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Matvey Linov looks to be the current chip leader and about to break the 100,000 mark. The Russian bet 6,775 on the river of a 
board against Dan Murariu and the latter made the call only to muck when he saw an unorthdox 
for turned two pair.
Linov has 99,000
We arrived just in time to see Michael Keiner double up to 65,000. We're not terribly sure what happened, but we believe that it was the product of an unfortunate bluff from 2007 PCA finalist Frank Rusnak on the river. Either way, the cards looked like so:
Keiner: 
Rusnak: a rather lacklustre 
Board: 
"I fold nine-two," said another player at the table, clearly very happy about having folded such a hand.
The Dutchies continue to battle it out, Paul Berende fired out 3,275 on the turn of a 
board which Joep van den Bijgaart called to see a 
river.
Now Berende tanked before checking, Van den Bijgaart bet out 6,125 and Berende instantly folded with a hint of frustration, mostly likely down to his compatriot having got the better of him once again.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
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.
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.
