Mr. Guldhammer
Morten Guldhammer bet out on the flop and then called a raise from Roberto Romanello.
They saw a turn and this time Guldhammer bet an amount that we think was all in, although very restricted access to the tournament area means that we can't always tell bet amounts. Either way, Romanello folded and the extremely excitable Guldhammer threw his down on the table. We understand that he shouted something in Scandie that translates roughly as, "Who says poker is a difficult game?" Maybe someone's had too much sugar today...
Morten Guldhammer raised to 26,000 in early position, and action came around to small blind Janne Nevalainen. The Finn had 220,000 chips left in front of him, and he moved them all into the middle right there. Guldhammer asked for a count before making the quick call.
Showdown
Guldhammer:
Nevalainen:
The flop was a great sweat as it came out , giving Nevalainen a double draw to work with. The on the turn was a blank, though, and so was the that filled out the board. Despite a promising flop, Nevalainen can't beat a full house, and he's made his exit in 21st place.
First in from the cutoff seat, Andrew Teng made a raise to 28,000. Anton Wigg was on the button with a similarly sizable stack, and he three-bet it up to 92,000. The blinds folded, and Teng began reaching for chips. The ol' four-bet came next, Teng adding another 103,000 on top of the reraise for a total bet of 195,000. Without much hesitation, Wigg announced an all-in five-bet, and Teng's cards quickly hit the muck.
As Wigg collected the pot, he flashed the , drawing no reaction from Teng. As the next hand was in play, though, the two men began to talk poker talk.
"I'm never that spewy," said Wigg. "I don't usually do that with ace-four. But I know you're going to fold the first time every time."
Teng said something quietly in reply, and Wigg disagreed. "No. Pretty transparent."
It figures to be a tough day for Teng, out of position against the aggressive Wigg. In case he wasn't aware, Wigg added one final comment before closing the conversation: "I'm going to play back at you a lot."
Under the gun plus one, Magnus Borg Hansen came in raising. When the table folded around to small blind Kristijonas Andrulis, he moved his short stack all in, and Hansen instantly called.
Showdown
Hansen:
Andrulis:
Oof. You could feel Andrulis' pain as he stood from the table and shook his head slowly back and forth. The dealer would refuse to give him any help on a board of . With that, the Lithuanian becomes our 23rd-place finisher, taking 80,000 DKK for his efforts.
Anton Wigg raised in the cutoff, and small blind Nicolo Calia, whose already short stack had been gently declining all day and had just the previous hand been forced to fold his big blind to a raise from Magnus Hansen, pushed all in. After a moment's deliberation, Wigg called.
We caught up with the feature table action just in time to see Peter Eastgate calling a 220,000 bet from Damien Fouquet on the river of a board - only to muck when Fouquet turned over pocket fives for a full house.
With that, Fouquet may have snuck the chip lead on around 1.4 million. Last Team PokerStars Pro Eastgate is knocked right back down to 270,000.
Morten Guldhammer raised on the button and chip leader Roberto Romanello called in the big blind.
Romanello check-called a bet from Guldhammer on the flop and check-called again when Guldhammer bet 40,000 (he tried to string-bet another 2,000 but was put right) on the turn.
They saw a river and Romanello checked again. This time Guldhammer paused for a long time, and then announced all in. After a moment Romanello folded, and Guldhammer triumphantly turned over for absolutely nothing. He fist-pumped, and then made a chicken noise as he raked in the pot, which elicited a few laughs but seemed rather ungentlemanly.