Ben Vinson led out for 1,475 on the turn of a board; his opponent on the button called.
The river was the and this time Vinson bet 6,000 with just 4,300 behind. His opponent called, but was not happy when Vinson showed him for the rivered full house. He threw down the and muttered to himself, but it didn't do any good - Vinson took the pot (he made a valiant attempt to look like he was sorry even though he clearly wasn't) and is back up to 27,000.
The board read when we got there are Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari bet 10,000. His opponent called but soon regretted it - Akkari's for two pair was good, and he's now at over 80,000.
Timothy Finne has doubled up winning the big slick vs. pocket queens preflop race (he shoved for 13,775 pre over a 6,500 bet which was never going anywhere with ). The king came right away on the flop and held, getting him back to starting stack level.
Other stacks in a bit of Level 4 trouble:
Roberto Romanello – 10,000
Kristijonas Andrulis – 11,200
Ben Vinson – 13,000
These aggressive players must be used to a bit of an early rollercoaster, but the track had better bend back upwards soon.
The internet, and indeed the power, just went out in the press room for half an hour. We'll set about feeding in the events of the past 30 minutes now.
Chad Brown is down to 17,000 after seeing a flop with 5,100 already in the pot. The gentleman in the small blind bet out 3,000 and Brown min-raised to 6,000. But a moment later and the small blind had shoved for around 14,300 and Brown folded with a sigh.
A very tenacious preflop threesome just now refused to be budged despite the multiple raises – Benny Spindler’s 2,100 picked up Simon Boss before button Martin Jacobson raised to 4,600. Spindler then made it 7,100, called by both players in position.
On the flop, Spindler moved all-in for his remaining 17,900, called by Boss while Jacobson folded.
Spindler:
Boss:
The over overpair stayed ahead on the turn and river doubling up the High Roller runner-up.
Vanessa Peng has become the latest casualty of this Day 1b massacre. We're not sure what happened but we are certain that she is no longer in the running.
Florian Langmann just attempted to get involved in a raising war against PokerStars Team Pro Salvatore Bonavena. The Italian had made a 3-bet to 2,525 in the small blind but Langmann made it 6,500 - utilising the old 4-bet.
Bonavena, a former EPT champion, was in no mood to give up and made it 11,125. Two minutes of staring vacantly forward by the German ended when he sighed deeply and folded his cards.