Four further players joined the rail in the last few minutes of the level and that reduced the field to only 61 hopefuls, who headed into a 15-minute break. One further level is scheduled for today until bagging and tagging.
In a battle of the blinds, Nicolay Langfeldt was all in and at risk for 49,000 with the and Tran Nguyen had him at risk with the superior stack and . The board of provided the ace on the flop only for Langfeldt to river a set.
Nguyen grabbed his base cap, smashed it on the ground in frustration and was left with around 15,000.
The next hand, Langfeldt limped the button and Nguyen shoved the small blind, Langfeldt called immediately.
Tran Nguyen:
Nicolay Langfeldt:
Nguyen turned the better hand on and sarcastically added "king on the river" only for the exact card to come with the to send him to the rail.
Only 67 players remain and Neil McCulloch is no longer among them. He was involved in a big pot with Toni Ojala that already created a pot of nearly 40,000 to the flop and that's where the remaining chips went in.
Toni Ojala:
Neil McCulloch:
The turn and river gave Ojala the nut flush and he doubled for 43,200 post flop, leaving McCulloch on around 20,000. Those chips vanished soon after.
With some 25,000 in the middle and the flop showing , Tomas Martinsson checked out of the big blind and faced a bet of 11,000. Augustine Nwaukoni called on the button and Martinsson check-raised to 30,000.
The initial bettor folded, as did Nwaukoni, and the Swede raked in the pot. Other notables on the table feature Monica Vaka, Daniel Laming and Laurence Houghton.
Johan Bindner and Richard Ashby ran out of chips and Willie Tann would have been the next casualty if he didn't get there on the river. Tann was all in for 24,000 with the and Oystein Eileraas had him dominated with the .
The board came and Tann doubled thanks to the river.
At the end of the previous level, Andrew Hills three-bet all in with the and initial raiser [Removed:402] called with the . The board came and Hills doubled for 17,800.
However his fortune only lasted a few minutes into the new level. The Grosvenor sponsored player three-bet-shipped with right into the of Oystein Eileraas and was left drawing dead on the turn of a board .