Jim Collopy picked up another smallish pot when his came good against what we think was Ram Vaswani's pocket threes on a raggy board which featured a four.
Vaswani got his chips back a moment later, though, when Collopy opened to 44,000 but then laid it down to Vaswani's reraise to 140,000.
Gus Hansen is still sitting at the table, watching the other match and making phonecalls - but he could be in for a long wait if he's hoping to go straight into the final, because these two aren;t going anywhere just yet.
Ram Vaswani found showdown on the river of a hand to scoop a pot. He raised to 50,000 from the button and was called to go to a flop. Vaswani continued the aggressive line with a 60,000 bet that was called. Both checked the turn and river and Vaswani took the pot with his .
Two hands in a row for the young American have seen his stack rise to 1.1 million. He raised from the button pre-flop and was called before both checked to the turn. The board read and Vaswani led for 90,000. Call. The river came and Vaswani led again for 125,000 and was called again. The Brit mucked and Collopy claimed the pot with .
Th very next hand Vaswani raised to 50,000 and then called Collopy's 136,000 three-bet. The flop came and Collopy's c-bet was enough force a fold from Vaswani.
We haven't seen a flop since Jim Collopy snuck the lead back from Ram Vaswani, and the vast majority of the preflop tussles have gone Collopy's way.
Mostly they have been button-raise-big-blind-fold affairs, or sometimes button-raise-then-fold-to-a-re raise, and have been relatively small pots.
Things might be beginning to get serious, though, as just now Collopy opened to 44,000 and faced a reraise to 145,000 from Vaswani. Collopy now promptly pushed his whole stack across the line, and Vaswani folded with alacrity.
Vaswani - 500,000
Collopy - 1.4 million approximately
The last three pots have all included flops but not beyond and none escalated into any big or interesting. The button was all important and whoever had that used it to claim the pot. Two went Vaswani's way, one Collopy's.
Jim Collopy has opened up a sizable lead again after raising all-in on the river yet again. He opened to 48,000 from the button and Ram Raswani called to see a flop. Vaswani check-called a 52,000 bet here and a 120,000 bet on the turn before leading for 160,000 on the river. Collopy thought for a while and then moved all-in for just over 500,000. Vaswani looked at his cards and folded.
The stacks briefly returned to roughly even when Ram Vaswani called a 48,000 button raise from Jim Collopy before check-raising the flop. Collopy gave it up and Vaswani was back at almost 900,000.
A hand or two later, though, and Vaswani limped in on the button. Collopy checked his option and then checked again on the flop before calling 30,000 from Vaswani. They cagily checked down the turn and river though, and as no-one had a spade, Collopy's was good enough to win the pot.
Collopy edged back up ever so slightly.
Gus Hansen, by the by, finally left some time ago - perhaps he could tell that this match was going to take a while.
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came good against what we think was Ram Vaswani's pocket threes on a raggy board which featured a four.
flop. Vaswani continued the aggressive line with a 60,000 bet that was called. Both checked the 
turn and river and Vaswani took the pot with his 
.
board, only to muck to Vaswani's 
for quads.
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and Collopy's c-bet was enough force a fold from Vaswani.
flop before calling a 35,000 bet from Ram Vaswani. Most interesting.
for quads.
flop. Vaswani check-called a 52,000 bet here and a 120,000 bet on the 
flop. Collopy gave it up and Vaswani was back at almost 900,000.
river though, and as no-one had a spade, Collopy's 
was good enough to win the pot.