A chunky pot of 19,000 had developed on a completed board of 9♦8♦6♥J♦5♥.
Adam Chochola checked to Thomas Lange, who fired out a value-seeking looking bet size of 6,400. Chochola looked suspicious, and after a bit of thought, elected to fold.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Around 6,300 was in the middle, on a flop of J♦9♣5♦ in a four-way pot.
Stefano Olivetti and Raimund Longbottom checked in the blinds to Allan Johansen in the cutoff, who fired out a big bet of 6,000. Fabrizio Zucca called on the button, as did Longbottom.
On the K♥ turn, action was checked to Zucca, who slid out a bet of 11,500. Longbottom got out of the way, but Johansen stuck around.
The 6♦ river completed the board, and Johansen quickly check-called a bet of 15,000 from Zucca.
Zucca tabled K♠J♥ for the turned top two pair, while Johansen had rivered two pair with J♣6♣, but had the worst of it.
Sean McDiarmid opened to 700 from middle position, and Graham Keith flatted in the cutoff, while Holger Breuer and Charles Hogg came along in the blinds.
On the Q♣8♥3♥ flop, action was checked to Keith, who fired out a bet of 1,200, which only Breuer called.
The 5♣ turn and 2♣ river were then checked through, and Breuer's 9♠9♥ were good versus Keith's A♥8♦ for second pair eights.
Although Keith didn't win this one, he's had a pretty fantastic week so far. He won the PokerNews Cup after battling back from three big blinds for €7,000, and then won a €550 Grand Event ticket in the PokerNews Scavanger Hunt - hopefully he hasn't used up all his run good for the trip!
Charles Hogg was raking in a full-double up, after he turned a full house against Michael Cummings' flopped trips in a cooler.
Cummings had 8♥6♣ from the big blind and Hogg had 9♦9♠ on the K♥8♠8♣9♥J♥ runout.
A pot of 20,000 had developed on a completed board of K♥Q♦5♠2♥5♥, in a hand between Hugo Menant and Loic Dobrigna, both in middle position.
Menant checked, and Dobrigna fired out a bet of 10,000. Menant was thinking it over, and after it was looking like a fold was the most likely outcome, after around two minutes, suddenly he check-jammed to 42,500.
Dobrigna definitely wasn't expecting it, and exhaled deeply. After around two minutes of thought, he sat back in his chair and clasped his hands behind his head, stealing a sideways glance at his opponent. He took another couple of peeks at his cards, and eventually tapped the table and folded.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Around 2,000 was in the middle in a three-way pot, between Giuseppe Lorenzano in middle position, and Jose Blanco and Pechnapa Punpa in the blinds.
On the Q♥9♣8♥ flop, Blanco led out with a bet of 800 when action was checked to him, and only Lorenzano called.
The 8♠ hit on the turn, and Blanco continued with a bet of 1,000. Lorenzano responded with a raise to 2,600, and after a brief period of thought, Blanco elected to fold.
A pot of 19,400 had brewed on a completed board of J♠5♥10♦J♣5♠, in a hand between Roar Aspas in the hijack, who was sporting some ice PokerNews merch, and Simon Forster on the button.
Aspas check-called a bet of 6,500 from Forster. Forster tabled K♥Q♠ for the missed up and down, while Aspas had the goods with A♥A♦.
A chunky pot of 40,000 had developed by the river on a board of A♣K♦9♥3♣4♥, in a hand between Robert Oliver and Dimitrios Tsakalakos.
Tsakalakos fired out a bet of 25,000, and after a brief period of deliberation, Oliver folded.
In the next hand, Tsakalakos limped under the gun, and Oliver raised to 700, receiving calls from the big blind and Tsakalakos.
The flop came Q♦8♦7♦, and was checked through to the 3♦ turn, where action was checked to Oliver. He fired out a bet of 2,000, and only Tsakalakos called.
On the 7♠ river, Tsakalakos check-folded versus an overbet of 10,000 from Oliver, who flashed the A♦ after his opponent folded.
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