On a flop of , Alain Roy moved all in for his remaining 9,100 and Dario Minieri obliged with a call. Both players had paired their kings, but Roy's was outkicked by Minieri's . The turn was the , the river was the and Roy hit the rail, while Dario added even more to his massive stack, now totaling 87,000.
Christoffer Hansen has doubled through Sven Leu, the two of them getting the chips in a blind-on-blind confrontation with less than premium holdings, nevertheless racing.
Hansen:
Leu:
Board: a very exciting
Hansen doubles to 50,000, Leu drops to a similar 52,000.
We caught up to this hand on the turn with what appeared to be over 20,000 already in the middle on a board of . Patric Martensson checked, Sergey Shcherbatskiy checked, and Sebastian Ruthenberg bet 11,500. Both players called. The river brought the and the action was checked around.
Martensson showed , and looked shocked to see Shcherbatskiy roll over for the rivered full house. Ruthenberg mucked and Shcherbatskiy collected the monster pot, sending his stack up to 114,000.
With the rapid-fire pace of eliminations this afternoon, it was only a matter of time before things slowed down. For the last 20 minutes or so, we've been holding steady at 45 players remaining.
Finally, an ace!
Over the last hour or so, Katja Thater has looked to be miserably card-dead. The usually stoic WSOP bracelet winner hasn't been able to hide her frustration, sighing heavily as she looks at junk hand after junk hand.
She finally found one to go with, picking up and earning a call from fellow German Sebastian Ruthenberg with . After a raggy flop that missed both players, Thater hit an ace on the turn sealing up the hand and doubling her to just north of 22,000.
Ludovic Lacay is catching up to his fellow countryman Antony Lellouche; he's on around 100,000 as everyone heads off to dinner.
Meanwhile, the ever-precarious stack of Arnaud Mattern rests at 23,000 until the end of the dinner break. He had some more, but they ended up in the possession of Hans Eskilsson, who turned over to take a chunky pot on an board, putting him up to 58,000.
Mark Teltscher is up to an eye-watering 105,000 after knocking out an unfortunate Thomas Floan. Floan, very reasonably, got his chips in with on an admittedly dangerous flop and Teltscher called with . The flush came in on the turn, leaving Floan drawing dead before the river, and he sat there for a while in horror while Teltscher said unhelpful things like, "You played well," before eventually getting up and taking his leave.
A big hand for Sebastian Ruthenberg just before they broke for dinner. He bet out 2,700 from the small blind on the turn of a board, and Katja Thater in the big blind called. Andreas Krause, on the button, made it 16,000 and Ruthenberg paused before announcing all in for around 30,000 total. Thater folded but Krause called; on their backs, he sighed, as his straight was drawing thin against Ruthenberg's flush. Ruthenberg more than doubled up around 60,000, while Krause will be coming back after dinner with just 10,000 in chips.
, Alain Roy moved all in for his remaining 9,100 and Dario Minieri obliged with a call. Both players had paired their kings, but Roy's 
was outkicked by Minieri's 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Roy hit the rail, while Dario added even more to his massive stack, now totaling 87,000.
. Patric Martensson checked, Sergey Shcherbatskiy checked, and Sebastian Ruthenberg bet 11,500. Both players called. The river brought the 
and the action was checked around. 
, and looked shocked to see Shcherbatskiy roll over 
and earning a call from fellow German Sebastian Ruthenberg with 
. After a raggy flop that missed both players, Thater hit an ace on the turn sealing up the hand and doubling her to just north of 22,000.
to take a chunky pot on an 
board, putting him up to 58,000.
on an admittedly dangerous 
flop and Teltscher called with 
turn, leaving Floan drawing dead before the 
board, and Katja Thater in the big blind called. Andreas Krause, on the button, made it 16,000 and Ruthenberg paused before announcing all in for around 30,000 total. Thater folded but Krause called; on their backs, he sighed, as his straight was drawing thin against Ruthenberg's flush. Ruthenberg more than doubled up around 60,000, while Krause will be coming back after dinner with just 10,000 in chips.
