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Pantling: Shhh, I have third place headache
The pace of the final table has been phenomenal. Andrew Pantling, chip leader for so long and aggressor extraordinaire, couldn't quite seal the deal on the title despite starting the final on top. His final hand saw another preflop raising war, this time with Christer Johansson, who appears to have woken up rather sharply in recent minutes.
Johansson, having reraised Pantling to 500,000, was in no mood for folding for the rest of his stack to the shortest player on the table when holding . Called, Pantling flipped .
He, like Gueorguiev, faded all the way to the river: ... and a ripple of sympathy for the erstwhile leader came just before the round of applause for his winning over €200,000.
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First hand heads up, and it's a big 'un.
Christer Johansson raised to 100,000 and then called a reraise to 250,000 from Kara Scott.
The flop:
Scott bet out 300,000 and Johansson was sighing before her chips had even crossed the line. Call.
Turn:
Scott paused, and then bet out 600,000. A pause from Johansson, and then a call.
River:
Scott now checked it, and Johansson bet 800,000. Everyone in the room held their breath. Eventually, Scott called -- but mucked when Johansson turned over for a small house.
Scott is now down to around 1,800,000 as Johansson takes a convincing chip lead.
[user46298]
After a few cagey button-raise-fold type hands, it's Kara Scott's button and she makes it 100,000 to go. Christer Johansson calls. They both check the flop. On the harmless-looking turn, Johansson check-calls a 100,000 bet from Scott quickly. But there's more to this than meets the eye -- the river sees Johansson bet out 250,000, only to find Scott moving all in!
He takes his time considering the bet, and her, but eventually, smiling, he passes with a table tap.
[user46392]
There is currently a pause in the action owing to some sort of unexplained "technical difficulties" with the TV crew, and the clock has been stopped until they are resolved. Hopefully it shouldn't be too long now.
[user46392]
Scott - means business
First hand back, Christer Johansson raised from the button, but passed with a giggle to a reraise from Kara Scott.
Kara folded her button the next hand, and the hand following that Johansson raised his button again to 140,000. Once more, Scott reraised -- now to 330,000. A pause from Johansson, and a call.
Flop:
Kara very quietly and deliberately pushed her whole stack across the line, but before it had got even halfway, Johansson handed his cards back to the dealer, and we play on.
[user46298]
After two hands which got as far as the flop and then went to the button raiser with a flop bet, one played out to the river:
Kara Scott minraised on the button (120,000), called by Christer Johansson. He check-called her 175,000 bet on the flop. Both players checked the turn, Scott only after a hand re-check and a bit of a think. Johansson checked the river. Scott bet 250,000, and he made the call -- but mucked when he saw her for the flopped straight.
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. Called, Pantling flipped 
.
...
and a ripple of sympathy for the erstwhile leader came just before the round of applause for his winning over €200,000.
for a small house.
flop. On the harmless-looking 
to take the pot.
flop. Both players checked the 
turn, Scott only after a hand re-check and a bit of a think. Johansson checked the 
river. Scott bet 250,000, and he made the call -- but mucked when he saw her 
for the flopped straight.