Three players took a flop of , including a short-stacked Bryn Kenney, Sandra Naujoks, and Axel Junker. The action checked to Junker, who bet 3,625, and Kenney moved all in for 9,425. Naujoks released, and Junker went deep into the tank.
Despite getting nearly 4:1 on his money, the German opted to fold, and Kenney now sits with 17,900 chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis opened to 1,300 in middle position, Tamer Kamel called on his direct left, and the rest of the players folded behind. The flop came , Veldhuis continued for 1,300, and Kamel made the call.
The turned, Veldhuis opted to check, and Kamel fired 2,800. Veldhuis called.
The river was the , both players checked, and Kamel showed for a pair of nines. Veldhuis had that beat with for a pair of aces, and the Dutchman raked in the pot.
Viktor Blom has kicked on since eliminating Jake Cody. Team PokerStars Pro David Williams has taken Cody's seat and called a 2,650 bet on a flop before the turn and river were checked down.
Blom flipped which was still too good for Williams.
Andrew Pantling and his full house managed to oust Gus Hansen off his hand. The former raised to 1,050 from under the gun and Hansen called from the hijack to see a flop appear. "Ooo, nice flop!" said Hansen before he called a 2,000 c-bet. The turn fell and Hansen folded to a 3,500 bet flashing the . Pantling flashed pocket eights.
Jake Cody has found a couple of mates at the bar to drown his sorrows with. Fellow Brits Martins Adeniya and Ben Vinson have also busted.
Maybe Tim Reilly has revenge on his mind. He's found himself sat at Vojtech Ruzicka's table who beat him heads-up in the EPT High Roller tournament in Deauville last month. Reilly has 42,000 compared to Ruzicka's 84,000.
Sergio Aido, who won the UKIPT final yesterday looks to be the current chip leader as he's over the 200,000 mark already. It's already proving to be a remarkable week for the Spaniard, who also chopped a £1,000 turbo event after Day 3 of the UKIPT. This basically means he's undefeated in poker tournaments so far this week.
Four bets went in preflop between Fraser Macintyre and Mike McDonald before the dealer fanned . The pair checked, and the turn brought the . Macintyre checked, McDonald fired 6,625, and Macintyre made the call.
The completed the board, Macintyre checked again, and McDonald bet 16,125. Macintyre made the call, prompting McDonald to rip over for a turned two pair.
Macintyre mucked, and McDonald is now above 100,000 chips.
Tom Alner bet 5,200 and 10,000 on the turn and river of a board. He was in the big blind and battling with Marc Wright under the gun. Wright called the turn bet but tank-folded the river.
Dan O'Brien has been moved to the left of Jason Mercier. The master (Mercier) has 38,000 and the pupil has 13,000.
Ramzi Jelassi, Rob Yong and Victor Ramdin just battled in a six-bet pot that went Yong's way. Jelassi opened from the cut-off, Yong three-bet the button, Ramdin four-bet the big blind to 5,750; back to Jelassi who five-bet to 11,800 and Yong six-bet all in for 37,000. Both opponents folded.