Thorsten Schafer opened to 13,500 in early position and got a call from Florian Langmann to his immediate left before Dmitry Vitkind in the cutoff made it 36,500 to go. Schafer was tanking up when our attention was caught by a hand at another table; when we returned Schafer was counting out the chips to pay Vitkind his double up, so we are guessing that Schafer pushed and Vitkind called all in. Schafer was holding but it was no match for Vitkind's ; the board didn't help and Vitkind doubled to 380,000. Schafer's rollercoaster is on a downward spiral now - he was left with 265,000, a below average stack.
Surinder Sunar, quietly floating through three days' play under the chip-average radar, is still very much in the tournament. His patience should be rewarded with a small trophy, in our opinion, but instead it was rewarded with a double up to 240k. He got it in on a flop with , the set paid off by Nikolas Liakos holding .
Joel Nordkvist has extended his lead, and is now at a whopping 1.445 million.
Blind on blind, Nordkvist raised to 16,000 and Johnny Jensen called. They both checked the flop and proceeded directly to the turn, where Nordkvist bet out 58,000. Jensen raised to 205,000 - but after a short tank, Nordkvist announced all in, eliciting a swift and frustrated fold from Jensen.
Former chip leader Jensen, by the by, is down to 220,000 after that.
This level we've already lost four players, mostly to all-in preflop confrontations brought on by shortness of stack.
Included among the fallen: Andreas Øe, picking up at the same time as big blind Andrea Dalle Molle found . The board brought no help for the dominated ace.
Øe had previously tried to double up with , called by big blind Surinder Sunar, but that hadn't quite gone according to plan. Sunar made him wince saying, "You're not winning..." when he turned his hand over - but then showed ! Choppity chop.
Daniel Johansson has doubled up, he 3-bet Meir Dahan preflop and then fired a pot-sized bet on the flop. Dahan check-raised him all-in for about 80,000 more and Johansson called.
Johansson:
Dahan:
The changed little but the brought celebration for Johansson and disppointment for Dahan. Johansson jumps to 240,000 while Dahan drops below 200,000.
Claus Nielsen open-shoved from the button and in the big blind Pierre Genot thought about it for just a moment before calling all in. On their backs.
Nielsen:
Genot:
Board:
Nielsen let out a huge sigh as the stacks were counted; he had Genot covered, but only by 2,500 - less than the small blind. Just a hand or two later and Nielsen called all in to a raise from Florian Langmann, found himself dominated for a second time, and shortly thereafter left the table.
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but it was no match for Vitkind's 
flop with 
, the set paid off by Nikolas Liakos holding 
.
flop and proceeded directly to the 
turn, where Nordkvist bet out 58,000. Jensen raised to 205,000 - but after a short tank, Nordkvist announced all in, eliciting a swift and frustrated fold from Jensen.
at the same time as big blind Andrea Dalle Molle found 
. The board brought no help for the dominated ace.
, called by big blind Surinder Sunar, but that hadn't quite gone according to plan. Sunar made him wince saying, "You're not winning..." when he turned his hand over - but then showed 
! Choppity chop.
against Daniel Pettersen's 
.
and the Belgian went busto.
flop. Dahan check-raised him all-in for about 80,000 more and Johansson called.
brought celebration for Johansson and disppointment for Dahan. Johansson jumps to 240,000 while Dahan drops below 200,000.
and hitting the 
board.
