It feels like we're seeing more all-ins than flops at the moment, as the dude on the microphone summons the cameras over for yet another showdown.
This time, the man with his tournament life on the line was Paul Lefestey, the popular Irishman short-stacked, but with two live cards in versus the .
The flop improved his chances of survival dramatically, but after a turn, a bullet () hit the river to shoot down any dreams Lefestey had of lifting the trophy.
It's incredible how the tide can turn in poker, but that's what Martin Hanitz has learned, riding the wave of chip monster before the currents pulled him down.
Having seen his stack decimated in the potentially life-changing pot with James Mitchell, Hanitz was all in soon after, in bad shape against . A nine-less board later, and Hanitz's turbulent, but entertaining journey had come to an end.
I'm not quite sure how she became so short stacked, but nevertheless, Sofia Lovgren had just 12,500 when she moved all in, receiving two callers behind: Richard Robinson (middle position) and the big blind.
The board inevitably went check-check - in that 'let's check it down, but not actually say that's what we're doing' kinda way, Robinson ultimately picking up both the pot and the scalp with versus and the of Lovgren.
Lovgren received a nice ripple of applause as she departed, predominantly from the male contingent of the rail.
James Mitchell is running so good at the moment that trying to stop him would be like taking on a herd of elephants with a peashooter.
In a 3-bet pot, Mitchell lead out for 70,000 into a pot of 120,000 with the board of . Martin Hanitz, the other big stack reraised all-in for almost 500,000 and Mitchell called.
Mitchell:
Hanitz:
The turn was the and Mitchell had dodged several bullets, and then dodged the rest on the river. Mitchell now has 850,000 and is the new chip leader.
Bharminder Maker is out after finding himself all in for a 300,000 pot with versus the of Declan Connolly. The was clinical, leading to a subdued fist-pump from Connolly, and by the turn the fat lady had finished singing and was preparing her next song.
Apart from the feature table which I'm unable to access, all the current chip leaders appear to be on one foreboding table where even the smallest stack, Peter Murphy, has 175,000.
The dominant forces on the Table of Doom are:
James Mitchell - 375,000
Sean van Slujis -- 500,000
Martin Hanitz -- 570,000
Lars Frost has been eliminated pushing on a but James Mitchell was able to club him to death holding for a flopped flush that held on a turn and river.