Erstwhile chip leader Allan Baekke raised and fellow Dane Jesper Hougaard, newly moved to his immediate left, reraised. After a moment Baekke made the call.
They saw a flop on which there may have been some action; sadly we missed it owing to a commotion on another table (details to follow). When we arrived back, the turn was the and Baekke bet out 40,000. Call.
The river was the and now Baekke bet out 118,000. Hougaard considered his options.
"Oh man," he sighed, "I have a HUGE hand. I have such a big hand that this might even be considered a slowroll. Some people might even raise with this hand."
Marcel Koller, who final tabled at EPT Berlin a few weeks back, opened for 15,000 only for Richard Toth to make it 38,000 from the button. Bryan Paris shoved from the big blind and Koller got out of the way; Toth made the call and they were racing.
Toth:
Paris:
Board:
Paris hit the rail with a small cash; Toth meanwhile has moved into the lead on perhaps 900,000.
After a [Removed:197] raise and Brent "bdubs3737" Wheeler re-raise, Sven Mol four-bet all with . [Removed:198] folded but Wheeler called instantly with .
The board ran out and Mol made a club flush to win the pot.
He is up to 310,000 while Wheeler takes a hit down to 360,000.
Simon Ehne opened with a raise in the cutoff and Lex Veldhuis went all in from the big blind. Ehne called and tabled to Veldhuis' .
The flop came down and things looked very grim for Lex. The turn card left Lex just two outs to keep his tournament alive. Alas, the fell on the river and Veldhuis avoided elimination.
Two hands later he opened to 13,000 on the button and Alex Kravchenko called from the big blind. The flop was checked by both, as was the turn card. When the hit the river, Kravchenko bet 8,000. Veldhuis bumped it to 40,000 and Kravchenko called.
Lex tabled and Kravchenko could only shake his head, accepting defeat. He flashed and tossed his hand to the muck.
Lex is up to 255,000 while Kravchenko under 60,000.
"Do you write for PokerNews?" asked Derek Lerner. "My brother just made the sickest call."
It turns out that his brother Aaron Lerner had raised from the button and Fedor Los had called in the big blind to see a flop. Los checked, called a bet from Lerner and they proceeded.
The turn was the , putting a potential flush on the board, and both players checked. Come the (not a spade) on the river, Los overbet the pot, forcing Lerner to make a decision. Eventually he called with - and was rewarded when Los was made to turn over for a complete bluff.
Los - down to 370,000
Lerner - up to a shade over 300,000