Down to just 133,000, Charlie Carrel moved all in from the hijack. Action folded to Garreth Fields in the big blind and he contemplated what to do for a bit.
"I help you make comeback" Fields said.
"I need help, that's for sure" Carrel replied with a big smile.
"I help you!" Fields said before he called.
Garreth Fields:
Charlie Carrel:
The board ran out and Carrel doubled up.
"I donate to you, you do me a small favor back" Carrel said with an even bigger smile. "Next time, we have to do the colluding a bit more subtle, though" Carrel added.
From early position, Samuli Sipila opened and Jan Bendik defended his big blind.
The flop came and Bendik checked. Sipila bet 20,000 and Bendik check-raised to 50,000. Sipila called.
While the turn and river were blanks, Bendik fired away with bets of 47,000 and all in for 110,000 on the last community card.
Sipila called both times holding for flopped trips. Bendik showed for a worse kicker and muttered some bad words before he made his exit in 20th place.
Just before the break, Jakub Michalak got it all in for his last 151,000 holding against the of Rashed Zade.
The in the window was a good card, but the and that followed made things still exciting. The on the turn spelled bad things for Michalak and he departed after the hit the river as Zade and his straight claimed the pot.
David Boyaciyan, who triumphed in this event back in 2011 and finished runner-up to Ruben Visser in 2014, was down to a mere 70,000.
Not too long ago, he got his lucky break as he got it in with against the of Fabian Sperling. The board ran out and Boyaciyan doubled.
Like Boyaciyan, Michiel Brosky too doubled. He got it in with ace-four against the king-queen of Marius Gierse and faded all bad cards on a board of to double to 240,000.
From middle position, Garreth Fields opened for 25,000. His neighbor Charlie Carrel three-bet to 75,000 and the action folded around back to Fields rather quickly. Fields four-bet to 175,000 and it didn't take long before Carrel five-bet to 337,000.
"You have it, you have it" Carrel said in a way that reminded us a bit of William Kassouf. "You have it, you have it" Carrel repeated.
"No, you have it" Fields replied.
Fields then pushed all in and Carrel mucked instantly.
"Did I make a bad read, or did I just got bluffed?" Carrel asked himself and the table in kind of disbelief.
Dennis Berglin was one of the shorter stacks for quite some time, but he did manage to sneak himself into a nice little payjump. Just now, he ran out of double ups and hit the rail in 22nd place.
He got it in with ace-seven to Charlie Carrel's pocket nines and failed to improve.
Finnish rounder Kimmo Kurko was down to just eight big blinds after doubling up Ivan Arbastsky a couple of minutes ago.
Kurko made his move with king-queen but was called by Rashed Zade with ace-seven. An ace on the flop ended it all for Kurko and as the turn and river blanked, he made his exit.
and Carrel doubled up. 
for flopped trips. Bendik showed 
of Rashed Zade.
and 
that followed made things still exciting. The 
on the turn spelled bad things for Michalak and he departed after the 
hit the river as Zade and his straight claimed the pot.
