We are at our first 15-minute nicotine break of the day, and the bubble is almost upon us.
but Zahmat didn't even look up.
, and de Korver check-called a bet of 14,500 chips. When the
paired the board on fourth street, de Korver led out into the pot with 35,000 chips. Calo called, the river came the
, and de Korver flicked out a teeny tiny bet of 10,000. Calo didn't seem to like it, but there was little choice; he called.
, and his trips were good enough to earn him another nice pot. That moves the Dutch pro up to 655,100.
only for Adam Markovits to make it 27,500. After a moment's thought, de Mel called and saw a
flop. Markovits bet out 30,000 and de Mel, with only around 60,000 left to his name, went all in. Markovits called with pocket jacks, failed to improve on the
turn or
river, and de Mel doubled up.
flop - and Sorensen's ace-dar must be good, as he folded pocket queens face up.
board - but promptly mucked when Mattern turned over
.
got lucky against Konstantin Maslak's
in a blind-on-blind confrontation to double him up to 120,000.
into Manuel Bevand's pocket aces.
. Bergeron led out with a bet of 13,300, and Launais didn't waste much time calling.
, and Bergeron passed this time, and he would call a bet of 25,500. The
filled out the board to put trips out there, and both players checked. Bergeron tabled
for queens full of tens, and Launais couldn't believe it. He showed up
, his turned full house counterfeited into a chop by the third queen.
board - but then he folded instantly to a raise from Andrej Nagy.