Pete Linton limped under the gun with . Jakub Michalak raised to 225,000 with and Juen Alban 3-bet to 105,000.
Action on Linton who, with two other players in the hand, decided not to get too tricky with a flat call and 4-bet to 1,950,000. It was enough to win the pot.
Pete Linton has been on a rush of cards so far today and has seen pocket kings and queens already. Moments ago he found a pair of jacks in the hole and won a sizeable pot from it.
Gwendoline Janot opened to 240,000 only to Xavier El Fassy three-bet to 655,000. Linton then four-bet with which saw Janot release her but El Fassy called with the .
The flop was as good as Linton could have hoped for and when El Fassy checked Linton bet 770,000. El Fassy wasted little time in mucking his hand.
Juan Alban raised to 255,000 with preflop and Xavier El Fassy flat-called with before Pete Linton made it 820,000 with . Both called to see a but folded when Linton led for 970,000.
We have already seen pocket aces cracked and now we have seen pocket kings smashed to pieces.
Jakub Michalak opened to 250,000 with and Alban Juen three-bet to 595,000 with . Pete Linton then woke up with and four-bet to 1,300,000! The pot was already huge when Michalak moved all in for 4,750,000 and grew larger still when Linton called!
The flop gave Michalak outs to a Broadway straight, meaning Linton had to avoid improving to a set otherwise he would double Michalak up. The on the turn was as safe as a card Linton could have hoped for, but the was the river card, completing a straight for Michalak and gifting the Pole a huge pot.
Gwendoline Janok min-raised to 240,000 and was called by Xavier El Fassey and Jakub Michalak in the big blind.
The flop was
Michalak checked and Janok took a stab at the pot with a bet of 350,000. El Fassey called and Michalak folded.
The turn was
Janok checked and with the action on El Fassey he accidentally knocked some of his chips over and a few crossed the line. The tournament director ruled that he must make the minimum bet.
“Are you serious?” El Fassey asked, but accepted the ruling and the bet stood at 120,000. Janok couldn’t fold for that so we went to the river.
The came and El Fassey took the pot with a bet of 650,000
Nick Hicks has just helped himself to a 1,430,000 pot after cracking the aces of Jakob Michalak.
Michalak opened to 250,000 with the and was called by Nick Hicks with the . The flop was the dream flop for Hicks, but he decided to slow play his trip jacks and he checked behind when Michalak failed to fire a continuation bet. Hicks then led for 250,000 on the turn and Michalak called. The river completed the board and Hicks fired an 800,000 bet. Michalak called and saw that his hand was now second best.
Gwendoline Janot opened to 240,000 with and the action folded to Peter Linton who had been dealt . Linton is not the kind of player who needs much of an excuse to raise and he three-bet to 650,000 prompting a fold from Janot.
Nick Hicks raised to 250,000 in the first hand, everyone folded and Hicks won the blinds and antes.
Hicks raised to 250,000 in the second hand too, holding . Alban Juen three-bet to 675,000 from the small blind with and Hicks made the call to see a flop of . Juen fired 755,000 and that was enough to get Hicks off his pair.
Gwendonline Janot raised to 300,000 in the small blind with and Xavier El Fassy folded in the big blind.