Mihai Manole opened to 1,500 on the button, and Scott Montgomery defended his big blind. The flop came out 
, and both players checked. Montgomery checked again when the turn fell the 
, and Manole bet 1,600. Scott quickly raised it to 4,500. Manole considered for a minute before mucking.
Praz Bansi opened preflop to 1,500 and received one caller, Seppo Parkkinen on the button.
Bansi fired out 2,000 on the 
and the Finn called, the turn was a blank 
and again Bansi fired to the tune of 3,600 which Parkkinen called once more, though the dwelling length proportionally increased with the size of the pot.
The river was the 
making the straight, Bansi went to bet around 5,000 but then stopped, rechecking the board and then coldly staring at his opponent. Bansi then recounted the remains of his stack which amounted to roughly 15,000 before betting 6,500 or as the online kids describe it, 'unloading a full clip' of betting all three streets.
Parkkinen, looking mildly displeased, took a couple of minutes and riffled some chips, but finally after four bets, gave his opponent credit for something he could not beat and folded.
Bansi is back over his starting stack with 32,000
Annette Obrestad seemed to have raised in early position and picked up calls from Mauro Palazzo on the button and Adam Radocz in the big blind. Either way, the three of them were looking down at a 
flop when we arrived at the table.
Radocz checked, and Obrestad bet 2,500. Over to Palazzo, who raised to 8,000. Radocz got out of their way and Obrestad thought about it very briefly before reraising a large number of yellow T5,000 chips, enough to cover Palazzo. He promptly called all in.
Palazzo: 
for top pair
Obrestad: an interesting 
for two pair
Turn: ding! 
River:
The miracle turn doubled Palazzo, and Obrestad laughed as she paid up. They're on around 50,000 apiece now, but they are moving in opposite directions.
Just before the break, Arnaud Mattern jumped up to 52,000 after 5-betting all-in with 
against 
to knock out a short stack.
"It's the only way I can get chips," he explained.
It was a brief post-prandial poker session for one Oleg Epp, who came back from dinner to get his last 5,000 in with 
offsuit and smack straight into online qualifier Lukas Benkovic's pocket aces. The board offered Epp no help, and he hit the rail while Benkovic increased his already hefty stack to 110,000 or so.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Owing to some presumably unforeseen problems involving slow lifts (we're on the sixth floor here) and there only being two scanning machines (they're checking everyone's casino card as they come into the tournament area), 20 minutes have been added to the dinner break clock to allow everyone to battle their way back from dinner.
We should be starting fairly soon.
Players are now heading on a 90 minute break which means play will start at around 20.30pm (GMT+2). We're off to raid the nearby curryhouse.
Toodlepip!
Three players made it to see the 
flop and the chipped-up Matvey Linov in the small blind and an only slightly less chipped-up Seppo Parkkinen in the big blind checked to Matt Kay in the hijack. He bet 1,700, and both his opponents called.
The turn was the and, again, it checked around to Kay. This time he bet 4,500. Linov called and Parkkinen folded, meaning that they were heads up to the river.
The river brought a second king and Linov checked a third time. This time Kay - with just 13,000 left to his name - checked behind. Linov revealed 
for two pair, and Kay expressionlessly mucked.
Linov, already chip leader before the hand, increased his stack to 120,000.
Cristiano Blanco checked a 
board, then called when Thomas Wolfer bet 4,000. The river paired with the , and Blanco checked again. This time, Wolfer fired 7,800. Blanco studied the board and made the call. Instantly, Wolfer cursed and threw his cards into the muck. Blanco was already guaranteed the pot when he turned over 
to show that he'd called with just queens and fives. Blanco is up to 72,500 while Wolfer dropped to 45,000.
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