Jakob Brun was on the button with Arnaud Mattern in the small blind, and a preflop raising war left Brun all in for just less than 30 big blinds holding . Mattern had the covering stack but the dominated hand as he turned up .
Oh, to be Arnaud. The board ran down , and two pair on the flop wins him the big pot. He shook hands with Brun, almost apologetic, but not quite.
Mattern is up over 125,000 and appears to be the second-largest stack in the room now.
With the board reading , Annette Obrestad bet out 5,500 and Patrik Kaltrud folded.
This is notable largely because even after losing this hand, Mr. Kaltrud remains our current chip daddy on around 145,000. Welcome to the top of the chip count pops, Patrik.
Jan Skampa
A veritable preflop raising war erupted on Table Skampa, as the epoymous Jan in the small blind and his opponent on the button battled it out.
We only caught the tail end of it, but we're imagining the action went thus:
Button raise.
Skampa reraise.
Button make it 13,000.
Skampa make it 50,000.
Button fold.
However it went down, Skampa is now firmly up to 90,000.
27,000 in chips had found their way into the pot by the river of the board, and Rasmus Nielsen in the small blind position bet out 23,000 as a crowd formed around the table. The action was on Ruben Visser.
"It would be such a sick bluff," Visser mused. "You know I don't like folding."
"I'll show you one card," the innocent-looking Nielsen offered.
"Right now?" said Visser hopefully, "Or after I fold?"
He folded.
Nielsen pointed to each of his hole cards in turn, urging Visser to pick which one he wanted to see.
From another member of the media, running past us and back to her desk:
"Annette just won a big pot. Flopped the straight on ace-king-ten and got paid!"
From that, we gather Obrestad held queen-jack, and a quick pass by her table finds her sitting with half again as much as she had just minutes ago. She's still stacking up the pot, but she's right at 60,000 from the looks of it.
Jan Skampa is up to 95,000 after knocking out a short stack.
Said shortie raised and then shoved to a reraise from Skampa. It was a relatively clinical affair, and the two shook hands like gentlemen when it was over.
Ruben Visser's table has just been broken, and he's been sent over to Table 28. That is also where resides the other dangerous Dutchie, Johan van Til. In Seat 2, Visser has direct position on van Til and the big-stacked Patrik Kaltrud. Also at that table lurks the always-dangerous Annette Obrestad, now with an above-average stack as well.
It promises to make for some exciting poker over on the far side of the room.
We caught up with Lars "Brother Of Jesper" Hougaard on the turn of a board. His opponent had bet out 3,300 from the small blind, and Hougaard was attempting to less than min-raise from the button.
Once he had been put right and his opponent had called, they saw a turn. Mr. Small Blind checked this time and then called the 10,200 bet from Hougaard. They flipped their cards.
Mr. Small Blind: for an overpair
Hougaard: for a set
Hougaard shouted something that we are certain is hilarious in Danish, and moved on up to 70,000 or so.
. Mattern had the covering stack but the dominated hand as he turned up 
.
, and two pair on the flop wins him the big pot. He shook hands with Brun, almost apologetic, but not quite.
board. His opponent had bet out 3,300 from the small blind, and Hougaard was attempting to less than min-raise from the button.
turn. Mr. Small Blind checked this time and then called the 10,200 bet from Hougaard. They flipped their cards.
for a set
