Jesper Svare opened to 3,500 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 10,000 from Jiri Novak in middle position. Sebastian Mortensen was in the small blind, and he produced a cold four-bet to 25,000.
Svare folded, but Novak five-bet jammed for 59,000 after a bit of thought. Mortensen snapped with the covering stack.
Jiri Novak: Q♦Q♥
Sebastian Mortensen: K♦K♥
Novak was crushed in a cooler, but the queen was in the window on the Q♠6♠6♥ flop. The A♠ turn and 2♣ river failed to alter matters.
Alex Montgomery had three-bet to around 35,000, leaving himself about 10,000 behind, over a 4,000 open from chip leader Antonio Scala. Action folded back to Scala who quickly four-bet jammed, and Montgomery got the rest of it in.
Alex Montgomery: A♠5♠
Antonio Scala: J♦J♠
Montgomery was in trouble with a single overcard, but the K♠8♠8♥ flop brought hope in the flush draw.
Montgomery binked it on the 7♠ turn, and Scala could not find a two-outer on the 6♣ river.
Jonathan Hewston opened to 4,000 from early position, and called a three-bet to 15,000 from Domenico La Ferla in middle position.
On the J♦J♥4♠ flop, Hewston jammed with the covering stack. La Ferla, who had around 55,000 behind, thought it through for a bit and made the call.
"I've made a right mess here" said Hewston sheepishly.
Domenico La Ferla: A♦Q♠
Jonathan Hewston: 7♣6♣
La Ferla's ace-high was good against Hewston's seven-high, and no surprises were in store on the K♣5♣ runout, La Ferla giving the table a smack in celebration as the river hit.
Around 40,000 was in the middle on a board of 10♥6♣5♦10♠J♣, when Dario Marinelli fired out a bet of 35,000, leaving himself 6,000 behind.
Fidan Zahiti immediately raised to 75,000, and after around 90 seconds of thought, Marinelli open-folded 10♣ for trip tens.
Zahiti looked astonished, and showed the 10♦, but gave no indication as to whether he had a full house.
Marinelli's kicker must have been bad as he seemed certain he was beat - "Maybe I'll win the tournament now.", he said. The Italian busted a couple of hands later, but can have another crack in the remaining flights.
A truly bizarre hand has just taken place at Table 10.
Padraig Burns opened to 8,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 13,000 from Willy Flora in the hijack. Giuseppe Di Bella cold-flatted on the button, before action moved back to Burns.
He took some time to count out his chips, before moving all in for around 100,000.
Back to Flora, and he started to pick up his cards in a manner that risked them being exposed. It appeared he may have forgot Di Bella was still to act behind and was preparing to open-fold, and the dealer told Flora to protect his cards.
Flora told the dealer there was no chance of Di Bella seeing them, and Flora and Di Bella then started arguing in Italian. As Flora went to fold, Di Bella did the same at almost the same time. They both exposed their cards almost in unison, Flora folding A♥K♠ and Di Bella dumping A♦K♣.
It took the table a moment or two to realize that their eyes weren't playing tricks on them. No-one could really fathom what had just occurred, but its certainly the first time this reporter has seen two players fold ace-king versus a sub-40 big blind shove. One person was not complaining, and that was Burns.
