We caught up with Ruslan Prydryk just in time to see him knocking out another player with pocket tens against on a raggy board. The busted gent was giggling as only a man who's just lost what was actually quite a large stack can - and indeed, as Prydryk raked in the pot it became apparent that he was now in possession of over 150,000, enough to put him in the lead right now.
By the by, former chip leader Michael Huber has dropped a few chips, and is currently sitting on a still impressive 120,000.
Finnish pro Juha Helppi raised from early position, and Michael Keiner reraised to 6,000. Action folded back to Helppi, who slid out a 50,000-stack, more than enough to put Keiner all in. Michael sighed and mucked face up.
"How could you fold the nuts there?" asked one of the players at the table. "That's crazy!"
"Oh, and ace-king is the nuts?" countered Keiner.
"It is in Scandinavia!" the player responded, earning a chuckle from Helppi.
On a flop of , Jeff Sarwer check-raised his opponent's bet of 3,500 to 8,500. The player then moved all in and Sarwer made the call. The total all-in bet was 31,225.
Sarwer:
Opponent:
The turn was a good one for Sarwer when the came and gave him a flush draw. The river was the though and his opponent improved from top set on the flop to a full house on the river. Despite losing the pot and doubling up his opponent, Sarwer still have 56,000 chips.
Ludovic Lacay had just doubled up to 30,000 when he found himself all in again. We missed the action, but all the chips went into the middle on a flop. Lacay held for a flush draw with a gutshot. His opponent was in the lead with . The turn was the blanktastic , and the on the river didn't help either. So long, Ludo.
On one of the last breaks, Gloria was able to catch up with Lacay in a episode of "Calling the Clock." Check it out.
Action folded to a player in middle position and he raised to 2,125. Sam Chartier was in the next seat and made the call. It was only these two who saw the flop still in the hand as it came .
After the flop, the preflop raiser fired 2,500. Chartier verified the bet amount and made the call, bringing the turn of the . Here, the first player checked and Chartier fired 4,000. His opponent made the call.
The river then completed the board with the . The first player checked over to Chartier again. Chartier fired out a big bet of 25,000 to put his opponent all in. After a quick second look at his holecards, the player released his hand and Chartier scooped the chips to move to 81,600.
Our last count had Chartier at 50,000 and he's now more than 30,000 chips richer. He informed us that a few minutes before this previous hand happened, a player limp-shoved over Chartier's raise with . Chartier made the call with and his hand held up to boost his stack by about 20,000 chips.
We're not sure when the chips went in, but we are certain that it was not preflop. Whatever happened, it finished up with Ludovic Lacay doubling to around 30,000.