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And probably Aces full for his opponent, too... Team PokerStars Pro Vadim Markushevski received payment for a river raise holding 
on a 
board - his opponent mucked after dwell-calling the extra few thousand.
Ramzi Jelassi opened to 525 preflop from early position and got one caller, Sigurd Terpling, on the button.
Jelassi fired out 700 on the 
flop but Terpling raised to to 1,700 except the Swede didn't stop and immediately responded by making it 6,000 to go. Terpling thought for a moment and then made the call, the dealer putting out a straightening 
on the turn.
Now Jelassi checked and Terpling took the initiative again betting 7,500 but Jelassi didn't go anywhere and made the call. The river brought the flush and Jelassi checked once again but Terpling looked as though he was going fired a final time but changed his mind at the last minute, turning over 
. Jelassi showed 
for the turned straight to win the pot.
John Eames is not the sort of player to make rash, rushed decisions. Au contraire, he chip flourishes and stares down the table with measured aplomb before making decisions. Most recent example: a 
flop which he either bet when it was checked to him, or raised a lead (to just over 3,000) only to sit so still when the 
turn arrived that the dealer took to staring right at him.
Not to be hurried, Eames flipped a small stack of chips over and over, his opponent in danger of becoming hypnotised. Finally he threw in one 5k chip. His opponent, taking a leaf out of the Consideration Manual, sat back in his chair with his fingers laced together across his stomach, staring into the middle distance. He folded and Eames scooped a pot which sent him modestly over his starting stack.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Or possibly they just arrived really late.
Roberto Romanello, winner of EPT Prague, proprietor of several apparently top-notch fish and chip shops, and all-round nice Welsh guy, seems to have been on a bit of a rollercoaster.
We didn't catch all of the rollercoasting, but when we first passed by his table he was in possession of 29,000, and when we checked up on him again 10 minutes later he was winning a decent-sized pot that only put him up to 19,500.
Whatever happened in those lost 10 minutes, the hand that we saw him winning involved a board that read 
and a check from Romanello's opponent. Romanello bet 3,150 and his opponent called, but mucked to Romanello's .
David Vamplew was put through the decision wringer by Dainius Antanaitis - but at the end of it gave a perfect example of the instafold. He'd led out on a 
board, and button Antanaitis took over a minute to consider his options before throwing in a raise. The chips were still bouncing when Vamplew laid his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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32,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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30,300
300
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300 |
British youngster Jamie Sykes has suffered a bad twist of fate leaving himself with around 4,000 remaining. In a multiway pot, Sykes had fired out 1,300 on a 
flop receiving one caller before the big blind check-raised to 5,500. Sykes made the call and the other player folded leaving the hand heads-up as it went to the 
turn.
The big blind bet 5,700 on the turn and Sykes called the bet to see a 
river where his opponent moved all-in for 14,900. Sykes tanked for around five minutes before finally calling with 
only to see his opponent turn over
We heard some laughing over at Jon Spinks' table, and the man himself was declaring, "Classic race." We scuttled over and deduced that Spinks had shoved from the small blind against a short-stacked big blind, and had not been expecting the call.
Spinks: 
Big Blind Gentleman: 
Board: 
The former Big Blind Gentleman took the beat with good grace and duly exited the tournament. Spinks is at a roughly average 32,000.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new chip leader! Many thanks to the friendly Scandie media chap who filled us in on the details of how it all came to pass.
It seems that our hero Anders Jensen (we understand that this name is the Danish equivalent of "John Smith") opened for 2,000 and Morten "Pokergirl" Erlandsen re-popped for 6,500. Jensen called and they saw a 
rainbow flop. Erlandsen bet 8,000, Jensen shoved and Erlandsen called with 
suited for top pair, top kicker. Jensen could only boast an esoteric 
, but we understand that a three dropped on either the turn or river making Jensen a straight, and knocking Erlandsen out of the running. Ouch.
Jensen is our current chip daddy on 90,000.
