Helen Prager has never had a big stack in this tournament. Since losing two thirds of her stack right at the start of Day 1, she has had a markedly grindy experience at the tables - and just now she's taken a grand-scheme-of-things small, yet fairly-serious-in-relation-to- her-remaining chips, hit.
Ove Sundvor opened preflop and Prager reraised, getting a call. Sundvor checked the flop and Prager bet 10,000 - but Sundvor now check-raised to 28,000 and then sat there staring calmly at the felt while Prager squirmed and considered her options. She tanked up long enough for the clock to be called, and eventually folded just a few seconds into her permitted minute.
Vyacheslav Goryachev has tripled up in a very dramatic all-in-preflop coup, which also saw the end of Lars Sørensen. It started with a raise by comparative chip monster Joacim Ando - to 4,000. Goryachev, next to him on the button, saw an open spot for a shove and did just that - for 22,000 total. The small blind gave it a long think before passing, and the big blind Sørensen asked the dealer for a count.
Having made Goryachev sweat long enough, Sørensen moved in too (for just under 40k). The decision was back to Ando, and he thought for a while as the agitated Sørensen got up from the table, leaned his empty chair on the edge and wound his ipod phones up. He couldn't wait any more and called the clock.
Ando made the call (not that it really dented his 260,000+ stack) and showed . Goryachev showed the underpair and Sørensen the .
I don't speak Danish but I understand "King or Ace on the flop!" in most languages. Sørensen asked for it, but instead Goryachev got the divine intervention - the flop came and the turn and river were the irrelevant !
I am familiar, however, with the gamut of one-syllable English expletives, and Sørensen emitted a choice one as he left, giving the chair a bit of a smack for good measure.
The board was reading and Peter Eastgate had fired a 12,700 bet on the river against Juha Helppi. The Finn made the call and Eastgate flipped but Helppi turned over to just pip him to the post.
Eastgate drops to 68,000 while Helppi has about 100,000.
Xuan Liu has been knocked out aftr she 3-bet shoved from the button against Johan van Til's cutoff raise. The Dutchman "busto_soon" quickly called with ahead of her and failed to make anything on a board.
Annette Obrestad has exited the tournament, apparently shoving to a raise from Lars Krogh with two calls behind him. Krogh called, the other two players got out of the way, and Obrestad's was no match for Krogh's .
The newly-busted Obrestad moved mere inches over to the next table to tell the bad news to her other half, 2008 WSOP Main Event finalist Scott Montgomery - only to find him already all in. Montgomery was holding pocket and was up against . Montgomery's opponent made a flush, and Montgomery was now free to join Obrestad at the rail, busto on basically the same hand.
"Yeah whatever," we heard Obrestad giggling as the two headed off into the Copenhagen afternoon.
Down to just 19,700, Toni Judet has been waiting for a chance to get off the felt and back into the tournament. He found it with and three-bet all in over an initial raise of 4,600. The original raiser gave him a live-cards spin with but missed on the board. The Team Pro gets 20bb.
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.
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flop and Prager bet 10,000 - but Sundvor now check-raised to 28,000 and then sat there staring calmly at the felt while Prager squirmed and considered her options. She tanked up long enough for the clock to be called, and eventually folded just a few seconds into her permitted minute.
. Goryachev showed the underpair 
.
and the turn and river were the irrelevant 
!
to just pip him to the post.
ahead of her 
and failed to make anything on a 
board.
was no match for Krogh's 
. Montgomery's opponent made a flush, and Montgomery was now free to join Obrestad at the rail, busto on basically the same hand.
against....
