Francesco Notaro must have thought all of his Christmas' had come at once when he was dealt pocket kings on the button and had action in front of him but it turned out to be somewhat of an anti-climax for him, although he did make some profit.
Jani Kristian Rasinen opened in middle position to 72,000, Notaro raised to 200,000 and when the action folded back around to Rasinen, he made the call.
Flop: The draw heavy flop saw a check from Rasinen, a 80,000 bet from Notaro and a quick fold from Rasinen.
With the pot shipped his way, Notaro turned over , the second time he has shown his hand when he did not really need to.
Thor Stang has just pulled the trigger on a very draw heavy board, prompting discussions of whether he had the good or not.
He started of proceedings with a raise to 62,000 from late position, Luis Rufas called on the button and Ognjen Sekularac also called from the small blind, meaning three players saw a flop.
All three players checked this flop but the arrival of the on the turn light the fuse. First, Sekularec bet 106,000, Stang three-bet shoved for a total of 605,000 chips, forcing Rufas to fold but Sekularec sat motionless.
After around one minute he folded but mentioned he thought he would be splitting the pot. Did Stang have the goods? Only he will know
Georgios Skotadis made a raise in early position and Kent Lundmark called on the button. Alessandro Longobardi squeezed all-in from the blinds, Skotadis folded and Lundmark made the call.
Longobardi had and Lundmark had .
The flop was and Longobardi was propelled into the lead. The turn was the and Longobardi turned away from the table in disgust - Lundmark had retaken the lead. It was a fruitless on the river and Longobardi was eliminated.
Luis Rufas made it 100,000 under the gun and Jani Kristian Rasinen called in the cutoff to see a flop. Rufas checked, but when Rasinen bet 160,000, Rufas announced all in to cover him.
Rasinen removed his hood (finally we know what his face looks like!) and huffed and puffed for a bit... and eventually called all in.
Rasinen:
Rufas:
There was a round of applause from the largely Spanish rail for their local boy, and the customary cries of, "Vamos!"
Turn:
River:
The crowd went wild as Rufas claimed another tournament life and increased his stack to 2.2 million. Rasinen meanwhile becomes our 14th place finisher.
The action on the non-feature table has been very slow, with the final table bubble rapidly approaching nobody wants to be eliminated.
The most intersting hand of note in a while happened when Francesco Notaro raised from under the gun to 120,000 and only Ognjen Sekularac, in the small blind, made the call.
Flop:
Sekularec checked, Notaro bet 100,000 but then got out of the way when Sekularec made it 218,000 to play.
Once again Notaro showed his table mates his hole cards, this time , giving away free information for at least the third time today!