Niclas Hall has busted a player with the mighty Aces, not only picking them up but hitting a set too. He took a fraction of a moment to swear gently under his breath when his opponent moved in on the 
flop but was obviously going nowhere with 
- the all-in shorter stack's flush draw with his 
missed and he rose to over 40,000.
Helen Prager has halted the downward movement of her chip stacks abruptly with a full double through to over 20,000. She had patiently declined to get involved with Michael Tureniec a couple of hands previously (he three-bet her button raise out of the small blind and she let it go) but now found a flop to commit on.
She'd raised preflop and picked up Carlos Oliveira in position plus one other, and the flop came down 
. She bet 1,200, Oliveira raised to 2,700 and after Player 3 bowed out, she moved in for 9,050 in total. The size of her stack made Oliveira wince and hesitate holding the chips to call (it would leave him with under 20k himself if he called and lost). Finally with a shrug he threw in the chips and showed 
vs. Prager's 
. The pair held over the 
turn and river and she's back in the game.
On the tables next to her both Josh Prager and William Thorson have dwindled yet further - both are now under 10k.
A full board comprising 
was laying on the felt when we got to the table; a gentleman we didn't recognise had announced all in and Jon Spinks had snap-called. Both players pulled a face when the cards were turned over.
Gentleman About To Exit The Tournament: 
for a flush
Spinks: 
for a flopped full house
With that, another one bites the dust at the hands of young Mr. Spinks, who is up to 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
56,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
40,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
|
|
35,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
29,300
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
27,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,550
1,050
|
1,050 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
16,500
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,700
24,300
|
24,300 |
|
10,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
2,250
|
2,250 |
|
|
||
|
48,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000 | |
|
40,000
13,900
|
13,900 |
|
39,000 | |
|
|
||
|
37,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
34,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
26,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
26,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
24,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
18,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
10,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
||
|
10,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
9,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
7,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
We are particularly enjoying seeing Viktor Blom with a juice box.
Four levels down, four to go. Players are on a 15 minute break.
We only caught the very tail end of the hand, the board reading 
. Viktor "Isildur1" Blom had checked, and Xuan Liu checked behind, then looked very surprised when Blom turned over 
for a Broadway straight. Liu mucked, and Blom is up to over 50,000.
Toni Judet's table has been broken and he's found himself on the table featuring fellow Team Pro Sebastian Ruthenberg and Josh Prager; all round it looks like it's no picnic. The last action we saw on it involved Ruthenberg four-betting (4,050) preflop and shaking off Jens Hansen.
