board reading a very scary , Danny Silk bet 825 and Ola Brandborn made the call. The river was the . Silk fired out another 1,125 and after a stint in the tank, Brandborn reluctantly called. Silk turned up for a king-high flush and Brandborn mucked.