It looked as though Stian Johanessen had made the opening raise and Annette Obrestad had reraised. Either way when we arrived Johanessen was four-betting to 24,000. Obrestad paused for just a moment, and then announced all in - eliciting a snap-fold and a sigh from Johanessen.
Sometimes catching the tail-end of a hand you have to work back to figure out who's done what. It's helpful if the players engage in a bit of post-end chat, like Ramzi Jelassi. His new neighbour Martins Adeniya had a bet of 16,100 sitting in front of him, and was sitting very still looking at a board of . Jelassi was debating making the call (the pot was 30k not including this bet) but folded in the end. Adeniya mucked and was not giving anything away, despite being asked.
"Did you have it?" Jelassi talked to himself, really. "I was so sure you were going to call and I was going to win. I wasn't prepared for that."
This is where the river story became clearer - Adeniya must have check-raised that fourth heart and created a problem for the once-chip-leader. Still comfortably stacked, he does have position on his tormentor, however.
Martin Jacobson raised to 3,300 preflop only for Sigurd Eskeland and Rasmus Vogt to both move all-in behind him and the runner-up at Vilamoura and Deauville was left agonising over his decision.
The clock was called but Jacobson released his hand, unsure whether or not he was happy to see Eskeland's and Vogt's but the board meant he probably wouldn't have won the pot.
Vogt doubled to about 50,000 while Eskeland has a paltry 6,000 remaining.
Gerasimos Deres was put to a big decision just now by Antonio Matias, and the decision ended up being, "No." Three-way to a flop of , Deres led out (7,800) and Matias raised to 18,000. Deres had 45,000 behind and was covered by his opponent. He declined to pursue the hand further after a lengthy think, and Matias showed him .
JP Kelly has just eliminated fellow Team mate Vadim Markushevski, 4-bet shoving with and catching a much needed after Markushevski called off his stack with .
Thorsten Schafer has taken a bit of a hit and is now approaching the danger zone on 40,000, with mere moments until the blinds go to 1,000/2,000/200.
Jes Bondo opened to 4,100 in the hijack and Schafer repopped to 11,200 from the button. Bondo tanked up for what felt like an eternity before calling, and the two of them saw a flop.
Bondo tanked up for another unreasonably long period of time before betting out 15,000. A briefer dwell from Schafer, and then he folded.