Hot lady-on-lady action at Table 39 as Pernille Ravn opened for 3,000 from the cutoff, only for Xuan Liu to make it 8,200 from the small blind. Back to Ravn, who pondered for a short while before reraising to 78,000, enough to set Liu in. Liu tanked up for a good long while but ultimately folded, leaving herself with 55,000. Ravn is the most heavily stacked of the remaining women, as it were, on 175,000 - well over double the average stack.
The tournament sands have shifted, bringing a new batch of players into the lead, while still supporting some of the Day 1 big stacks. Among those going strong:
Mark Hirleman - 153,000
Iulian-Georgian Ruxandescu - 264,000
Vojtech Ruzicka - 154,000
Andrea Dalle Molle - 132,000
JP Kelly had opened preflop with Sigurd Eskeland defending from the big blind to see a flop. Eskeland check-calling a bet of 3,600 before leading out for 7,500 on the turn, after a long think Kelly just flat-called this bet.
The river was the and Eskeland looked to be lining up another bet but instead checked, Kelly replied by setting his opponent all-in for his remaining 30,000 or so and Eskeland instantly folded.
Mikhail Lakhitov raised in late position and it folded around to Alexander Roumeliotis in the big blind, who reraised. Lakhitov shoved for what later transpired to be 112,400, Roumeliotis called, and they were on their backs.
Lakhitov:
Roumeliotis:
Board:
Roumeliotis was grinning wildly the whole time the board was being dealt, and at the end of it he enquired, "You got me covered?" It took the best part of five minutes and for some reason two members of the floor staff to assess the two stacks, but eventually it was decided that Roumeliotis had change - around 6,000 of it, or less than five big blinds. We suspect that he is not long for this tournament.
Lakhitov meanwhile is doing rather better, on 230,000.
One of Britain's finest, Jon Spinks, is down to 53,000 after doubling up a short stacked Kristian Moller, the shortie's pocket tens staying ahead of Spinks' pocket eights all the way down the raggy board.
Moller is up to 45,000 after that; Spinks is now below the average on 53,00.
Csaba Toth is heading to the rail after a preflop escalation saw his remaining chips go to neighbour Martins Adeniya. Toth raised to 2,600 and Adeniya paused for a while, slowly chip twiddling. The rest of the table waited too, until finally he put in a raise to 7,200. It folded back to Toth who moved all-in, and this time Adeniya called instantly (Toth's stack <30k).
It was a race - Toth's vs. Adeniya's . The board ran out and a handshake later Adeniya was stacking up 110k.
Jakob Carlsson has added a few chips to his below-average stack after calling Tome Moreira's under-the-gun raise from the hijack. Moreira bet out what looked like 3,500 on the flop which Carlsson called, and then checked the turn. Carlsson bet 3,500 this time, and Moreira swiftly gave it up.
Carlsson's at 50,000 now with the average at around 63,000.
A tough table just lost one of its occupants - Kristoffer Thorsson - after his final chips were taken by Kasper Holm. All in preflop for a short stack, Thorsson showed to Holm's . With minimum fuss, the dealer brought on the flop, and two more rags on the turn and river, sending Thorsson to the rail with a shake of neighbour Jake Cody's hand.
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flop. Eskeland check-calling a bet of 3,600 before leading out for 7,500 on the 
turn, after a long think Kelly just flat-called this bet.
and Eskeland looked to be lining up another bet but instead checked, Kelly replied by setting his opponent all-in for his remaining 30,000 or so and Eskeland instantly folded.
turn. Carlsson bet 3,500 this time, and Moreira swiftly gave it up.
. With minimum fuss, the dealer brought 