Just before the break, a lucky double up for Moises Parrilla. All in preflop with his dominated by Patric Martensson's , he spiked a king on the river of the board to stay in the game, on 92,000.
Martensson, on the other hand, was down to just 8,000.
Arnaud Mattern open-shoved for 23,300 from UTG, Isabelle Mercier moved all in behind him and the rest of the table folded.
Mattern turned up and was well behind Mercier's . The flop, though was , pairing Mattern's nine and leaving Mercier drawing extremely thin. The turn was the and to add insult to injury, the appeared on the river, making Mattern trips.
After the hand, Mattern was up to 48,300 and a clearly unhappy Mercier down to 52,000.
Only a few hands later, Mattern moved all in from the cutoff and Mercier called from the big blind, turning up to his .
"My turn" she said dryly, referring to his earlier suckout.
All looked sunny for Mercier on the flop. The turn was the and Mattern picked up four more outs with a gutshot straight draw, and the on the river filled it in cruel fashion.
Mercier cut down her stack to pay him out, slamming her chips together as she pushed them toward the middle. She was left with less than 2,000 in chips.
The proto-mulleted Brian Jensen raised to 12,000 from the hijack, and the hapless Juan Manuel Pastor went all in for just 14,800. Uffe Holm in the big blind called, as did Jensen. Come the flop, though, Holm checked and then passed to a bet of 30,000 from Jensen -- heads up now for Pastor's tournament life, they flipped their cards.
Jensen:
Pastor:
Board:
No luck for Pastor this time either, and he's out in 17th.
Down to 16 players, that means we're down to two tables.
Ludovic Lacay minimum-raised to 8,000, and Juan Manuel Pastor to his immediate left announced that he was all in. On the big blind, Uffe Holm announced that he was also all in, the Wall Of Media materialized, Lacay quickly passed, Holm got up on his chair and they were on their backs.
Holm:
Pastor:
Flop:
Holm: "Yes! That is good."
Turn:
Holm: "No two!"
River:
Holm, standing on his chair and making devil horns at the rail: "Bomb! Who's the champ! I'm back, and I'm pissed."
Holm up to 106,000, Pastor crippled to just 19,000.
Roland de Wolfe opened for 10,000, Kevin Macphee moved all in for 23,300 and De Wolfe made the call.
Macphee
De Wolfe
The flop came down , both players pairing their ace, but Macphee leading with the better kicker. The turn was the , De Wolfe picking up a gutshot straight draw. Disaster for Macphee as the spiked on the river, making De Wolfe a seven-high straight and eliminating Macphee in 19th place. He's now off to collect his €7,038 in winnings.
Meanwhile an enormous pot had developed over on Table Lacay. With the board reading , Uffe Holm bet out 20,000 only for Ludovic Lacay to raise to 50,000. Holm counted out his remaining chips -- about 83,000 -- and sipped his tea thoughtfully before calling. Lacay turned over for the straight, and Holm just mucked.
Lacay now up to around the 200,000 mark (it was a very large pot), while Holm is down to 53,000.