Sami Kelopuro raised in the cutoff and then called a reraise from Nicolas Chouity to see a flop. Kelopuro check-called another 355,000 from Chouity, and they proceeded with 1.4 million in the pot.
Both players checked the turn and then Kelopuro bet out 575,000 on the river. Chouity called, and they revealed their cards.
Kelopuro:
Chouity:
The 2,545,000 pot was shipped to Chouity, who increased his chip-leading stack to 5.9 million. Kelopuro was left with 1 million.
Chip leader Nicolas Chouity checked the flop to Emanuele Rugini, who bet 155,000. Chouity then check-raised to 400,000, though, and Rugini gave up the pot.
Wow, that went quickly. There were only five minutes remaining of the level when we went to two tables, and now the clock has been paused to race off the 1,000-denomination chips.
A most curious hand occurred at the outside table as Matt Perrins raised under the gun and Josef Klinger called.
They proceeded to check down the flop and turn before Perrins bet out 160,000 on the river. Klinger stood up and sort of twitched, but he does that most hands so that did not necessarily mean anything. After a while he flat-called, and Perrins turned over for a straight - and then everyone was rather surprised to see Klinger flip for a full house.