Marco Leonzio just played two hands in a row, winning a small one but then losing a slightly larger one.
Both times Leonzio was the initial aggressor. First up, he opened to 180,000 and Roberto Romanello decided to give him a spin from the small blind. After a promising start, though, they proceeded to check down the board. Leonzio turned over for a rivered pair, and it was good enough to win the pot.
Next hand, Leonzio raised under the gun and this time Marcin Horecki called in the big blind. Horecki check-called 220,000 from Leonzio on the flop and then checked again on the turn. Leonzio checked behind this time, looking suddenly completely uninterested in the hand, and they saw a river. Horecki now very carefully counted out a 430,000 bet and pushed it across the line. Leonzio duly folded, and Horecki got the pot.
Horecki's roller coaster ride continues - he's at 3.55 million now. Leonzio is at 4.5 million - still in second place, but the lowest he's been all day.
Peter Skripka raised under the gun to 160k and found neighbour Romanello reraising quickly to 535k. As is becoming standard, the rest of the table got out of their way and Skripka made the call.
Both players checked the flop.
Both players checked the turn.
Both players checked the river.
Romanello showed down , a hand he'd checked behind all the way, giving Skripka's just the initial half million chips wagered preflop.
If checking the best hand doesn't work, you can always try three-betting with air. It's been the Skripka/Romanello show this level, and the last hand was no exception. Skripka limped on the small blind, and Romanello reached for chips once again. He made it 275k. Immediately Skripka reached for more chips - raising to 700k.
Romanello instantly passed and Skripka instantly showed him .
Down on the tournament floor, with the break looming, there were five consecutive hands where the action never made it to the flop. The on hand number six we saw not only a flop but also a turn and a river card!
Team PokerStars pro Marcin Horecki made it 135,000 to play from the button and Peter Skripka called from the big blind, but unfortunately that was the last of the betting as the both players checked down the board, with Horecki's lowly enough to scoop the pot
Roberto Romanello ended level 27 on a high by scooping yet another pot, just as the table went on a 15 minute break.
The action folded around to Marco Leonzio on the button and he wasted no time in making it 180,000 to play. Peter Skripka got out of the way but Romanello made the call.
Flop: - Romanello checked, Leonzio made a bet of 230,000 and Romanello called.
Turn: - Both players checked the turn
River: - Again, both players checked.
Leonzio flipped over but that was crushed by Romanello's
Peter Skripka min-raised from the button and Emilliano Bono called in the big blind to see a flop. Bono check-called 250,000 from Skripka, and checked again on the turn. This time when Skripka bet 320,000, though, Bono check-raised all in, prompting an insta-fold from Skripka.
"Yes!" said Bono, with feeling, and upped his stack to 2.2 million. Former chip leader Skripka is now down to 2.3 million or so.
Marco Leonzio has watched the chip lead change hands several times, but even when he dropped below Romanello's stack he carried on calmly playing his game, sitting back for a while as Skripka continually got busy preflop. He took a few chips back from Romanello, calling his preflop raise in the big blind (230k) and then betting out 250k on the flop - no call.
Marcin Horecki took 205k from Roberto Romanello with a preflop three-bet out of the big blind, but promptly gave 170k back to Peter Skripka the next hand when the young Russian bet all but 40k of his stack (2.1 million) over the top of his own button raise.
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board. Leonzio turned over 
for a rivered pair, and it was good enough to win the pot.
flop and then checked again on the 
turn. Leonzio checked behind this time, looking suddenly completely uninterested in the hand, and they saw a 
river. Horecki now very carefully counted out a 430,000 bet and pushed it across the line. Leonzio duly folded, and Horecki got the pot.
flop.
turn.
river.
just the initial half million chips wagered preflop.
board, with Horecki's lowly 
- Romanello checked, Leonzio made a bet of 230,000 and Romanello called.
- Both players checked the turn
but that was crushed by Romanello's 
flop. Bono check-called 250,000 from Skripka, and checked again on the 
