We only just now spotted Dominique Terzian over on table 8 with 45,000 in chips and one table further is Nicolas le Floch. The Frenchman started just before the end of level two and has more than doubled up the initial stack already. Le Floch just now raised from the button but then let go when a short stack jammed out of the big blind.
While some of the notables are thriving, others are less fortunate. Charlotte van Brabander and Rasmus Agerskov are short-stacked, Philippe Ktorza even out already.
Agerskov just bet 3,025 on the flop with very few chips behind and his opponent mucked the . Agerskov grinned and then flashed the before ultimately also revealing the too while collecting the pot.
David Ozman raised to 1,200 and was called by Christer Jansson before Paul Valkenburg moved all in for his last 6,425 chips. Both Ozman and Jansson called to check the flop before Ozman check-raised the on the turn. Jansson called the shove and they turned them over:
Ozman:
Jansson:
Valkenburg:
Jansson was having the best of it and doubled up for more than 34,000 once the river completed the board. One hand later, Ozman was involved in yet another hand and chopped with versus after both checked the board. "Please get me a new dealer!" the Swede joked.
Our Dutch colleague Frank witnessed the elimination of Philippe Ktorza, as the last 13 big blinds of the Frenchman went to Johan Goslings. It was a coinflip with for Ktorza and the for Goslings, the board ran out eight-high with one heart only.
The fourth level has been completed and the players were sent into a 25-minute break. This is longer as usual and will help to facilitate the chip race of the green T-25 denominations, as they are no longer needed for the remainder of the tournament. According to the screens there are 202 out of 236 players remaining and the late registration closes with the first card in level five being dealt.
Credit for the hand that happened in the last level still goes to Tommy Mandel and the French Unibet Open blog.
Romain Lewis min-raised to 800 from the cutoff and Christophe Bouziane three-bet to 2,050 from the button before Alexandre Reard called out of the small blind, the initial raiser folded.
On the flop Reard check-called a bet of 3,550 and then check-min-raised from 5,000 to 10,000 on the turn. Bouziane made the call and folded the river for his last 15,000 when Reard slid forward 25,000 in order to push his opponent all in. Reard flipped over the to build his table image.
Tommy Westerlund was standing on the rail after having been eliminated early into the new level. The Swede had called a min-raise to 1,200 and Oyvind Wroldsen from one seat over three-bet to 4,000. Only Westerlund called with the and check-raised all in for the remainder of his short stack on an ace-high flop with two spades.
Wroldsen snapped him off with pocket aces for top set and no further spade showed up anymore.
Vitalii Volochai, one of the two eGaming players that joined the poker competition today after yesterday's SNG sponsored by Unibet, just walked over to the live stream team and mentioned that he was out. From the details we could gather, Volochai got the last of it in with pocket nines on a flop and his opponent had pocket queens.
After the incredible double up with the nut flush early on, [Removed:247] has lost a few smaller pots including two for 11,000 with jacks versus kings and tens versus jacks, but the Frenchman was still in splendid shape. And just when we were about to click publish for this post, [Removed:250] stands up and talks to a friend on the neighbor table.
"I just made a crazy call on the river for 22,000 just with a six, the guy was bluffing." The guy is Nicolay Langfeldt, who was caught bluffing and then grinned and put up his thumb, "Good call" the Norwegian said.
flop with very few chips behind and his opponent mucked the 
. Agerskov grinned and then flashed the 
before ultimately also revealing the 
too while collecting the pot.
flop before Ozman check-raised the 
on the turn. Jansson called the shove and they turned them over:
river completed the board. One hand later, Ozman was involved in yet another hand and chopped with 
versus 
board. "Please get me a new dealer!" the Swede joked.
for Ktorza and the 
for Goslings, the board ran out eight-high with one heart only.
flop Reard check-called a bet of 3,550 and then check-min-raised from 5,000 to 10,000 on the 
turn. Bouziane made the call and folded the 
and check-raised all in for the remainder of his short stack on an ace-high flop with two spades.
flop and his opponent had pocket queens.
