Spencer Hudson can't get a bluff through today, it seems. But that doesn't stop the aggressive online qualifier from trying - repeatedly. Half a level after losing 10,000 to Adeniya, Hudson played this hand out of position against Kent Lundmark:
He made his move on the turn of a board, check-raising to 6,400 (Lundmark bet just over 2,000). He was called after a short think, and followed up this bet with a further 10,500 on the river. This was a fairly reassuring river for Lundmark with his and he did not look surprised to get a quick muck from Hudson.
There was a raise to 875 before Allan Bække made it 2,500. It folded back around to the original raiser who made the call, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
Both players checked, and proceeded to the rather more action-packed turn.
Turn:
The original raiser checked again, and then called Bække's 2,500 bet.
River:
Original Raiser checked for a third time and Bække now looked resigned to his fate and checked behind. Original Raiser turned over for a rather passively played top pair, top kicker, and Bække mucked. Still, at 41,500, Bække's stack is still well above the average.
There was around 11,000 in the pot when we sauntered up to Annette Obrestad's table; the board read . Benjamin Jensen checked to Obrestad, who bet 6,000. Back to Jensen, who now made it 15,000 to go.
Obrestad tanked up for a long, long time. "Am I allowed to show my hand?" she eventually asked the dealer, but the answer was no, unless she wanted the hand in question to be declared dead. She tanked up for a few more moments, and then showed anyway, folding for the nut flush face up. Jensen declined to show his hand - although the look on his face seemed to us to suggest that he had the goods - and picked up the pot.
The players are now on a 15 minute break, all 194 of them remaining. The rest of the 213-strong starting field are on a more permanent break from the event.
It's hard to believe that the average stack is still just 32,900, when you see players like Jakob Carlsson with 71,000!
Once again, this tournament is a very heavily male-dominated affair - ladies, where are you? We seem to have got a grand total of four women playing today, and curiously three of them are seated at the same table. Mari Nitteberg (we can't say if she lives up to her name), Stine Marie Bringsli and Camilla Reventlow are all huddled around the same piece of felt, right by the rail and thus possibly giving passing spectators an inaccurate picture of the gender distribution in this tournament. The only other woman playing, one Annette Obrestad, is buried way over the other side of the room amid a sea of men. We'll let you know how they all get on.
James Akenhead and Martins Adeniya started the day seated next to each other (we understand that the casino staff were just putting all the late registrants at the same table rather than in empty seats at other tables) but their table broke some time ago and they were both moved to new seats. Neither of seems to have prospered from the move.
We found Akenhead facing an 1,800 bet from Luca Falaschi on a flop. Akenhead folded and Falaschi showed him a . Akenhead looked a little nauseous, and it now down to 11,000.
At the next table, Adeniya was not faring much better. We found him betting around 1,100 on a flop to a check from his opponent. Said opponent folded and Adeniya picked up the pot, but even after that he was still on less than half his starting stack at 14,500.
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board, check-raising to 6,400 (Lundmark bet just over 2,000). He was called after a short think, and followed up this bet with a further 10,500 on the 
river. This was a fairly reassuring river for Lundmark with his 
and he did not look surprised to get a quick muck from Hudson.
for the nut flush face up. Jensen declined to show his hand - although the look on his face seemed to us to suggest that he had the goods - and picked up the pot.
ran into Hanna's 
on a 
board.
. Akenhead looked a little nauseous, and it now down to 11,000.
flop to a check from his opponent. Said opponent folded and Adeniya picked up the pot, but even after that he was still on less than half his starting stack at 14,500.