Luis Jaikel opened to 23,000 and Alessandro Laubinger called on the button - but Daniel Pidun in the small blind now made it 88,000 to go. Jaikel tanked and squinted for some minutes but eventually opted to fold, leaving the decision with Laubinger.
"88 thousand?" he asked. "So sick, the bet. So sick!" Pidun said something we couldn't quite hear, and then Laubinger (who has a nice, clear, loud speaking voice, said, "You know now what I have. Your bet is sick!"
Pidun sounded as though he was protesting that he still had no idea what Laubinger had, but either way we all soon found out, as Laubinger folded face up. Pidun showed him .
Anton Morgenstern had opened preflop to 22,000 getting a call from the button before big blind Vadzim Kursevich reraised all-in for 131,000. Morgenstern made the call and the button folded.
Morgenstern:
Kursevich:
There were groans and murmurs when the flop came but the turn was and Kursevich jumped back into the lead, while the river filled up both players with the
Kursevich is up to 270,000 but Morgenstern still has 1.3 million.
Angel Pedemonte Garcia has eliminated Dara O'Kearney in a true battle of the short stacks as both had previously been crippled.
It was for O'Kearney against Garcia's after the latter pushed all-in preflop and O'Kearney called all-in from the small blind. The board came , Garcia backdooring the nut flush to knock the Irishman.
Garcia still only has about 100,000 himself now even after winning that pot.
Thomas Traboulsi seems to have warmed to his table, and warmed up his enthusiastic chat despite being a relatively short stack. He moved all in for 149,000 over the top of a Jeffrey Hakim raise to 22,000 and then carried on sort of reading an electronic book. He was giving it a lot of chat.
"How much you playing?" asked Hakim.
"149. 298 I have after!"
"Will you show me?"
"Yes I show."
"I would just feel bad if I am behind and I outdraw you."
"You are behind!" He showed and went back to reading.
Bolivar Palacios has doubled up twice in consecutive hands and is now up to almost 450,000, just about average.
First up, Palacios shoved for 96,000 with and Kent Lundmark reshoved with . The board ran out a harmless and Palacios doubled to over 200,000. Lundmark is now back in the danger zone on just 100,000.
Next hand, Palacios got his whole stack in preflop again, this time with against Ben Wilinofsky's . The board ran out bring Palacios a flush by the turn, and he's now firmly in contention. WIlinofsky is at a similarly average sort of 450,000.
The board read when the chips went in, Zoran Mitic all in with for a set and Mario Adinolfi holding for a flush draw.
River: , bringing in the flush.
"Yes!" cried Adinolfi and banged the table. "I wanna win this tournament!" (Please imagine fantastic Italian accent - he sounded almost exactly like Wario saying "I'm-a gonna ween!" in Mario Kart.) "I'm not here for the money," he added.
Ben Wilinofsky has doubled to the heady heights of 850,000 after being all-in on the turn of a board against Timo Pfützenreuter. The latter had a multitude of outs on the turn with but missed on the river.
Timo Pfützenreuter dropped to just 110,000 as a result.
face up. Pidun showed him 
for O'Kearney against Garcia's 
after the latter pushed all-in preflop and O'Kearney called all-in from the small blind. The board came 
, Garcia backdooring the nut flush to knock the Irishman.
and neither player improved resulting in a half million swing to the Icelandic player. Danzer drops to 280,000.
against Ben Wilinofsky's 
for a set and Mario Adinolfi holding 
for a flush draw.
on a 
flop. The 
board against Timo Pfützenreuter. The latter had a multitude of outs on the turn with 
