Meanwhile, fellow Londoner and Vic stalwart Vicky Coren is running well with 80,000. "You picked the wrong year to win, Vicky," I joked, with a glint in and my eye and a flirtatious spring in my step. "Do you mean I'm not going to win this one?" she replied, as I felt my chances of striking gold sink without a trace. "How do you know I didn't pick the wrong year to win it twice?"
and Alan Smurfit was all in for 28,000. Yaron Malki went into the tank for almost seven minutes before another player at the table called the clock. Malki called and showed
for an open-ended straight draw. Smurfit held
for just Ace high. He was ahead though and won the pot when the turn and river did not help Malki. Smurfit doubled up and increased his stack to almost 60,000.

, but found himself in need of divine assistance against 



board turned justice on its head and Tuerniec took the pot, as well as a scalp.
. The flop was 9-7-6. The turn was a king and the river was an 8 giving Greenstein a straight. He busted his opponent and cracked aces in the process.
. D'Auteuil fired out 18,000. Both players folded. D'Auteuil won the pot and increased his stack to almost 250,000.

, Liu fired 5,500 and Ramin Henke called. On the 



was highly amicable and the Frenchman took the pot.