Jan Skampa open-raised to 120,000 under the gun, and he found action from Larry Ryan who called from the big blind.
The flop came suited with . Ryan checked and called after Skampa continued out with a bet of 165,000. Fourth street brought the and checks from both men, and the filled out the board on the river. Ryan now took control with a bet of 245,000. Skampa thought it over for a couple minutes before sticking in the call.
Ryan tabled for the small flush, and Skampa promptly mucked his cards.
Luca Pagano made it 120,000 to play, and both Anthony Roux and Larry Ryan came along to the flop. It brought , and Ryan checked from his small blind. Pagano continued out with 275,000 chips, and Roux was the only one who wanted to continue in the hand.
Heads up now, the dropped on the turn, and Pagano took his pause. After about a minute, he gathered a bet of 425,000 and fired once again. This time it did the trick; Roux mucked, and the Italian takes the pot.
A preflop raise to 125,000 came from Anthony Roux, and Jan Skampa called from the small blind to see a flop of . Both men would check, and they would do the same when the hit the turn. Fifth street came the , and Skampa led out with a bet of 170,000. After a few minutes, Roux called.
Skampa turned over , and Roux flipped over for the winning ace-high. Nice call, sir.
Luca Pagano made it 125,000 from the button, and, via a fold from small blind Anthony Roux, the action moved over to Stefan Mattsson in the big blind who reraised to 320,000. Pagano announced all in. Mattsson announced call. Showdown.
Pagano:
Mattsson:
Board:
Thus Pagano will have to settle for 6th place. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
Next hand, it folded around to Stefan Mattsson (by now chip leader) in the small blind. He raised. Larry Ryan in the big blind reraised. Mattsson announced all in. Ryan announced call.
Maybe we need a new dealer or something, because this one's a particularly nasty blind-on-blind cooler.
Ryan:
Mattsson:
Board:
Thus Ryan becomes our 5th place finisher, and after less than an hour and a half, we are four-handed, Stefan Mattsson holding over 9 million of the 17.5 million chips in play.
Stefan Mattsson is doing his best to end this thing early. He has all of these new chips, and he's so far showing that he's not afraid to use them.
A few hands ago, Skampa opened in the cutoff to 120,000. From the big blind, Mattsson three-bet to 330,000, and Skampa called. The flop brought , and Mattsson's continuation bet of 440,000 was good enough to earn him the pot.
Just a couple hands later, it was Anthony Roux opening to 120,000. Mattsson three-bet it again, making it 290,000 this time. Roux called, and the flop came down , and Roux would fold to a bet of 290,000.
Stefan Mattsson raised to 165,000 from the small blind, only for Jan Skampa to make it 425,000 from the big. Mattsson called, and they saw an flop, which they both checked.
Mattsson bet out 440,000 on the turn, but Skampa made the call and they both checked the river.
"You win," announced Mattsson and mucked his cards. Skampa was not required to show, and is up to 5 million.
Stefan Mattsson raised from the button this time, and Jan Skampa, now in the small blind, made the call.
Skampa check-called 155,000 on the flop and another 240,000 on the turn. They both checked the river, and Mattsson turned over for a monster draw that had turned to nothing. Skampa's was good to take the pot, and put him up to 5.5 million or so.