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Short-stack-on-short-stack action now, as Morten Klein and Kimmo Kurko got involved.
The pot was raised preflop but both players checked the flop. Come the turn, Klein checked and Kurko bet 14,000, to which Klein responded by raising to 30,000. Kurko called and they saw a river.
River:
Klein stared at it for a while before announcing, "I have the best hand but I give you a chance." He checked. Kurko checked behind, and made a sound that was exactly half way between sadness and disgust as Klein turned over . Kurko waved his now-cracked at the table, and is left with just 37,000.
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By far the most active of the short stacks during this bubble has been Mr. Mads Wissing - he's been all in at least three times during hand-for-hand but hasn't yet had a call.
"Please fold, I want to make the money," he said to Juha Helppi during one such encounter. Helppi did the honourable thing, and Wissing remains in the running.
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Death staring you down
It looked as though Roberto Romanello raised his button and Csaba Toth called in the small blind; either way the flop read by the time the hand turned interesting.
Toth bet out 40,000 and Romanello called; they proceeded to the turn which both players checked.
The river came down the and Toth thought about it for a moment before sticking in a roughly pot-sized bet of 120,000. Even when you're the chip leader, as Romanello is, this represented a very big bet.
Romanello stared at Toth and asked him how much he had behind. A simple wave of his hand indicated that Toth had 320,000 back. Romanello continued his death-staring antics. He counted out the call as approximately a billion people appeared from neighbouring tables and the media room to watch. He went back to death-staring, and eventually someone called the clock.
Finally, Romanello folded.
Stacks after that - Romanello 870,000, Toth 560,000.
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The bubble is still hovering here at EPT Copenhagen as none of the 57 remaining runners are content with the proverbial wooden spoon. Action has been tight and close to the vest, and the short stacks seem content to hunker down for a min-cash.
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On the second shuffle of hand-for-hand play, we had our first all-in-and-a-call situation.
Before the flop, Thomas Pettersson moved his final 69,500 into the middle, and Jan Djerberg made the call with plenty of chips to spare. It took a few minutes for the other hands to finish up around the room, but then the cards were on their backs:
Pettersson:
Djerberg:
The bubble will linger on as the dealer ran out a clean board: . Pettersson doubles up, Djerberg still has enough chips to work with, and it's on to the next hand, please.
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Froslev doing work
Thomas Froslev and Tommy Dender built a pot of about 35,000 going to a flop of . Dender had just 37,500 chips left in front of him, and Froslev made a covering bet to put his opponent to the test.
And did he ever test him. Dender looked absolutely confounded by the decision that lay before him, the two men bantering back and forth in their common language. After several long minutes of debate, Dender stood up from his chair, pushed it neatly under the table, and put on his pinstriped sport coat that had been hanging on its back. It was quite a light-hearted session in the tank as Dender was apparently firing joke after joke in his native language. The crowd of spectators pressed in around the table as he continued to mull it over.
"Don't cry, Tommy," he reminded himself. "And don't run away from the table." With that, he finally mustered the courage to commit the rest of his chips to the pot, all in and at risk.
Showdown
Froslev:
Dender:
It was the right call by Dender, but his decision would go unrewarded. Right on the turn, the dealer peeled off the , and the crowd let out a collective gasp. The river was the last card Dender will see, his queens outrun by Froslev's overs.
With that, 57 players remain, and we are squarely on the money bubble.
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Mr. Teng
By the time we caught up with Andrew Teng the board read and Teng (big blind) checked. Over on the button former chip leader Kristoffer Thorsson bet 35,000. Back to Teng, thogh, who now check-raised to 80,000. With very little fuss, Thorsson passed and Teng further padded his already chunky stack.
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Thomas Froslev raised to 11,000 and over in the small blind Luca Cainelli ever-so-slightly raised all in, for just 15,000 in total. Big blind Tommy Dender, also a relatively short stack, dwelled for a bit before folding - Froslev refused to guarantee him that he wouldn't bet. On their backs.
Cainelli:
Froslev: a less than premium but still coinflipping
Board:
Both players made a flush but Froslev's was higher, and Cainelli was bust as we headed towards the bubble. "S*** s*** s***," said Dender, suggesting that he would have won the hand, but it was far too late for that.
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flop. Come the 
turn, Klein checked and Kurko bet 14,000, to which Klein responded by raising to 30,000. Kurko called and they saw a river.
. Kurko waved his now-cracked 
at the table, and is left with just 37,000.
by the time the hand turned interesting.
turn which both players checked.
and Toth thought about it for a moment before sticking in a roughly pot-sized bet of 120,000. Even when you're the chip leader, as Romanello is, this represented a very big bet.
. Dender had just 37,500 chips left in front of him, and Froslev made a covering bet to put his opponent to the test.
, and the crowd let out a collective gasp. The river 
