We've just witnessed a true rarity, a Viktor Blom check-fold.
Blom had fired out 750 on a flop of against Andreas Eskeland but then gave up and mucked when the latter bet 1,400 on the turn. Seriously, there was no check-raising or over-bet bluffing or even triple range merging - in the words of the Queen - we are not amused.
Danilo Donnini opened to 525 (and has already worn out my 'N' key) and Ludvik Ludviksson made it 2,000 next to him before Martin Jacobsen moved all-in for 7,875 on the button. Donnini folded and Ludviksson did not like it but made the call with and quadruple EPT finalist Jacobson turned over .
The flop was because when you're Martin Jacobson and have made three EPT finals already this season, you don't have time give your opponents a chance to sweat in a coinflip. The turn and river changed nothing, the Swede is back up to 18,000.
It could well happen. Since Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern so enjoyed his several minutes literally walking in Laura Cornelius' shoes, he has announced that if he makes the final table here in San Remo this week, he will buy every woman in the press room a pair of shoes. We at Pokernews like to be unbiased in these matters, but we'll be honest - a good few of us are now fervently rooting for the Frenchman. We reckon it's a shoe-in...