Giacomo Fundaro raised it up to 22,000 and Sandro Pitzanti in the small blind made the call. Big blind Scott Davies pushed all in and Fundaro instantly folded. Pitzanti needed some more time, and asked if Davies wanted a call. "I run really good" Davies said with a smile. "But do you want a call?" Pitzanti repeated with a smile of his own. "I like to double up" Davies laughed. Pitzanti eventually folded, and Davies offered him to pick one card to show the world. Pitzanti turned over the ! "Ok, I'll be on my best behavior from now on" Davies said with an even bigger smile.
The next hand Steve Warburton opened for 23,000 and Pitzanti called from the button. Small blind Davies shoved all in and everyone folded. No showing of cards this time. Davies plays 325,000 (33 big blinds).
Joep van den Bijgaart raised it up to 18,000 from early position, only to be forced to make it 20,000 not much later as the blinds had gone up. Small blind Sandro Pitzanti was the only caller.
Pitzanti check-called a bet of 18,000 on without needing time to think. Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Pitzanti bet out 34,000 and Van den Bijgaart made the call. Pitzanti showed for trips, Van den Bijgaart mucked.
Steve Warburton raised to 23,000 from the cutoff and Giacomo Fundaro called from the button. Sandro Pitzanti called from the big blind and the flop brought out .
Pitzanti checked to Warburton who bet 28,000 and Fundaro raised it up to 71,000.
Pitzanti folded quickly and Warburton made the call.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Warburton lead out for 124,000.
Fundaro tanked for a long time and eventually he called to receive bad news. Warburton showed and Fundaro flashed before mucking his cards.
On a board we picked up the action when Jason Wheeler bet 29,000 and Kees van Brugge called in position. The river was the and Wheeler quickly bet another 75,000.
Van Brugge tanked for a long time, before eventually making the call.
"Aaaah," Van Brugge cried, as Wheeler showed him .
"Nice hand, Jason," Van Brugge graciously added, as he lost a chunk of his stack.
Scott Davies opened the button for 16,000 and small blind Louis Salter folded. Big blind Joep van den Bijgaart glanced over, took a good look how much Davis was playing (starting the hand with about 180,000), and three-bet to 42,000. Davies contemplated his next move, and eventually decided on calling.
The flop came and Van den Bijgaart bet out 26,000. Davies tanked for a moment and called. The fell on the turn and Van den Bijgaart thought about it for a minute before announcing all in. Davies tank-folded and continued with just 113,000.
The next hand Davies shoved all in from the cutoff. Action folded to Farid Yachou who didn't need any time to make up his mind, he called instantly.
Farid Yachou:
Scott Davies:
The flop came and Davies suddenly had a ton of outs. Davies said "Bink!" mili seconds before the dealer burned and turned the . The completed the board and Davies laughed; "I win, straight! I'm so good at this game!" Yachou wasn't laughing.
Kees van Brugge has taken his seat, only missing two hands. Unfortunately for him, one of 'em was his big blind. In that hand Jason Wheeler opened for 18,000 and Thierry van den Berg shoved from the small blind. Wheeler folded.
The cards are in the air with 21 minutes left on the current level. Kees van Brugge is the only player not present yet, and the remaining other 15 players are battling it out right now.