Jesper Hougaard led out for 1,200 on a flop but had to fold when the player next to him reraised all-in. Hougaard mucked and got shown for his trouble.
Barny Boatman opened to 1,000 getting called by Shimon Danino in the small blind. But the latter quickly folded to a 1,000 bet on the board to pick a small pot. Hey, every little helps.
La Skampa
The flop read and judging by the pot and bet sizes we hazard that Jan Skampa bet out from early position. Either way, his opponent Mauro Tarantini made it 3,600 to go from the button - to which Skampa responded by moving in for 15,700. After a pause, Tarantini sighed and folded, showing the .
It looks like Martin Kabrhel raised and man of a thousand names (five, anyway) Joao Pedro Dos Santos Silva shoved from the big blind. Either way, Silva found himself in a predicament and soon headed for the rail.
Frank Rusnak opened to 1,025 from early position, and Dario Minieri three-bet to 2,875 a few seats over. The big blind elected to cold-call with a shrug, and Rusnak joined in the fun for a three-handed flop.
It brought and two checks to Minieri. He put out a continuing bet of 5,325, and that was enough to garner two quick folds and take it down right there.
"It's going to be a long day for that table if they're going to check-fold all day," we thought as we stepped away from the table. Little did we know Rusnak was reading our minds.
Just a few hands later, we paced back past the table. Rusnak had opened to 1,025 again, and Minieri was up to his old tricks. He saved a quarter and three-bet to just 2,850 this time, and Rusnak didn't waste much time with the call.
The flop came out , and Rusnak tapped the table. When Minieri bet 3,825 though, he stuck in a check-raise to 9,800, and that was enough to quickly fold the pesky Italian and earn the American the retaliatory pot.
Minieri's still on about 76,000 after that slap of the hand.
Arnaud Mattern is down to just 20,000 after a spot of bother.
He'd fired on every street with on a board before finding his opponent pushing on the river. Mattern made the call but had run into in a rather cold spot.
With the board reading , Andrew Chen tanked for an age befoe making the call to Luke Fields' 7,150 bet. The river was the and Fields' set Chen all-in for his 15,000 or so by throwing out a bunch of 5k chips out to cover him.
Chen thought long and hard, much longer than he usually takes to make a decision before eventually folding in what was a fairly substantial pot.
That's six whole levels in the books, and we've reached another break. One half of the room has been sent off for their dinner, while the other half will return in 15 minutes to play on for another hour.
Thanks to the split dinner, we don't get a break today. So if you're in San Remo, bring us snacks!
Elena Ichim - Out
Returning from break, we're short one Elena Ichim. Her chips are missing, and her seat is being occupied by a much less attractive man. We think it's safe to say she's been eliminated.