Nick Hicks and Pete Linton have played hundreds of not thousands of hands together in home games and at the Dusk Till Dawn club in Nottingham, so there is an interesting dynamic between the two.
They were just involved in a pot together when Hicks opened to 200 from early position and Linton called in the big blind. Linton then check-called a 120,000 bet on the flop and then checked again on the turn. Hicks opted to check behind and the dealer brought the into play.
Linton checked for a third time. Hicks bet 370,000 and Linton leaned back in his chair briefly before returning to is normal sitting position. Almost a minute passed before Linton mucked, Hicks giving him a wry smile as he reaped in the pot.
Ferhad Seyadi opened to 210,000 from middle position and after Nick Hicks folded Jakub Michalak three-bet to 455,000 in the cutoff. Alban Jeun then col four-bet to 1,075,000 forcing folds from both players.
As expected, this final table is pretty tense to start off with. Pete Linton opened to 210,000 from the button but quickly mucked when Julian Gardner raised all in from the small blind.
The very next hand saw Jakub Michalak raise to to 210,000 from UTG+1 before Julian Gardner made it 500,000 from the button. Michalak quickly folded.
Incidentally, this level has seen the appearance of the pink 500,000 chip.
During the dinner break the players discussed the possibility of a chopping up the remaining prize pool based on ICM and chip counts. Pete Linton refused to deal on ICM terms while the shortest stacks refused to deal based on chip counts. Therefore there has been no deal made at the moment. Will someone actually leave Wembley Stadium €1,000,000 richer?
Our final table is set after Jean Miguel Lacerda busted out moments ago.
Ferhad Seyadi opened in the cutoff, Lacerda moved in from the button and Seyadi called. Seyadi showed and Lacerda the . By the river the board read , sending Lacerda to the rail.
The final table members have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break, so rejoin us about 17:00 UK time as we play down to six players.
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, sending Lacerda to the rail.